News & views from Chitral
February 24, 2018 By. Muhkamuddin Ayuni CHITRAL: A large number of people on Sunday took out a rally in Chitral town against India for threatening Pakistan of consequences in the wake of the suicide attack on its security forces in Pulwama, occupied Kashmir, on Feb 14. The participants of the rally, who were chanting ‘Death […]
By. Kamal Abdul Jamil Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are considered to be the backbone of economy. In the present era, most of the developed countries discover their roots of economic development in the SMEs. Taking this optimistically the less-developed as well as developing countries have also their promising focus on promotion of SMEs. Purposefully, […]
Pakistan is fortunate to be home to three great mountain ranges: the Himalayas, the Karakoram and the Hindu Kush. In fact, on the drive up the Karakoram highway from Islamabad to Gilgit, I often stop at a place near Jaglote town where these three ranges actually meet. One can see the grand vista from the road, […]
February 08, 2019 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made formal requests to 10 more countries under the OECD mechanism as well as Switzerland separately for exchange of information about those Pakistanis who stashed their assets abroad to evade taxes. “We have made requests to 10 more countries for getting automatic exchange of information and so far we […]
February 08, 2019 ISLAMABAD: The federal government would pay a whopping Rs3.6 trillion on account of defence and debt servicing that is equal to 68.2% of the current fiscal year’s revised budget, the centre on Wednesday sensitised the provinces about the grave fiscal situation that has thrown the country into a debt trap. After excluding debt […]