Rangers brutally killed a boy in Karachi, Pakistan
Rangers brutally killed a boy in Karachi, Pakistan.
Rs 744.343m for ports and shipping in budget 2011-12
ISLAMABAD: In the budget 2011-12, the government has allocated Rs 744.343 million for various projects of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP). According to details, the said amount will be spent on the three on-going projects of the Ministry. Around Rs 27 million have been earmarked for Gwadar[…]
Property tax recovery decline blamed on violence, old rates
KARACHI, May 31: Markets along M.A. Jinnah Road and I.I. Chundrigar Road contributed the highest amount — Rs48.2 million — under the head of property tax during the July 2010-April 2011 period, it emerged on Tuesday.
Malir River Expressway project reviewed
Nespak has been appointed as consultant for construction of the Malir River Expressway from DHA Phase-VII to the Superhighway. The company will conduct the full study of the project and submit its feasibility report within two months after which measures will be taken to commence work on the project.
Additional development charges in DHA
THE Defence Housing Authority, Karachi, has been demanding additional development charges one after the other for phase VIII. In October 2004 they levied additional development charges at the rate of Rs500 per square yard for a residential plot payable by those persons who had not ‘A’ leased their plots up to Oct 1, 2004, while[…]
What is the worth of our cabinet ministers?
ISLAMABAD: The asset declarations of the federal cabinet members reveal the fluctuation in their fortunes during the past three years. Federal minister for religious affairs and labour and manpower, Syed Khursheed Shah’s assets were worth Rs11,900,000 in 2010. His two wives own assets worth Rs27,578,000 and Rs26,734,000 respectively. In 2009 his wealth valued Rs51,610,000 while[…]
PA body opposes new residential blocks for bureaucrats
Sindh Assembly’s Standing Committee on Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) has opposed the proposed construction of official residences in Bath Island, Clifton and Gulistan-e-Jauhar in Karachi as well as Sindh House in Gwadar and Rest House in Khairpur till the flood rehabilitation process is completed in the province.
Property sale linked to tax clearance: provision to be introduced in budget
ISLAMABAD (April 18, 2011) : The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is planning to take a major step in the 2011-12 budget for documentation of the economy by making it mandatory for the sellers of the immovable property to obtain ‘tax clearance certificate’ from the tax department, ensuring that the seller has declared his property[…]
Sindh CM seeks report on land allotment for SBBCHS
KARACHI: President Malir Bar Association (MBA) Muhammad Ashraf Samoo has demanded of the federal and provincial governments to appoint MBA members as law officers/legal advisers in the government, semi-government and private industries located in the jurisdiction of Malir courts.
DHA road planning
KARACHI: This is with reference to your recent report on the planning of certain major roads in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority, specifically Zamzama Boulevard and Khayaban-e-Shamsheer. The fact of the matter is that the plan to make the first road one way and remove the median divider from the latter was drawn up over two[…]