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SBP for setting up working groups They will address issues of taxation on digital services, linking govt agencies with RAAST APP April 01, 2021 It is a misconception that SBP will be empowered unabatedly through the proposed Act to share financial or non-financial private information with any entity, particularly outside the country, said the Ministry of Finance. PHOTO: FILE KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Reza Baqir has recommended the formation of working groups to addres...

SBP advises working groups to address taxation issues Business April 1, 2021 KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday advised the formation of working groups to address specific issues related to taxation in digital financial services, integration of government agencies with instant payment system and the availability of seamless internet connectivity across the country. In the fourth stakeholders’ meeting on digital financial ecosystem, SBP Governor Reza Baqir called for crit...

Share Shopian: Awareness cum training programme on Public Finance Management System (PFMS) was today organized by District Administration Shopian for the Government Departments and executing agencies associated with the implementation of Border Areas Development Plan (BADP). The PFMS software is user friendly, integrated with the core baking solution where wrong entry is easily detected and returned back for rectification. HODs can easily monitor the status of funds disbursed and remaining unde...

But citing tenured appointments they are holding, the duo have clutched on to their seats. Tenure crises have in the past few years rocked a number of federal government agencies and security outfits. Investigation by Daily Trust shows that the Public Service Rule, which guides employment of federal civil servants, stipulates 60 years of age or 35 years of service as terminal point for all employees. The rule provides no exception. A federal government circular obtained by Daily Trust also sh...

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Government Has Detained 101 Boko Haram Suspects In Lagos Since 2009 Without Trial SaharaReporters learnt that the suspects were arrested in the North-East and moved to Lagos State where they had also been denied access to members of their families and lawyers. by SaharaReporters, New York Mar 04, 2021 The Nigerian government is currently detaining 101 Boko Haram suspects at the Kirikiri Maximum and Medium Custodial Centres without trial – a facility where they have been pu...

Phase 3 clinical trials of Covaxin shows 81 per cent efficacy, says Bharat Biotech ANI | Updated: Mar 03, 2021 18:13 IST Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 3 (ANI): Bharat Biotech on Wednesday released results of Phase 3 clinical trials of its coronavirus vaccine Covaxin, with the drug demonstrating 81 per cent interim efficacy against Covid-19. "The whole virion inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate demonstrated an interim vaccine efficacy of 81 per ce...

02 Mar 2021 | Tue 13:25 The Musicians Union of Maldives (MUM) has been advocating for the rights of local artists left struggling for work post-Covid-19 Twitter The Musicians Union of Maldives (MUM) have called for action against the illegal employment of foreign artists as resident musicians at resorts, while many local artists remain out of job since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The MUM highlighted their efforts to tackle the issue in a series of tweets posted on the unions account...

On February 24, trading had to be suspended for hours after a technical glitch affected links from telecom service providers; this was the first statement from government on the matter

Aregbesola inaugurates 105 rooms hotel for correctional service On Kindly Share This Story: The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has inaugurated a 105-room hotel, an investment of the Correctional Service Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society (COCOS) of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Abuja on Monday. The hotel is located at the NCoS Headquarters premises, Bill Clinton Drive, Airport Road, Abuja. Aregbesola at the inauguration said that the facility was a product of strat...

Seamless digital payment should have clear roadmap