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Pass on Full Benefit of Falling Oil Prices to Consumers Instead of Retaining High Fuel Taxes: BMP
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13 Killed, Over 1,500 Injured in 1,312 Road Traffic Crashes Across Punjab
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LCCI Holds 11th Financial Advisory Baithak to Strengthen Tax Compliance
By Dr. Ansab Ali | Lahore, Pakistan LAHORE, July 5: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) organized the 11th session of its Financial Advisory Baithak, providing free one-to-one…
Pass on Full Benefit of Falling Oil Prices to Consumers Instead of Retaining High Fuel Taxes: BMP
By Muhammad Shahzad | Lahore, PakistanLAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI)’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has urged the federal government to pass on the full benefit of declining international crude oil prices to consumers, businesses and…
PMA Demands Equal Pay for Trainee Doctors in Private Hospitals
By Farzana Chaudhry | Lahore, PakistanLAHORE: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has called on the Government of Pakistan to ensure that trainee doctors, house officers, and postgraduate trainees working in private hospitals receive salaries equal to those paid in government…
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There is some room for movement on tax, says Burnham
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SUICIDE BOMBING AT PAKISTAN POLICE POST KILLS 15 OFFICERS IN BANNU
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Trump-picked panel approves gold coin with his image: the larger the better
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There is some room for movement on tax, says Burnham
Andy Burnham, who is widely expected to take over as prime minister later this month, has said there is “some room” for movement on tax. In an interview with LBC, Burnham suggested business rates on warehouses could be increased to fund tax cuts for pubs and some high-street businesses. But the newly elected Makerfield MP…
Turbines turning from wind to sustainable products
The company’s Chief Executive Andrew Billingsley said finding a way to take blade waste beyond the end of its useful life is an essential part of creating a green, circular economy. “The issue today is, I could say, colossal. “The blades are big – they have been going to landfill and they’ve been disappearing into…
Alarm after herring gulls found covered in oil in Peel
The charity said the 13 birds had been collected and taken away to be cleaned but several other “partially oiled” birds were spotted and proved unable to be retrieved. It warned the oil would kill most of the gulls “sooner or later” as the substance would hinder their ability to keep warm. “When they go…
How Ealings beavers are tackling flooding
He added: “Now it takes hours for it to percolate through each dam and it’s worked. The second winter that they were here, there was no flooding downstream. “Third winter which has just passed, no flooding has occurred in that targeted zone downstream.” Beavers, nature’s engineers, were hunted to extinction in Britain centuries ago, prized…
Three baby beavers born at Worcestershires Wyre Forest
Now a protected species, beavers were once widespread in Britain, but they were hunted to near-extinction by the 16th Century. A nationwide scheme to reintroduce the animals is being run by Forestry England, in collaboration with Natural England and the Beaver Trust. The animals in the Wyre Forest have built many dams that help to…
