ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Armed Taliban insurgents seized control of the main town in Pakistan’s Swat valley, sending thousands of residents fleeing in advance of a possible showdown between the Islamic militants and the army that could help decide the future of nuclear-armed Pakistan.
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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected Rs898.641 billion in 10 months (July-April) of current fiscal year 2008-09, which works out to 17.7 percent more than the same period previous year, however, the Board faces a gigantic task of collecting another Rs350 billion in the remaining two months to meet the target of Rs1250 billion.In April alone, the FBR collected Rs83.532 billion. According to provisional figures, collection of direct taxes in the first ten months of the current fiscal year amounted to Rs332 billion, while in the same period previous it stood at Rs284 billion. Revenue received on account of sales tax during the period under review amounted to Rs358 billion, of which, Rs194 billion received from sales tax locally and Rs164 billion at import stage.Federal excise duty received in July-April current fiscal year amounted to Rs90 billion and customs duty Rs117 billion.
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Pakistan’s embattled President Asif Ali Zardari has insisted his government was safe hours before White House talks with Afghanistan on fighting a Taliban insurgency raging in the two countries.
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WASHINGTON — With nuclear-armed Pakistan increasingly threat by Islamist militants, President Barack Obama will urge the country’s leader on Wednesday to confront the threat head-on, while offering promises of long-term U.S. support, senior U.S. officials said Tuesday.
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MINGORA: Militants on Tuesday attacked the DIG office, Commissioner Office, police station and museum in Saidu Sharif and finally captured the DIG off
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RawalpindiThe Gakhar Plaza in Rawalpindi Cantonment, a grand six-storey building, was the pride of the city. It was fun to shop there. However
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KARACHI: Owing to the overburden of cargo at Port Qasim, the export of cement declined considerably in the month of April as compared to last month.According to shipping sources, the little quantity of cement could have been exported through Port Qasim in the month of April owing to the overburden of cargo.Sources said as many as ten ships at Karachi Port and seven ships at Port Qasim are waiting for the vacant berth outside ports.The cargo was overburdened due to the import of fertilizers through Karachi port which left the export of cement through Karachi and Qasim ports 12 per cent short in comparison with March.
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LAHORE: The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) on Railways has directed the Ministry of Railways not to procure Chinese locomotives, worth Rs
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LAHORE MORE than 500 marble-cutting units are polluting populous residential localities of the provincial metropolis while many units are work
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ISLAMABAD: Repeating his demand for a national conference on the situation in Balochistan, Swat and Fata, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday vowed t
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