A PAKISTAN-born daughter of a Bengali maid working at my place is studying in Class IX of a government school in the vicinity of PECHS. The school authorities in recent weeks asked her to submit the Child Registration Certificate, also known as Form B, which has to be obtained from Nadra, in order to enroll […]
By: Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: The government has proposed taxes on foreign produced films, foreign TV dramas, cable TV operators and satellite TV stations in the budget 2013-14. According to Finance Bill 2013, on foreign produced films the FBR imposed tax at rate of Rs1,000,000, foreign produced TV dramas Rs100,000 on per episode and foreign produced […]
Karachi: A woman and her mother were gunned down in Chakiwara over honour, said the Chakiwara police on Wednesday. Chakiwara Station House Officer Muhammad Tufail Ahmed said a man arrived at the police station, identified himself as Amanat Khan and surrendered himself to the law enforcers.According to Khan’s statement, he had been receiving complaints regarding […]
By: Hanif Khalid ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has fixed tax rates for cable TV operators as per Pemra Rules, 2009. Rs7500 licence fee has been fixed for Category H, while renewal of the licence will cost Rs10,000. Rs25,000 licence fee has been fixed for Category 2 while the renewal of the licence will cost […]
By: Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: A perusal of the supplementary grants of the outgoing financial year show how mercilessly public funds were used by almost all the ministries, especially ex-information ministry bosses who spent millions on Press Clubs and newspapers.But apparently the PML-N dominated lower house of the parliament seems not ready to approve this lavish […]
By: Jahanzaib Haque For a journalist, perhaps nothing is a greater violation of human rights than the denial of access to information. In the case of Pakistan versus YouTube, I think the nine-month ban on Google’s video-sharing website is really the limit of regressive and, in the eyes of any global citizen who accepts the […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notices to heads of various political parties including the PML-N, the PPP, the PTI and the PML-Q on a plea challenging election of women on reserved seats. Advocate Tariq Aziz filed the petition and impleaded Nawaz Sharif, Makhdoom Ameen Fahim, Imran Khan and Chaudhry Shujaat Husain being […]
KARACHI: The government’s proposal in the new budget to impose a ‘new adjustable withholding tax’ on foreign films and teleplays on Wednesday sent gloomier signals to local exhibitors who see it as a huge blow to an industry which had just started to revive. Critics say Pakistani cinema houses have seen themselves wrecked and broken […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday asked the ministry of defence to complete and forward its recommendations over draft legislation on forced disappearance by June 30. The committee will then present the proposed law in the Upper House of parliament for further deliberation. The committee expressed serious reservations over rising trend […]
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