Tarin for enhancing tax-to-GDP ratio
KARACHI: Advisor to PM on Finance Shaukat Tareen on Saturday underlined the need for enhancing tax to GDP ratio to 18 to 20 per cent to achieve 7 to 8
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Gilani rules out IAEA access to Dr Qadeer
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani ruled out on Saturday the possibility of giving the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access
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PM inducts six more experts into EAC
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved expansion of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) by including six more experts who will
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CM orders 25 model police stations in Lahore
LAHOREChief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has directed police to take effective measures for the protection of life and property of citi
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Pakistan: 10 days for Mumbai attack investigation (AP via Yahoo! News)
Investigators have 10 days to complete their inquiries into the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan’s top Interior Ministry official said Saturday.
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Industrial workers facing lay-offs
LAHOREDue to a decline in industrial activities in Punjab, workers are struggling to keep their jobs and those who had been laid off are facin
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Shahbaz shrugs off removal threats
LAHOREPUNJAB Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said those hurling threats should know that he will not bow before anyone to get justice.b
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LDA to install 69 new tube-wells
LAHOREDIRECTOR General Lahore Development Authority Shahid Mahmood has directed for expediting installation of 69 new tube-wells besides immed
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Taliban threats close Pakistan schools (USA Today)
In a dark echo of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, violent religious extremists in Pakistan are moving to restrict girls’ education as they seek to impose a draconian version of Islamic law on a beleaguered population.
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Kayani tells Miliband Pakistan wants peace but ready for war with India if necessary (New Kerala)
Islamabad, Jan.17 : British Foreign Secretary David Miliband met Pakistan Army Chief General.Ashfaque Pervaiz Kayani to discuss the ongoing India-Pakistan tension in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, and the steps taken by Pakistan in the ‘war against terror’ in the region.
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