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Govt of Pakistan

Yet another ‘finance bill’ on its way?

Government may withdraw sales tax exemption on fertilisers, pesticides, and tractors next month or in the coming budget

Updated 08 Feb, 2022 11:02am

Opinion

Think beyond ‘mafias’

Last week, Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) initiated an inquiry into suspected collusion by commercial ...

Published 31 Jan, 2022 05:28am

Armed forces’ officers not getting 50pc rebate on power tariffs despite entitlement

ISLAMABAD: The electricity regulator, National Electricity Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), is yet to clarify why...

Updated 31 Jan, 2022 09:35pm

Pakistan

Shujaat asks govt to focus on public issues

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-Q (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has advised the government to ...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:45am

Opinion

Sehat Sahulat: tame down the ambition

Sehat Sahulat Programme - SSP (or Qaumi Sehat Card) is one of the flagship initiatives in the health space by the ...

Published 24 Jan, 2022 06:50am

Editorials

Campaign for presidential form of govt

EDITORIAL: For a while, trial balloons are being floated about a possible change in the country’s political system...

Published 24 Jan, 2022 06:50am

Pakistan

PML-N leader says there exists no govt in country

LAHORE: Rejecting the presidential form of government, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab president Rana...

Published 23 Jan, 2022 05:17am

Pakistan

JI chief criticizes govt, says country’s sovereignty is at stake

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, Sirajul Haq has said the PTI government has put country’s sovereignty at stake ...

Published 23 Jan, 2022 05:17am

Pakistan

Govt-TTP talks hit a deadlock, says interior minister

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Saturday said that some “small remnant groups” leftover, after the...

Published 23 Jan, 2022 05:17am

Opinion

It’s about time govt enforced IPR

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is one subject that is consistently under the focus of Overseas Investors Chamber...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:47am

Editorials

Are legislators above the law?

EDITORIAL: After seeing the same cycle every year of a lot of legislators not bothering to submit their statements ...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:46am

Govt insists but opposition rejects growth estimate

FM Qureshi says the government managed to revive the economy with a growth rate expected to touch 5.37 percent

Updated 22 Jan, 2022 09:39am

Markets

Govt likely to allow 2 gas-based fertilizer plants’ operations for further two months

ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to allow operations of two fertilizer plants on Sui Northern Gas Pipeline ...

Published 19 Jan, 2022 06:15am

Mobile recharge: Cos start collecting increased WHT

ISLAMABAD: The cellular companies have started collecting increased withholding tax from cellular customers with...

Updated 19 Jan, 2022 09:32am

Pakistan

Rashid says optimistic about country’s economic prospects

ISLAMABAD: The government has approved ‘Ring Road and Express Lai Projects’ for the people of Rawalpindi, said...

Published 17 Jan, 2022 07:06am

Editorials

One step forward, two steps back

EDITORIAL: The government’s decision to introduce a bill in the National Assembly seeking to regulate the system ...

Published 15 Jan, 2022 05:50am

Pakistan

Auction for T-bills: Rs662bn bids accepted against Rs650bn target

KARACHI: The government has accepted bids of Rs 662 billion against the target of Rs 650 billion and maturity of Rs...