By Dr. Ansab AliLAHORE: Education has long been recognised as the most powerful catalyst for national transformation. Across cultures and continents, societies that invest in knowledge build resilience, expand opportunity, and secure sustainable prosperity for future generations. Few leaders grasped this truth as profoundly as the late His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan,…
By Muhammad ShahzadLahore, PakistanLAHORE: An important training session for focal persons of Sahiwal Division was held at the Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC) Punjab under the chairpersonship of Commissioner OPC Punjab, Ms. Saman Rai.The session was attended by Director Police Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Director Revenue Shoaib Naswana, and other relevant officers.Participants were provided detailed guidance on…
ISLAMABAD (Staff Reporter) Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met with Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lieutenant General (Retd) Nazir Ahmad at the Prime Minister House, where the NAB annual report for 2025 was presented. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar also attended the meeting.Chairman NAB briefed the Prime Minister that NAB achieved a…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A shocking revelation has emerged in Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Interior that 33,000 firearm licenses were issued to tax non-filers, while only 3,000 licenses were granted to taxpaying citizens.The disparity was highlighted by Senator Talha Mahmood during a committee meeting on Monday, sparking sharp criticism from lawmakers over the lax enforcement…
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – The northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa held a unique auction of personalized vehicle license plates, with numbers bearing names of political and prominent figures selling for hundreds of thousands to millions of rupees.Organized by the Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department at Nishtar Hall Peshawar, the auction saw the ‘Wazir 1’…
Brussels/Berlin/Auschwitz — International Holocaust Remembrance Day is being observed across the world to honor the victims of the Holocaust and to reaffirm the global commitment to combating hatred, racism, and genocide.On this occasion, Tatiana Bucci, a survivor of the notorious Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, addressed the European Parliament. In her speech, she recalled…
LAHORE: A dramatic turn of events unfolded in the Lahore High Court during the bail hearing of Saqib Jajja, the main accused in the Greece boat tragedy case, when the complainant refused to identify him as the perpetrator.During the hearing of Saqib Jajja’s interim bail application, his lawyer informed the court that the complainants had…
ISLAMABAD – Myanmar’s Foreign Minister U Than Swe held crucial talks with Pakistan’s Prime Minister during an official visit aimed at bolstering bilateral cooperation between the two nations.The Prime Minister warmly received the Myanmar delegation and reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to deepening longstanding ties with Myanmar. During the meeting, both sides explored opportunities for enhanced collaboration…
Abu Dhabi: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Abu Dhabi on a four-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates on Monday.He was received at the Presidential Flight Terminal of Zayed International Airport by UAE Minister of Justice Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UAE, Shafqat Ali Khan, was…
Islamabad: The World Bank has called for major improvements in Pakistan’s tax system and a broadening of the tax base, emphasizing the need for stronger revenue generation mechanisms as part of wider development reforms in South Asia.In its latest report on South Asia’s development outlook, the World Bank stressed that Pakistan must strengthen tax administration…
