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Tax exemptions for Chinese investors in CPEC won't hit local business
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 24 (ANI): Pakistan's federal government has claimed that despite the tax discounts and exemptions being given to Chinese investors in the $56 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), there will be no adverse impact on local industries and domestic inves
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PTI to submit resolution against Saudi-led military in NA
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr. 10 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to approach the National Assembly to stop the federal government from including Pakistan in the Saudi Arabia-led 41-nation Islamic military alliance with General (retired) Raheel Sharif as its head.
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Dr. Manmohan Singh seeks cooperation between federal, state govt. on GST
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): Stating that the passage of the much-awaited Goods and Services (GST) Bill can be a 'game changer', former prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Thursday said there must be a cooperation between the federal government and the state government to reso
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Right To Inform or 'Right To Intimidate': Congress asks Centre
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Congress on Monday fired its first salvo on the Centre over the proposed changes in the Right to Information (RTI) Act, and questioned the BJP-led federal government's intentions over the move.
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Madrassas outnumber educational institutions in Islamabad
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 18 (ANI): Religious seminaries have outnumbered educational institutions in Islamabad as the federal government did not open any new school in the national capital during the last four years, but a number of madrassas cropped up.
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World XI visit to Pakistan only after go-ahead from govt.: PCB
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar. 8 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan has asserted that the World XI cricket team's visit to Pakistan will be given a go-ahead only after getting security clearance from the federal government.
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Pak opposition nails Sharif regime on 'unwise' border closure wi
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): A debate in Pakistan's parliament turned acrimonious on Tuesday, when the opposition accused the Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N federal government of being unwise and illogical in sealing the border with Afghanistan, and demanded a for revisiting the country&#
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PSL final in Lahore subject to govt. permission, says PCB chief
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb. 25 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan, while remaining keen on staging the Pakistan Super League (PSL) decider in Lahore, has insisted that the final decision in this regard would be made by the federal government.
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Pak Senate committee dissatisfied over govt's attitude on CPEC
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb. 11 (ANI): Pakistan Senate's Standing Committee on Communications has expressed dissatisfaction over the federal government's attitude regarding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
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It is responsibility of Pak govt. to give freedom of expression to all: Ne
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 15 (ANI): Expressing concern over disappearance of Pakistani bloggers, Netherlands Ambassador to Pakistan Jeannette Seppen has said it is the responsibility of the federal government to ptovide freedom of expression to every journalist and blogger.
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How long will Pak govt. use military as a crutch, questions PTI leader
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 11 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the federal government was using the military as a crutch.
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Pak govt. approves 24th Amendment Bill, as opposition cry foul
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 11 (ANI): Despite the opposition rejecting the timing of the amendment, when Panama Papers case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is being heard by the Supreme Court, the federal government has approved the twenty-fourth Amendment Bill in the National Assembly St
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