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Pakistan will develop a strategy to avoid being put on a global terror financing watchlist, the finance minister said Monday, after China and Saudi Arabia deserted Islamabad over the issue at a recent meeting in Paris. Members of the Financial Action Task
Pakistan will develop a strategy to avoid being put on a global terror financing watchlist, the finance minister said Monday, after China and Saudi Arabia deserted Islamabad over the issue at a recent meeting in Paris. Members of the Financial Action Task
Pakistan will develop a strategy to avoid being put on a global terror financing watchlist, the finance minister said Monday, after China and Saudi Arabia deserted Islamabad over the issue at a recent meeting in Paris. Members of the Financial Action Task
Pakistan's de facto finance minister, Miftah Ismail, has brushed off concerns that economic growth will suffer because of the country's re-inclusion on a terrorist financing watch list, and lashed out against the United States for seeking to "embarrass" h
Pakistan's de facto finance minister, Miftah Ismail, has brushed off concerns that economic growth will suffer because of the country's re-inclusion on a terrorist financing watch list, and lashed out against the United States for seeking to "embarrass" h
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Fawad Hassan Fawad was grilled by Supreme Court on Monday on appointment of Attaul Haq Qasmi as managing director of the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV). The apex court also reserved its judgment regarding the
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) may amend federal tax laws through Finance Bill 2018 to revise limitations in the domestic tax statute on account of prescribed time limitation to amend/reopen tax assessments and absence of mandatory disclosure requirem
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) may amend federal tax laws through Finance Bill 2018 to revise limitations in the domestic tax statute on account of prescribed time limitation to amend/reopen tax assessments and absence of mandatory disclosure requirem
India Monday mourned Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor after her death in Dubai aged just 54, as police in the emirate said she drowned in her hotel bathtub. The body of Sridevi, one of the biggest names in Hindi cinema, had been due to be brought back t
India Monday mourned Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor after her death in Dubai aged just 54, as police in the emirate said she drowned in her hotel bathtub. The body of Sridevi, one of the biggest names in Hindi cinema, had been due to be brought back t
The repatriation of profit and dividend by foreign investors posted a hefty growth of 26 percent during the first seven months of current fiscal year (FY18). Economists said improved financial results of the corporate sector and multinational companies ha
The repatriation of profit and dividend by foreign investors posted a hefty growth of 26 percent during the first seven months of current fiscal year (FY18). Economists said improved financial results of the corporate sector and multinational companies ha
The repatriation of profit and dividend by foreign investors posted a hefty growth of 26 percent during the first seven months of current fiscal year (FY18). Economists said improved financial results of the corporate sector and multinational companies ha
Ministry of Interior on Monday placed the names of former chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Javed Ashraf Qazi (retd), who also served as railways minister during Musharraf regime, and two others on Exit Control List (ECL), foll
Ministry of Interior on Monday placed the names of former chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Javed Ashraf Qazi (retd), who also served as railways minister during Musharraf regime, and two others on Exit Control List (ECL), foll
The World Bank has rated progress in achieving the objectives of a 73 million dollars Water Sector Capacity Building and Advisory Services project as 'moderately satisfactory', according to a section of the press. The World Bank website updated on 16 Febr
Anarchy and restlessness was being spread in the country through misuse of institutions linked with justice and accountability, said Minister for Railway Khawaja Saad Rafique. In a tweet posted on Monday, Saad referred to some elements concerned with just
An accountability court on Monday extended physical remand of Bismillah Engineering's proprietor Shahid Shafiq for seven days, facing charges of preparing false documents to win Aashiana Iqbal Housing project. The accused Shahid Shafiq will be produced ag
A senior bar member has approached the Lahore High Court against officers of Pakistan Administrative Services (PAS) for observing strike against arrest of DG Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Ahad Khan Cheema. The petitioner Humayun Faiz Rasool through A
Business Recorder editorial 'The FATF setback' carried by the newspaper yesterday has concluded by saying that "[A]fter what has happened the government and our security establishment have learnt their lesson and will move quickly to do all that is
China's Communist Party has handed President Xi Jinping an open path to indefinite rule - a move analysts warn carries enormous risks by abandoning a succession model that brought stability after turbulent decades under Mao. Xi, who has concentrated power
As the noose around the Sharifs tightens, the brothers have had an over three hours meeting at Nawaz Sharif's Jati Umra residence to discuss the PML-N's leadership crisis, strategy for the upcoming Senate polls and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
As if the bad news on the economic front in 2016-17 was not enough we have had another spate of bad news in the first seven months of 2017-18. Clearly, the economy has destabilized once again and this will begin to introduce strong constraints to the grow
The allegedly humiliating manner in which civil servant Ahad Cheema was arrested and exposed before the media behind bars by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has got the entire Pakistan Administrative Services (PAS) up in arms. Seething with resen
The Special Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project has proposed to explore possibility of linking CPEC corridors of Balochistan with Iran and Afghanistan to enhance trade and bring development and prosperity in the area. The committe