FBR fails to tax earnings of service providers – Business
ISLAMABAD: Interim Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar has voiced concern with the slow pace in implementing the decision to connect professional services online with the tax machinery in eight major cities across the country. More than three years have gone and the FBR has still not completely implemented the decision in urban cities to raise income […]
Why recycling your clothes is not saving the planet – World
Clothes made from more than two fibres are currently regarded as unrecyclable. Activists call for decrease in consumption: “repair, reuse and upcycle”. • Clothes made from more than two fibres are currently regarded as unrecyclable• Activists call for decrease in consumption: ‘repair, reuse and upcycle’ PARIS: In H&M’s flagship Paris store it is hard to […]
PML-N rank & file ‘let down’ by Nawaz’s change of heart – Pakistan
• Insiders say Nawaz withdrew from PM race to ensure Maryam gets CM slot• One MNA, eight MPAs-elect join PML-N; four, including three PTI-backed candidates, head to IPP LAHORE: After the nomination of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif for the post of prime minister to lead a multi-party alliance in the Centre, resentment has been brewing […]
Nepra seeks Discos’ accountability for overbilling – Business
• Hearing on Rs4.5 per unit hike for capacity charges concludes• Charges imposed even as new connection applications remain pending ISLAMABAD: Dissatisfied with power companies’ response to massive overbilling of consumers in July and August last year, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday announced that it would hold distribution companies (Discos) accountable. […]
Sania Mirza shares post about ‘trusting Allah’s Will’
Sania Mirza is all for learning about patience, it seems. The former tennis star recently took to her Instagram Story to share a post about the art of patience – or Sabr – doubling down on “trusting Allah’s plan.” All eyes have been on Sania since her split from her former husband Shoaib Malik, who […]
PPP set to form coalition govt in Balochistan – Pakistan
QUETTA: As the protests against alleged rigging in the election intensified in several parts of the country, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders and the candidates who won the national and provincial assembly seats from Balochistan at a joint presser announced that the party would form a coalition government, led by a jiyala chief minister. […]
Subianto claims ‘victory’ as rivals await results in Indonesia election – World
Presidential candidate and Indonesia’s defence minister Prabowo Subianto (left) and vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka wave to supporters from a car.—AFP JAKARTA: Former general Prabowo Subianto claimed victory in Indonesia’s presidential election on Wednesday as preliminary results put him well ahead of his two rivals to lead Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. Polls have long […]
NA can meet any time after Feb 21: minister
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi on Wednesday said that the first session of the new National Assembly might be called on any date between February 22 and February 29. As per the Constitution, the president could convene the National Assembly’s session within 21 days of the polling date, the […]