Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar says fundamental changes will be made to reform Federal Board of Revenue and tax policy will be separated from operations.He was addressing a group of fifty five senior civil servants in Islamabad today (Wedne...
Read More »Born Into Al-Qaida: Hamza Bin Laden’s Rise to Prominence
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Years after the death of his father at the hands of a U.S. Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan, Hamza bin Laden now finds himself in the crosshairs of world powers.In rapid succession in recent weeks, the U.S. put a bounty of up to ...
Read More »Taliban: Talks With US Set Stage for Ending Afghan War
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN A top Taliban leader says their recent negotiations with the United States have achieved great progress and he is very hopeful the stage is set for ending the 18-year-old war in Afghanistan.Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy ch...
Read More »Islamabad plans to get 10 Pakistani universities included in world’s top 100
Islamabad The government of Pakistan has decided to establish a separate consortium consisting of top 10 universities of the country aiming at including them in the world's best 100 higher educational institutions.A committee has been constituted for s...
Read More »European Investment Bank loans Morocco Euros 80 million to upgrade highway infrastructure
Rabat The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted the Moroccan Motorway Company (ADM) a loan worth 80 million euros ($90.4 million) to upgrade highway infrastructure in the region of Grand Casablanca.The loan will finance the tripling of the Casabla...
Read More »Saudi Arabia sets aside onethird of govt jobs for women
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia's Human Rights Commission (HRC) has said that onethird of all government jobs in the country are set aside for Saudi women.The Justice Ministry and the Public Prosecution alone employed 4,495 women, AlMadina Arabic newspaper said q...
Read More »Minister apprises PM about upgradation of Railways
Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed held a meeting with Prime Minster Imran Khan in Lahore today (Saturday) and briefed him about the performance of his department.He also briefed the Prime Minister about the details of his visit to Iran.Sheikh Rashi...
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