By: Samina Jabeen The issue of tax demand of 49 billion rupees on telecommunication companies (Telcos) by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is being discussed at various forums. Telcos are rightly disturbed by threat of punitive action or a heavy tax liability. They are all professionally managed companies and most of them are multinationals. […]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari is set to accord his assent on September 10 this month to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Bill and with the presidential approval the SEZ Bill will become Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Act 2012. The incentives announced through the SEZ Bill, exemption from customs duties and taxes for all capital goods […]
CHITRAL: The police have recovered the body of a young girl, missing for the last five days, from riverbank at Pakhtoori Over of Mulkoh area, District Chitral. According to detail, SHO police station Mulkoh recovered the body of a young girl, resident of Upper Over, District Chitral. The girl was missing for the last five […]
By: Ramzan Chandio KARACHI: As the provincial government of ruling PPP in planning to start second phase of distribution of state land among landless farmers, most of the women beneficiaries of this programme are already facing legal cases since they got the ownership documents of the land in 2009, The Nation learnt on Sunday. Some […]
KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi, Roshan Ali Shaikh has shown his concern those smoke-emitting vehicles and those without fitness clearance has created a hazard of air and noise pollution. He made such an observation while presiding over a meeting on environment pollution, said an official statement here on Sunday. On this occasion, Additional Commissioner Karachi-I, Kamran Shamshad […]
HAFIZABAD: The Vanike Tarar Police arrested Nadeem alias Deemi and Muzammal on charge of gang raping Salma of Sooianwala. According to police source, Salma Bibi had eloped with her lover Asif of the same village a couple of days ago but on the advice of his brother, Asif abandoned the girl and returned his house […]
By: Saadia Qamar KARACHI: Canvas Gallery opened its doors for five artists, namely Abid Aslam, Manisha Jiani, Seher Naveed, Maria Khan and Shiblee Munir, who incorporate meditation into their work and convey it though their drawings. The group show is titled ‘Drawing Mandalas’ and exhibits 18 various kinds of art work. From ring on wasli […]
By: Jahanzaib Haque Time and again, I am told that as the head of a news website, I am corrupting the role of the editor as the one-man purveyor of internalised wisdom by relying on site analytics — the statistics that tell me what stories catch reader attention — to guide my decision-making. I am […]
ISLAMABAD: A singing contest of traditional Sufi and spiritual poetry was held at Shakarparian under the aegis of Lok Virsa (National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage) and Mehergarh NGO. Twelve singers, who were selected at an audition, performed in front of audience and a jury. Three best singers were awarded cash prizes by the […]
By: Muhammad Asif This is with reference to a recent advertisement by Nadra in the newspapers asking for suggestions regarding its proposed plan to distribute pension through the Nadra Smart Cards. The idea is very good. But apart from its “e-sahulat” kiosks, I suggest that Nadra consult with all scheduled banks to accept the Smart […]
MARDAN: A Compact Disc (CD) shop was blown up in Muslimabad in the limits of Par Hoti Police Station here Sunday, sources said. The sources said that unidentified persons had planted explosives near the shop located in the Duranabad Chowk on the Mardan-Swabi road. The explosives went off at around 04:30am and caused damage to […]
By: Ali Moeen Nawazish An 18-year-old maid, Jameela, was shot dead by a man named Sajjad, in Gulistan-i-Jauhar in Karachi by mistake as she resembled his niece, who had run away to elope a man she loved. Fear or resent were not seen on his face as he felt he had cleansed the society from […]
By: Abrar Mustafa ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has ordered the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) of the country to block a website and a Facebook page containing material against its newly appointed chairman, Farooq Awan. It is learnt that the material on the website and the Facebook page contained wrong and baseless information that is […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: An interesting perspective on how art journalists use the electronic media to have and convey a better understanding of the subject was given by Indian journalists Sahar Zaman and Dhiraj Singh at an event titled ‘Art and the airwaves’ at T2F on Saturday evening. Ms Zaman, who is also a newscaster, […]
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