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TTP's matter for Pakistan to resolve, not Afghanistan: Taliban spokesperson Says Taliban's stance is to not allow use of Afghan soil to destroy peace of another country KARACHI: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has said that the issue of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is not for...

ISLAMABAD: A meeting between the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) ended in a deadlock on Wednesday as both sides remained at odds over procedures to contain ‘indecent content’ on the internet. The ISPs claimed that the PTA wanted to regulate...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. report says more than 6,000 Pakistani insurgents, most belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group attacking Pakistani military and civilian targets, are hiding in Afghanistan. The report released this week said the organization has linked up with...

Having heard the tales of corruption and structural manipulation of the system by the IPP’s, Prime Minister, Imran Khan ordered an inquiry on it. Findings & Recommendations of IPP Commission Report After months of relentless effort to dig down the lost pieces of the puzzle, the IPP inquiry...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has assured Uzbekistan that it will support the Central Asian state in joining the Quadrilateral Traffic in Transit Agreement (QTTA) aimed at providing China and Central Asia access to Pakistani ports. Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Sardor Umurzakov requested Pakistan to...

ISLAMABAD: Recently removed from office, Firdous Ashiq Awan has been sacked for attempting to embezzle state funds, overreaching her powers and making political appointments, sources privy to the situation informed ARY News on Monday. Sources claimed that the former Special Assistant to Prime...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a sharp decline in the GDP growth rate for Pakistan from 3.3 percent in 2019 to -1.5 percent in 2020. IMF in its latest report “World Economic Outlook (WEO), the great lockdown” has projected GDP growth rate at -1.5 percent in 2020 against 3.3...

A global network of pro-Indian fake websites and think-tanks is aimed at influencing decision-making in Europe, researchers say. The co-ordinated network of 265 sites operates across 65 countries, according to a report by EU Disinfo Lab, a Brussels-based NGO, The researchers traced the...

Keeping in mind to break the provinces on geographical and economic grounds not ethnic ones.

I have been looking for houses from past week. First i checked Bahria enclave but its absolutely terrible. The houses quality were a joke like i would literally rate it 2/10. Then i checked DHA Phase 2, houses were decent 6/10 but they were too expensive. Then i checked Bahria town phase 8...

IN a nutshell, from experience alone, this economic plan is unlikely to work; why? Because six years ago we did exactly what they (the IMF) said for three years — with the net result that we are significantly worse off today. And since they have consciously or unconsciously always prescribed...

The government of Pakistan has increased the taxes on “set top boxes”, IPTV boxes and DTH boxes in its latest revision. The move is primarily aimed at encouraging local production, however, the market has responded negatively to the development. Digitization of TV in Pakistan is one of the...

Because of this person Pakistan is not progressing anywhere in football for years while our neighbors (Iran) ranks 20th (And India 101st) in Fifa ranking whereas our ranking is 205th. It is well known fact among Pakistanis that he is a corrupt person and in bed with Fifa corrupt guys. Now thing...

Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Thursday revealed that PayPal is not coming to Pakistan. The government is still in touch with PayPal as well as looking for other alternatives, said the minister while briefing the Senate Standing...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has substantial potential to increase tax receipts without imposing new taxes or increasing their rates. The country’s tax revenue potential would reach 26 per cent of GDP, if tax compliance were to be raised to 75 per cent, which is a realistic level of compliance for lower...

Asad Umar is gone but the budget is still on schedule as Dr Hafeez Shaikh prepares to present it next month. Most insiders say it will have as many as over Rs600 billion worth in new taxes, which include direct and indirect taxes. This would be the PTI government’s third budget in nine months...

Lets say for example i buy the new One plus which costs 600 bucks (Rs. 84,870). These are the taxes: 1) Mobile Levy: Rs. 5000 2) Regulatory Tax: 20% of value so Rs. 16,974 3) Sales tax: Rs. 1500 4) Custom Duty: Rs. 250 5) Additional sales tax: 3% of value so Rs. 2546 6) IT Tax: 9% of...

KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank declined 2.43% on a weekly basis, slipping below $8.9 billion, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. Earlier, the reserves had spiralled downwards, falling below the $7-billion mark, which...

One way to see the economic crisis that has claimed Asad Umar as its first ministerial victim is as the product of two simultaneous deficits. There are too few taxes whilst expenditures are growing. This is the fiscal deficit. There are too few exports whilst imports have been growing. This is...

ISLAMABAD: The prime minister’s adviser on finance, Dr Hafeez Shaikh, rejected the design of the recently proposed tax amnesty scheme on Sunday, raising objections over the classification of assets and tax rates — marking a clear departure from the policies of his predecessor, Asad Umar. In...