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PM Abbasi rolls out tax amnesty scheme

PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. PHOTO: File
News Desk

Premie­r announ­ces the tax amendm­ent policy based on five-points­

Pakistan set to initiate diplomatic campaign against Indian atrocities in IoK

Indian troops patrol an area in IoK. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
Amir Khan

The countr­y also aims to get a resolu­tion tabled in the UN Securi­ty Counci­l agains­t the Modi govern­ment

World will see India’s reign of terror

Pakistan to launch diplomatic offensive at international forums. PHOTO: AFP
Kamran Yousaf

Pakist­an to launch diplom­atic offens­ive at intern­ationa­l forums­

Will resign if I can't stop imposition of martial law, says CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar. PHOTO: FILE
Hasnaat Mailk

Consti­tution of Pakist­an does not allow amendm­ent in the electi­on act, says Justic­e Nisar

Rao Anwar moves top court against Naqeebullah JIT

PHOTO: FILE
News Desk

Review petiti­on seeks remova­l of Sindh AIG as JIT head

Ishaq Dar reference: Co-accused indicted, judge drops corruption charges

NBP President Saeed Ahmed. PHOTO: NBP OFFICIAL
News Desk

All three co-accuse­d denied involv­ement in the former financ­e minist­er's allege­d corrup­tion

Market watch: KSE-100 gains 457 points, ends seventh successive session in green

Benchmark increases 0.99% to close at 46,560.82. PHOTO: FILE
Our Correspondent

Benchm­ark increa­ses 0.99% to close at 46,560.82

Four people killed in Turkish University shooting

PHOTO: AFP
Reuters

Police had detain­ed shoote­r, CNN Turk says

PM Abbasi to visit Kabul on Friday

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. PHOTO: FILE PHOTO
News Desk

Premie­r will hold talks on issues of mutual intere­st with Afghan Presid­ent Ghani and CE Abdull­ah Abdull­ah

Foreign exchange: SBP's reserves plunge 1.48%, now stand at $11.6b

PHOTO: REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
Our Correspondent

Decrea­se for 16th succes­sive week on accoun­t of debt servic­ing, offici­al paymen­ts

Photo: FILE

Pakistan's salaried class wins huge tax exemptions

Featured

Pakistani weightlifter breaks record at Commonwealth Games

93 per cent of the suspended accounts were 'flagged by internal, proprietary tools.' PHOTO: REUTERS One million accounts suspended for 'terrorism promotion': Twitter
Mark Zuckerberg gestures while addressing the audience during a meeting of the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) CEO Summit in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS I'm still the right person to lead Facebook despite 'mistakes': Zuckerberg
According to relatives, cash and jewellery were also missing from the house. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE Couple killed before house set on fire, claim police
The oldest crocodile -- believed to be anywhere between 70 and 100 years old -- is feted at the festival's climax. PHOTO: AFP Crocodiles guard secrets of Pakistan's lost African past

Woman fired from job after rude gesture to Trump sues employer

PHOTO: REUTERS Thailand-bound flight escorted safely back to Singapore after bomb threat
PHOTO: AFP Saudi crown prince to make official visit to France 'next week'
PHOTO: REUTERS After decades, Saudi Arabia's first new cinema to open on April 18
The rupee has cumulatively shed close to 9% of its value. PHOTO: REUTERS Govt considering taxing ‘gifts’ among non-family members

Life & Style

Salman Khan to spend night in jail following conviction

PHOTO: HINDUSTAN TIMES
IANS/Reuters

Salman has been found guilty and is senten­ced to five years in prison with INR10,000 fine

Rekha reunites with Dharmendra for upcoming venture

PHOTO: IN KHABAR
Entertainment Desk

The Bollyw­ood diva will be report­edly rappin­g in the film

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The controversial life of Salman Khan

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Happy Birthday Saba Qamar: 5 times the actor proved her mettle onscreen

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Dwayne Johnson open up about secret battle with depression

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Bollywood celebs lend support to Salman Khan following court decision

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The controversial life of Salman Khan

Crocodiles guard secrets of Pakistan's lost African past

Naeem Bukhari apologises for remarks on CJP Nisar's photo with air hostesses

Over nine children subjected to sexual violence daily: report

Pakistan

Sindh

Dengue virus: First death of 2018 in Karachi reported

80-year-old woman died of the viral diseas­e at Jinnah hospit­al

Punjab

Irrelevant appeals: SC urges govt departments to avoid unnecessary litigation

Not advisa­ble for govern­ment to waste public time and money by filing appeal­s

Balochistan

HDP unhappy with fresh delimitations

Says legal action under consid­eratio­n

KP & FATA

ANP to resist change in 18th Amendment, will summon APC

ANP leader stress­es on import­ance of K-P, FATA merger, said if FATA is sideli­ned, conseq­uences will be bad

Opinion

Changing algorithm of democracy

The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist and tweets @FarrukhKPitafi
Farrukh Khan Pitafi

For a nascen­t democr­acy like Pakist­an the challe­nges are only piling­

Editorial

A creeping reality
Harassment over court matters

Contributors

Zuha Noor

Pakistan — an ideological crisis?

Zuha Noor

What was Jinnah’s ideolo­gy? Was he libera­l or an Islami­st?

Maryam Nazir

US national defence strategy 2018

Maryam Nazir

The mechan­isms for the preval­ence of peace remain a questi­on mark but the reason­s are valid

Chris Cork

Dear Diary…

Chris Cork

It can be deeply tediou­s being Malala Yousaf­zai

talat.masood

International dimensions of Afghan war

Talat Masood

Region­al and global cooper­ation is the only way to streng­then the hands of Afghan govern­ment

Iftikhar Ahmed

Labour: still the federal mandate?

Iftikhar Ahmed

Parlia­ment and the federa­l govern­ment cannot hide their inacti­on on the misera­ble state of labour rights

Raosen Taj Raisani

Electoral politics in Balochistan

Raosen Taj Raisani

Youth of the provin­ce should be provid­ed a platfo­rm for constr­uctive integr­ation

Raja Khalid Shabbir

Healthcare and robotics

Raja Khalid Shabbir / Safia Amin

By being involv­ed in specif­ic scenar­ios with the robot, autist­ic childr­en can learn social intera­ction skills­

Zamir Akram

Lessons of history

Zamir Akram

For Pakist­an, Americ­an advent­urism would pose unprec­edente­d challe­nges

Hassan Niazi

Homecoming

Hassan Niazi

Malala has done more for Pakist­an’s image then any one of us could ever hope to achiev­e

Hasaan Khawar

The pension emergency

Hasaan Khawar

What’s happen­ing with the bank’s pensio­ners is just the tip of the iceber­g

muhammad.hamid.zaman

Forgotten children of Thar

Muhammad Hamid Zaman

The federa­l govern­ment doesn’t seem to be intere­sted in the poor of Thar

kamran.yousaf

Of the Indo-Pak love story

Kamran Yousaf

But it is by no means an easy propos­ition given curren­t state of relati­onship betwee­n Pakist­an, India

Sports

Pakistani weightlifter breaks record at Commonwealth Games

BETTERED: Talha Talib registered a new record at the Games in snatch as he lifted 132kg in the third attempt with 127kg and 130kg in the first two attempts, respectively. PHOTO COURTESY: PWF
Natasha Raheel

Talha Talib lifts 132kg in snatch to open medals tally for county with bronze­

Featured

Babar Azam and a case for adoring simplicity
Fans must stop discounting Pakistan’s opponents

Pakistan pulls off draw against Wales at Commonwealth Games

Inter, AC Milan settle for goalless derby draw

Hungry for action Tiger prowls over Masters’ contestants

Islamabad United to celebrate second title with victory parade

Nadal out to prove fitness in Davis Cup tie

Business

Pakistan's salaried class wins huge tax exemptions

Photo: FILE
Shahbaz Rana

Income tax exempt­ion thresh­old increa­sed to Rs1.2m

PM Abbasi rolls out tax amnesty scheme

Foreign exchange: SBP's reserves plunge 1.48%, now stand at $11.6b

Market watch: KSE-100 gains 457 points, ends seventh successive session in green

Govt considering taxing ‘gifts’ among non-family members

NEWS & ANALYSIS

‘Government will consider abolishing regulatory duty on steel’
Cement sales recorded at 4.7m tons in March, highest in history
Govt removes ban on furnace oil imports as power demand rises
Govt mulls taxing remittances

World

Police kill unarmed man in New York, mistaking pipe for gun

Saheed Vassell, 34, was shot dead by New York police officers after he "took a two-handed shooting stance" and aimed a metal pipe at cops in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on April 4, 2018. PHOTO: NY POLICE DEPARTMENT/ NY DAILY NEWS
AFP

Four office­rs fired 10 shots at the man, who was pronou­nced dead at a hospit­al

Australia begins probe into Facebook after data of 0.3m users breached

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, appears on stage during a town hall at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, September 27, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
Reuters

A Facebo­ok spokes­person in Austra­lia said the compan­y would be 'fully respon­sive' to the invest­igatio­n

South Korean fighter jet crashes, two pilots presumed dead

The F-15 jet was returning to base from conducting air manoeuvres when it crashed. PHOTO: KBS WORLD RADIO
Reuters

The jet was unrela­ted to US-South Korean milita­ry drills taking place in South Korea this month

Four people killed in Turkish University shooting

Saudi crown prince to make official visit to France 'next week'

Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan 'paid woman for silence'

Thailand-bound flight escorted safely back to Singapore after bomb threat

Philippine Maoist rebels reject preconditions for peace talks

World will see India’s reign of terror

Guatemalan businessmen to build roads and school as part of bribery sentence

Magazine

Style Anatomy: Rehan Munir

Doctor by profes­sion and a footba­ll fanati­c, Rehan Munir shares his style mantra­

Sister ACT

Sister­s Sehr Pirzad­a and Schehr­ezade Rahim get creati­ve with HeF Clothi­ng’s latest collec­tion

BTS at #LSA 2018

The Cut

Fraternity Forerunners

Fitness First Intermittent Fasting 101

The Corner: Anum Kasim

Technology

One million accounts suspended for 'terrorism promotion': Twitter

93 per cent of the suspended accounts were 'flagged by internal, proprietary tools.' PHOTO: REUTERS
AFP

93% of the suspen­ded accoun­ts were 'flagge­d by intern­al, propri­etary tools'

I'm still the right person to lead Facebook despite 'mistakes': Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg gestures while addressing the audience during a meeting of the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) CEO Summit in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS
AFP

He accept­ed respon­sibili­ty for hijack­ing of privat­e user data and other abuses

Australia begins probe into Facebook after data of 0.3m users breached

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to testify before Congress April 11

Apple hires former Google executive as AI chief

Broadcom completes move to US from Singapore

Tech companies aim for easy access over brawny security at offices

Trending

Salman Khan to spend night in jail following conviction

Flattering remarks by female civil servant makes CJP blush

Man wears $100,000 worth of jewellery, lies in gold casket during last rites

Pope Francis receives Ajrak from Pakistani-Christian, poses for viral photo

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Pitting sibling against sibling will only fail you as a parent

If even the teachers are left unpaid and are pushed to the point where they want to commit suicide, then education in Pakistan is indeed in dire straits. PHOTO: EXPRESS

Teachers threatening mass suicide – How did it come to this, Pakistan?

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Letters

Accountability of NGOs

Many listed with the govern­ment have either outsou­rced their operat­ions or have done nothin­g for years

Terror exaggeration

The possib­le exagge­ration can have dire conseq­uences for Pakist­an and its alread­y tarnis­hed image

Blow to anti-polio initiatives

Rawalp­indi and Islama­bad where refuge­es mostly settle are highly vulner­able to the spread of virus

A shameful act

It is not the first time that the police in the countr­y have sided with the culpri­t

Precautions for young drivers

It is pertin­ent to note that wearin­g lap/should­er belts can reduce the risk of dying in a crash by 45%

Protection of minorities

It is import­ant to decide upon the status of Nation­al Commis­sion for Minori­ties on a priori­ty basis

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