Chief Commissioner Corporate Regional Tax Office (CRTO), Dr Aftab Imam has assured business community of analysing the issue of higher turnover tax on yarn traders as compared to the profit margin and look into the possibility of restoring it back to 0.1 percent from 1.5 percent in the next budget. The assurance was given by […]
10gm gold price slips to Rs85,300
Gold Rate In Pakistan – Gold Price In PakistanGold futures went down around 0.8 percent in the international market on Monday. At 1608 hours GMT, gold in the international market was trading at $1,732.80 an ounce after shedding $12.60 an ounce in its value as compared to its closing value on Friday last. Resultantly, the […]
SECP warns Sindh Bank against false trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has identified false trading by Sindh Bank Limited (SBL) and warned the bank against such activities in future. The SECP said this with reference to correspondence exchanged between SECP and the bank regarding various trades carried out by SBL in the ready market during the period from […]
Samina Ahmad to appear in ‘Ms Marvel?’
Veteran actor Samina Ahmad will soon be seen in a Hollywood production as claimed by her husband, Manzar Sehbai. And according to recent reports, that Hollywood project could very well be the upcoming show Ms. Marvel. The welcome news was first shared by Sehbai in a nonchalant reply to a comment on his latest Instagram […]
Jawad Ahmad schools Rohail Hyatt on rape culture
Singer Jawad Ahmad has called out Rohail Hyatt for defending Prime Imran Khan’s comments on rape. Hyatt wrote a thread claiming that the prime minister’s comments that vulgarity and decreasing purdah are responsible for increasing rape in Pakistan, have been taken out of context. “I believe @ImranKhanPTI words have been taken out of context and […]
Jibran Nasir ties the knot with Mansha Pasha in intimate ceremony
Pakistani actor Mansha Pasha and social activist/lawyer Jibran Nasir tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Karachi on Saturday. The model took to Instagram on Sunday evening to announce the news and posted a picture of the wedding ring. A small gathering was held at a relative’s house while the nikkah was performed by […]
Celebrities lash out at government after poetess dies of coronavirus
Poet Kiran Waqar passed away days after she complained about inadequate facilities while being treated for coronavirus at a hospital in Punjab. “On March 31, she [Kiran] wrote that she and her younger brother were in DHQ Hospital but there was no oxygen,” singer Jawad Ahmad tweeted. “She kept asking what to do.” Kiran informed […]
Documentary on Kaavan to be released on April 22
A documentary on the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’, Kaavan will be released on April 22. Documentary Cher and The Loneliest Elephant will tell about the journey of 36-year-old Asian elephant Kaavan from solitary confinement in Pakistan to a sanctuary in Cambodia. Cher said, “I could see him from the distance, he was shackled. He was suffering. […]
PPP also announces to resign from PDM
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday announced that the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) has called upon its members to resign from all positions of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), a private TV channel reported. “CEC has rejected the show-cause notice issued to PPP by other PDM parties and directed all its office-bearers in […]
Pakistan, Germany agree to enhance trade, investment ties
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan wants to have more economic linkages with Germany for enhancement of bilateral trade and investment. The foreign minister said this while addressing a joint news conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas after delegation level talks in Berlin on Monday. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that there […]