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The IMF’s has been pushing Pakistan to make tax efforts equal to 1.7 per cent of GDP that requires at least Rs600bn additional taxes or tax collection; the World Bank
Continue readingPushing the Edges: FBR Drive Yields Incremental Successes
99 Pct People Can’t Be Served On 1 Pct People’s Tax, Says PM Khan in Address to the Nation PKONWEB Report — Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a video message
Continue readingPakistan Needs to Increase Tax Compliance, Not New Taxes: World Bank
“Irshad Salim, a consultant, journalist, writer, motivational speaker, and a dual national from New York, is currently in Jeddah on a consultancy assignment. During his interactive session with overseas Pakistanis
Continue readingA Conversation On Pakistan Affairs In Riyadh, December 2011
DESPARDES News Monitor– The United States said Friday that it had suspended tax exemption privileges enjoyed by Pakistani diplomats in Washington due to parallel disputes with Islamabad in the latest
Continue readingUS Pulls Tax Exemption From Pakistani Diplomats
The Paragon City case is one of the NAB’s first references filed using a newly laid 10-month rule to complete investigation and file official complaint (reference). PKONWEB Report — The
Continue readingParagon Housing: NAB Files Reference Against Saad Rafique, Brother
Last year, the Taliban and US-led forces observed ceasefire during the holy month of Ramadan and festival of Eid– without peace talks. Not this time though despite peace talks. DESPARDES
Continue readingAfghanistan Peace Talks: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has been able to collect Rs15 billion (US$107 million) in unpaid taxes (as of April) on assets held abroad. PKONWEB Report — Pakistan’s Financial
Around 400 officers of every rank have been given various punishments, including dismissal from service 0n various grounds during the last two years. PKONWEB Report — The Chief of Pakistan
Continue readingHeavy Arm of Pakistan Army Act Comes Down Hard On Three Officers For Espionage
According to my estimate, the combined net worth of Pakistani expats in the West runs several hundred billion dollars over and above the guess-estimated figure of some Pakistanis’ hidden assets
Continue reading“Trillion Dollar” Net Worth Of Pakistani Expats
PKONWEB Report — More than 300 Pakistani prisoners in Malysia will fly back home by May 29 — just in time for the Eid celebration — confirmed the Malaysian Immigration
Reports from the Bhuttos’ traditional seat of power suggest the HIV infection rate in the district rivals worst-hit African countries: The Express Tribune A joint rapid response team of experts
Continue readingBiggest HIV Outbreak In Larkana: Children Mostly Affected
PKONWEB Report — Rashid Latif Tuesday on social media shared video clip of a ‘raw talent with reasonable speed’ stumping the wicket. Drawing attention of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
Continue readingWATCH: ‘Raw Talent With Reasonable Speed’ Gets a Yesss From Rashid Latif