ISLAMABAD: The charge of submitting a false affidavit about his alleged dual nationality at the time of filing his nomination papers for a National Assembly seat in Karachi will continue to haunt.
ISLAMABAD: Certain points in the terms of reference assigned to the Broadsheet Commission of Inquiry , headed by retired judge Sheikh Azmat Saeed, go far beyond the actual controversy involving.
Govt not to restore zero-rated sales tax regime
Dawood says Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to bilateral FTA
ISLAMABAD:
The government has no intention to restore zero-rated sales tax regime for five sectors in the next year’s budget, Adviser to Prime Minister on Trade and Commerce Razak Dawood said on Friday.
Talking to the media persons after the launch of the Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited (CCI Pakistan) research report on socio-economic impact, Dawood said that Pakistan and Afghanistan had arrived at a free-trade agreement (FTA).
Dawood was the chief guest at the event, which was also attended by Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul and officials from ministries of Commerce and Industries, Board of Investment, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), WWF Pakistan and the CCI Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD: The presidential ordinance issued on Saturday to hold the upcoming Senate elections through an open ballot has been termed by independent legal brains as “unprecedented.”.
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December 14, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The much-hyped pronouncement by the government about the delegation of power to the interior secretary to file sedition charges against those accused of maligning the state and its institutions is of no legal consequence.
Legal experts The News talked to say neither the prime minister nor the federal government can delegate any power, and that too on a serious issue like sedition, to an individual.
The change in procedure was publicised by the government a day before a public meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) at the Minar-e-Pakistan ground in Lahore, probably with the objective of instilling fear in its leaders and reminding them that sedition cases would now be quickly filed if they spoke against the state or its institutions.