President has promulgated the Anti-Money Laundering Amendment Act, 2020 and the new law has been implemented with immediate effect in Pakistan. The National Assembly (NA) Secretariat confirmed the development that the president signed the Anti-Money Laundering Amendment Act, 2020. The law will come into force with immediate effect after being promulgated by the president. Pakistan […]
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to PM on Interior Shahzad Akbar on Wednesday said that Shahbaz Sharif is the ringleader of money laundering and he will be made an example. He said that the TT case of money laundering against Shahbaz Sharif and his family has entered the Accountability Court, Lahore, and it is unfortunate that his niece […]
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said the long-standing Jammu and Kashmir and Palestine disputes are the United Nation’s (UN) most glaring failures. Addressing the 75th anniversary of the UN from Islamabad via video link, he said the people of occupied Kashmir still await fulfillment of the commitment made to them by the United Nations […]
After hours of discussion over ways to overthrow the “selected” government, opposition parties at the much-hyped PPP-hosted multiparty conference on Sunday demanded the “immediate” resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan. According to a 26-point resolution passed by the multiparty conference, the forum is named Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — an “alliance structure which will lead […]
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari invited on Friday former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is in London, to virtually attend the opposition’s all-parties conference (APC) of the combined opposition scheduled to take place on September 20. Bilawal Bhutto’s invitation According to details, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held a telephonic conversation […]
According to the tax details, PM Imran Khan paid tax of Rs2,82,449, Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari paid Rs 2,94,117 and former president Asif Ali Zardari paid tax of Rs28,91,455 in the year 2018-19. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued its tax directory of the parliamentarians for the Tax Year 2018-19 […]
ISLAMABAD/HARIPUR: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday directed the chief secretaries to pay special attention to the removal of Patwari and corruption culture and the introduction of digitization in land transfer and other issues. The prime minister said strict action should be taken against those who cause corruption or unnecessary problems to people. In view […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, while addressing a joint sitting of the parliament on Wednesday, expressed sorrow and regret over the Lahore Motorway gang rape, and said the government was bringing legislation that not only protects women but also children. “Rape should be viewed as something that destroys lives. In our culture, families suffer and […]
The joint sitting of the Parliament on Wednesday passed “The Islamabad Capital Territory Waqf Properties Bill”, 2020 with majority bill According to the details, the joint session of the Parliament chaired by National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser approved the bill amid the protest of the opposition members who shouted slogans against the bill. The bill […]
Japan’s Yoshihide Suga was voted prime minister by parliament’s lower house on Wednesday, becoming the country’s first new leader in nearly eight years, as he readied a “continuity cabinet” expected to keep about half of the predecessor Shinzo Abe’s lineup. Suga, 71, Abe’s longtime right-hand man, has pledged to pursue many of Abe’s programs, including […]
