June 29, 2021
MANSEHRA/ISLAMABAD: Declaring tourism as one of the greatest sources of revenue generation for the country and employment opportunities, Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said a green and clean Pakistan was his vision to attract tourists to this heavenly land. Switzerland is half of our northern areas in size and having no match of the natural beauty with our landscape but even then it earns $80 billion from tourism, while our total export is of $25 billion,â he told a gathering of Tiger Force volunteers arranged in Naran, the commercial hub of Kaghan valley.
The prime minister who spoke hardly for 11 minutes under the tight security measures in and around the tourist resort remained entirely focused on the tourism potential. âI have visited Switzerland and Austria and would never compare their beauty with our heavenly lands, which are more beautiful and exotic in nature but I would admire there is cleanliness and true enforcement of laws, as nobody coul
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SPEAKING about the restoration of the Universal Self Assessment Scheme (USAS), the minister concerned has said he was hopeful that it will enhance a taxpayer’s confidence and will help in achieving the desired results. However, simplifying tax laws and procedures, and reducing tax rates are equally important to broaden the tax base and increase the tax revenue.
The existing tax laws are complicated and beyond comprehension. Therefore, a majority of the taxpayers has to seek services of tax practitioners and pay additional charges to help them file the tax return. In the good old days, the taxpayers were expected to file a tax return through a simple form and a bare minimum percentage of cases were selected for detailed audit; the rest of the returns used to be accepted under the USAS. The wealth statement was mandatory byond a certain bracket of income, and wealth statement and personal expenditure statement were not even required except for cases selected for audit.
Two alleged killers of 7 family members arrested
National
April 21, 2021
NOWSHERA: The police claimed to have arrested two accused involved in the killing of seven members of a family, including two women, in Spinkani Sheikhi area in the district on Tuesday.
District Police Officer Muhammad Iqbal Khan said that the special team, headed by Superintendent of Police (investigation) Khankhel, had launched an investigation into the case on scientific lines to arrest the accused.
He said that the two accused identified as Mumraiz Ali and Arif, sons of Asal Khan, were arrested from the boundary area between Nowshera and Swabi districts.
The DPO added that the arrest was made possible because of the facilitators held during the search operation conducted soon after the tragic incident. He said that raids were being conducted to arrest the remaining 10 accused nominated in the case.