Cabinet approves up to 35pc raise in salaries, 17.5pc in pensions
ISLAMABAD :Ahead of tabling the budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 in the National Assembly (NA), the federal cabinet approved finance bill for the year at a meeting held at the Prime Minister House on Friday. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided ove…
Ambassador Masood Khan, Chris Van Hollen discuss ways to build resilient Pak-US relations
ISLAMABAD:Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan held a meeting with US Senator Chris Van Hollen in Washington on Friday. During the meeting, they discussed ways to build a resilient Pak-US relation in multiple fields. Senator Chris Van…
President directs LESCO to pay marriage grant to retired employee
ISLAMABAD:President Dr. Arif Alvi has directed the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) to pay Rs200,000 as a “marriage grant” to a retired employee for the marriage of his son who had been denied payment by LESCO on the ground that he had applied fo…
Rs80bn allocated for new schemes under PM’s initiatives
ISLAMABAD:The federal government on Friday earmarked Rs80 billion for nine new schemes under Prime Minister (PM) Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) initiatives in budget 2023-24. According to the budget documents, the nine new schemes under PM’s …
GST on IT services cut from 15pc to 5pc: FBR
ISLAMABAD:The government has attached a priority to the IT sector, the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Asim Ahmed and members said. GST on IT services has been reduced from 15% to 5%., they said while addressing a press conference. The remitta…
Rashid predicts future will be clear by June 20
RAWALPINDI:Seasoned politician Sheikh Rashid on Friday described the latest edition of Pakistan Economic Survey as the worst in the country’s history, saying the government had failed to achieve any of the economic targets. Rashid – who is the Awami Mu…
Pishtakhara Police Operations, Accused Involved in Various Crimes Arrested
PESHAWAR:Among the arrested suspects, the wanted to be accused in attempted murder including robbery and active motorist arrested by Pishtakhara Police Station Officials in a successful operation, Police said here on Friday. Syed Rahim, Raj Wali, Adnan…
Govt announces big incentives for freelancers
ISLAMABAD:Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced several big incentives for the Information Technology (IT) sector, IT services and Freelancers in the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 on Friday. Dar said in his budget speech in the National As…