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The Last Zionists? Are the Palestinians the last Zionists? It would seem so. The situation of Israel has become surreal. Just as we Israelis are making a stupendous effort to ensure the dissolution of the Jewish state, envisioned by Theodor Herzl in 1896, by hanging onto the occupied...

dr. samar mubarik in capital talk.. Capital Talk – 30th November 2010

Tax bills sail through Senate amid uproar By Ahmad Hassan ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The opposition and some coalition partners tried on Friday to block the approval by the Senate of reports on reformed general sales tax (RGST) and flood surcharge, but Chairman Farooq H. Naek declared them...

Taxing matters By Cyril Almeida FIRST things first. The reformed general sales tax (RGST) is bad for consumers. Which means it’s bad for the poor and the less well-off. The reason is pretty straightforward. RGST is an indirect tax, i.e. a tax on goods and services. Which means...

now ti ll come down to 15 %

What you need to know about RGST. The Reformed General Sales Tax (RGST) Bill has become the latest ground for political games. While the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) calls it a necessity, almost all parties are in strong opposition. Amidst the political rhetoric, economic experts are siding...

Summary of Tax Reforms 1. Pakistan is in dire need of increasing its tax revenues by implementing a broad-based modern form of sales tax on goods and services. The Sales Tax Act, 1990, was originally designed on the basis of accepted value added taxation doctrines but due to political...

Railways: emulating South Korean experience DAWN’s editorial ‘PR decline’, (Nov 20) has partially blamed the National Logistics Cell (NLC) for the staggering losses piling up in the Pakistan Railway’s (PR). It isn’t NLC alone; together with private carriers they draw away almost 70 to 80...

44pc of rail engines out of order By Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui LAHORE, Nov 24: At least 44 per cent of the locomotives the Pakistan Railways has at present are out of order either because of unavailability of spare parts or maintenance. “Out of a fleet of 515 diesel electric...

SC declines to stay award of contract to Chilean firm ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to stay the process of awarding mining contract to a Chilean consortium to explore gold and copper at the Reko Diq development project. A three-judge bench comprising Chief...

Reformed sales tax bill clears first hurdle ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Tuesday unanimously approved the contentious reformed General Sales Tax (GST) Bill 2010 in a giant, symbolic step before its final approval by the National Assembly (NA). The bill would be discussed in the NA...

Ship-mounted power plant is country’s most expensive LAHORE: The 230MW ship-mounted power plant, which will be pressed into service on Sunday (today), is by far the most expensive in the country, costing Rs15.66 per unit. According to records of Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco), the...

N Waziristan operation: Kayani empowered to take final decision ISLAMABAD: The government has authorised Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to take a final decision on when and how to launch a military operation in the North Waziristan tribal region, sources said. A...

haa its not trolling..i was baout to do the same lol some time back i saw "dont tell my mother" while the host was in N.korea..seriously N.korea is much more than a police state..:agree: regime change in pyoungyang is just toooo tough or may i say impossible atleast for now..

i did not..will u tell me plz who was driving the vehicle n who owned it?this woman?? i have my doubts!!

pak govt is depending on these armed tribal lashkars to assist them in WOT..if this policy backfires the consequences may be horrendous.. plz opine is it a correct policy or are we repeating our past mistakes? The futility of using lashkars In its exasperating fight against militancy, the...

exactly..even uptill now no details have been offered.. besides look at her face n she looks more like a victim..she may have been framed or threatened!whoz gonna confirm this..the SHO?huh besides who was driving the vehicle??this woman..ridiculous!

the ruling junta in N.korea is just insane!! whats the point of inviting trouble?he thinks hez too smart..idiot!

‘US-based group working to establish caliphate’ KARACHI: Pakistan’s security czar has revealed that an extremist group of US citizens of Pakistani origin – Jamaat-e-Islami (Sa’ee) – has been clandestinely working to establish an Islamic caliphate system in the world. “Imad Riaz, a...