PTI slams ‘ambush on SC,’ rejects proposed changes to judges’ tenure, retirement age Dtrends

PTI slams ‘ambush on SC,’ rejects proposed changes to judges’ tenure, retirement age Dtrends

PTI Chairman Gohar Khan (right) and KP government spokesman Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif. AFP/The News/File. PTI’s Gohar Khan denies making JUI-F chief an offer. Says Fazl sticking to his “principled” stance on the matter. Saif says “phoney” govt trying to make nefarious amendment. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday fiercely resisted a proposed constitutional amendment … Read more

Freezing bank accounts, banning property, vehicle purchases proposed for tax evaders D_Trends

Freezing bank accounts, banning property, vehicle purchases proposed for tax evaders D_Trends

A representational image showing the FBR logo. — FBR website/File FBR proposes Rs1m fine for incomplete, incorrect tax returns. Recommends policy changes for the incorrect tax documents. Third-party audit, use of AI proposed for increased transparency. ISLAMABAD: As the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led government aims to address its fiscal woes, the  Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) … Read more

Take-and-pay model proposed for IPPs D_Trends

Take-and-pay model proposed for IPPs D_Trends

ISLAMABAD: A task force constituted by the prime minister on the capacity payments to the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) proposed transition of the capacity-based model to a take-and-pay model in order to unburden electricity consumers from the payments to non-operating plants, sources said on Friday. They said that a draft of the transition proposed the … Read more

Proposed revision in passport rules allows citizens to apply from any city Dtrends

Proposed revision in passport rules allows citizens to apply from any city Dtrends

An undated image of the Pakistani passport. — X/@visafoto_com/File ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to make a new amendment to the passport rules which will grant citizens the facility to get their travel document made from any city across the country, as per the sources. The new decision has been taken by the government … Read more

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq raises concern about proposed change to India’s Waqf laws Dtrends

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq raises concern about proposed change to India’s Waqf laws Dtrends

Listen to article SRINAGAR: Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq raised concerns Friday about a proposed change to Waqf laws. Any changes to the Waqf laws “will be resisted by Muslims, particularly in the Jammu and Kashmir region,” Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said during his Friday sermon at the Grand Mosque Srinagar. He addressed key issues such as the … Read more

Protests erupt in Serbia over proposed lithium mine by Rio Tinto Dtrends

Protests erupt in Serbia over proposed lithium mine by Rio Tinto Dtrends

BELGRADE: Zlatko Kokanovic, a 48-year-old farmer from the Serbian village of Gornje Nedeljice, has spearheaded a significant protest movement against Rio Tinto’s proposed lithium mine in Serbia on Thursday. Kokanovic and his fellow villagers argue that the development of what is planned to be Europe’s largest lithium mine would have detrimental effects on their environment … Read more