NA tax amendment bill : Govt accused of trying to please influential traders on January 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Income Tax Amendment Bill 2016 became a bone of contention between the treasury and opposition benches National Assembly (NA) on Thursday. It aims to amend Income Tax Ordinance 2001. speaking over the issue, PPP’s Naveed Qamar said traders were being provided amnesty, especially those who have never paid the taxes and that […]
World pours scorn on attackers on January 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: United Sates Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale strongly condemned the attack on Bacha Khan University, Charsadda in which more than twenty persons including female students were martyred and many others injured. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also condemned terrorist attack by armed militants on university, and called for bringing the perpetrators to justice. Turkish […]
Treasury in NA slammed over Bacha Khan University attack on January 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: Opposition slammed the government in National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday over the Bacha Khan University (BKU) attack, asking how such an incident could take place just a year after the terrorist attack on Army Public School in Peshawar after which the security measures at educational institutions had been boosted. The opposition pressurised the […]
Trust deficit between Centre, provinces growing: Shah on January 6, 2016ISLAMABAD: Leader of the opposition in National Assembly Khursheed Shah grieved on Wednesday that there are many misunderstandings between the federal and provincial governments and the trust deficit is growing with every passing day. The treasury in National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday clarified issues related to the deplorable condition of hospitals and internal audits. […]
NTDC jacks up CPECs power project cost on December 30, 2015ISLAMABAD: In a complaint written to the prime minister (PM), copies of which are available with Daily Times, National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has been accused of jacking up the cost of putting in place a convertor station and installing High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) line from Mittiari to Lahore, a part of the China-Pakistan […]
Pakistan fails to curb human trafficking: report on December 28, 2015ISLAMABAD: US Department of State in its publication ‘Trafficking In Persons Report’ revealed that the government of Pakistan conducted 70 investigations in 2014 and 50 prosecutions under Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance (PACHTO). Lashing out at the nexus of political parties and human traffickers, the report said, “Some feudal landlords and brick kiln […]
NA passes bill to amend child abuse law on December 10, 2015ISLAMABAD: National Assembly (NA) on Thursday passed a bill for amendments in the criminal law with regards to child abuse and child pornography. PML-N’s Pervez Rashid laid before the House the bill to amend the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 (the criminal law amendment bill, 2015). Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s […]