Russia offered weapons for sale Monday at a biennial arms fair in the United Arab Emirates, ranging from Kalashnikov assault rifles to missile systems — despite facing sanctions from the West over its war on Ukraine. The arms for sale at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference held in the […]
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By Iftikhar Shah Mashwani Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2023,”passed by National Assembly proposing additional taxes and duties of Rs170 billion to meet the understanding reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the Extended Fund Facility. According to the bill, General Sales Tax (GST) will be increased from 17 per cent […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has stressed that Pakistan needs to protect the poor and tax the wealthy while ensuring that subsidies are targeting those who really need them, it emerged on Sunday. In an interview on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, the […]
LAHORE-UNS: Sui Northern Executive Officers Association welcomes the decision of Board of Directors regarding appointing of Amer Tufail as Acting Managing Director of SNGPL. In a statement issued by Ehsan ullah Bhatti,President SNEOA he said that “it is an honor to welcome Mr. Amir Tufail worthy Managing Director on this […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: In order to secure the much-needed deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar presented the Finance Supplementary Bill 2023 in the lower house. The bill was presented in the National Assembly session in order to fulfill the conditions of the international lender to […]
WTP Report ISLAMABAD: National High Authority (NHA) failed to collect rent,lease etc money of over 400 billion rupees from Amenities on both sides of N-5 since 2005 ,which is Loss of national Exchequer due to insufficient performance & Cancellation of Mutation within Punjab. According to details, there are more than 70,000 […]
The government on Tuesday while bowing to another demand of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to increase sales tax. In this regard, the Ministry of Finance officials have sent a draft Medium-Term Economic Framework (MEF) to the international lender. The IMF will respond to the Ministry of Finance […]
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet Monday approved up to 124% hike in the tariff of gas across the board for six months to implement a major prior condition set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for striking a staff-level agreement with Pakistan. The finance ministry, in […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS – The cyber crime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday registered a case against former federal finance minister Shaukat Tarin. A case has been registered against Mr Tarin over alleged viral audio on social media under the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (PICA) on the complaint […]
WTP Special Report ISLAMABAD :There has been massive corruption and favoritism in recent transferred and posting in National Highways Authority (NHA). All five key members are reshuffled in NHA. Recent posting transfers in NHA have revealed irregularities, favoritism, ignoring senior and honest officers and promoting blue eyed junior officers to […]