The prime minister, chairing a meeting to review the measures for the elimination of smuggling, reiterated that the government would never allow the smugglers to damage the national economy. He said the government utilized modern technology to curb smuggling and instructed to apprehend the people involved in smuggling, and their facilitators and confiscate the transport […]
PM Shehbaz issued these directives while chairing a review meeting on Chinese investment in Islamabad, where he was briefed on the Chinese experts’ delegation visit to Pakistan from July 30 to August 6, 2024. The forum was told that the Chinese delegation met with representatives from various ministries, who offered suggestions to enhance cooperation in […]
At the trailer launch event of her debut solo directorial ‘Emergency’, Kangana Ranaut expressed her wish to direct all three superstars of Bollywood, Shah Rukh, Aamir, and Salman Khan, in a film. “I would love to produce and direct a film with all three Khans. And I would also love to show their talented side […]
President Asif Zardari called on the federal government to give the nation good news by reducing electricity bills on Independence Day. He stated that the current electricity bills are beyond the public’s capacity. “The burden of electricity bills on the people cannot be increased any further,” the president emphasized. He urged that immediate relief be […]
According to a press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the task force has been formed to reduce the financial burden on the power sector being borne by the government and to enable the establishment of an efficient, liquid, and self-sustaining competitive power market The task force comprises Federal Minister for Power Sardar […]
According to a letter from the PM office to the Federal Board of Revenue, the Prime Minister has been pleased to constitute a Task Force for comprehensive and end-to-end digitalization of FBR. Minister of State for Finance & Revenue Ali Malik will be chairman of the Task Force while Major General Syed Ali Raza, DG […]
According to a press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the task force has been formed to reduce the financial burden on the power sector being borne by the government and to enable the establishment of an efficient, liquid, and self-sustaining competitive power market The task force comprises Federal Minister for Power Sardar […]
The data showed that the inflows of remittances during June were recorded at US$ 200 million as compared to US$ 224 million in May 2024. These accounts provide innovative banking solutions to millions of Non-Resident Pakistanis (NRPs), including Non-Resident Pakistan Origin Card (POC) holders, seeking to undertake banking, payment, and investment activities in Pakistan. The […]
Sources close to the development revealed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has tasked the economic team to revise the current income tax rate on salaried classes earning up to Rs 100,000 per month. In the recent budget, the government had increased the income tax rate to 2.5 percent on monthly salaries up to Rs 100,000. […]
The government has proposed to increase subsidies on food items – including flour, rice, and pulses – by 300 percent. The subsidy on flour and rice is likely to be increased from Rs25 to Rs100 per kilogram, while the subsidy on pulses is likely to be increased from Rs70 to Rs100 per kilogram. Similarly, the […]
