ISLAMABAD: The government’s decision to impose an additional 75 paisa tax after 5 minutes on mobile call will now roughly cost Rs 2.72 instead of previous Rs 1.97 thus the FBR has estimated to.
ISLAMABAD: The government’s decision to impose an additional 75 paisa tax after 5 minutes on mobile call will now roughly cost Rs 2.72 instead of previous Rs 1.97 thus the FBR has estimated to.
ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet on Monday approved a supplementary grant of $130 million equivalent to Rs20 billion for the National Disaster Management.
PTI gave Rs20b amnesty to 56 rich families, says Bilawal
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April 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly criticised the PTI’s new Pakistan for having separate laws for the rich and the poor, saying that Imran Khan, who raised the slogan of not two but one Pakistan, created a separate Pakistan for the rich and a separate Pakistan for the poor.
“In the new Pakistan, there is relief for tax evaders through amnesty schemes and inflation for the salaried class of taxpayers, while Imran Khan’s change is only to reward the rich by snatching subsidies from the poor,” he said in a statement on Tuesday. Bilawal said Imran Khan’s economic initiatives are benefitting only certain capitalist families of the country. “The selected prime minister on the one hand gives amnesty to his capitalist friends to legalise nameless properties and on the other hand issues ordinance for expensive electricity,” he said. He said
CDWP approves four health projects worth Rs20b
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ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved four projects worth Rs20 billion.
In a meeting headed by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan, three projects related to health were presented. The first project presented titled “Establishment of 200 Bedded Mother and Child Hospital and Nursing College, District Attok, Punjab” was worth Rs5.8 billion, while the second project titled “Establishment of 200 bedded Mother and Child Hospital and Nursing College” was worth Rs8 billion.
The third project titled “Establishment of 200 bedded Mother and Child Hospital Nursing College” was worth Rs5.8 billion. All projects were approved with some changes by the CDWP. The main objective of these three mother and child hospital projects is to improve access for the marginalised communities to quality maternity and immediate newborn care, while also providing quality services includin