PM urged to reduce import duty on paper, abolish tax exemption on imported books, printed materials KARACHI(Soon Times) Abid Nisar, Former Vice Chairman, All Pakistan Paper Merchants Association, Former Chairman, Import & Anti-Smuggling subcommittee KCCI, while expressing deep concern over high paper prices and huge paper crises, has appealed to Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, Finance…
June is a blessed month as this month is associated with a noble cause, which is blood donation. 14th June is observed as the Blood donation day globally. Celebration of the Blood donation day was first initiated by the World Health Organisation in the year 2004. Blood is one of the most essential fluids that…
By: Dr. Asim Aside from the debate over whether to import oil from Russia and Iran or from the Gulf States, the issue for the general population of Pakistan has always been a sudden surge in petroleum products. This is the first time in the economic history of Pakistan that the present government has increased…
By Abed Akbari Tehran, IRNA – Cultural diplomacy is the most important tool which can be used to expand soft power and, as a result, expand ties between Iran and its neighboring countries, including Pakistan. Promoting the level of cooperation with regional countries will, subsequently, provide more room for convergence in foreign policy. As reported…
By: (Deputy Director DGPR) The Department of Local Government and Community Development Punjab plays an important role in providing civic services to the people in a planned and coordinated manner to improve their living standards. In the budget presented by the government of Chief Minister Muhammad Hamza Shahbaz, a substantial amount of Rs. 528 Billion….
By: Adham Kawa Qadir Bachelor of International Relations& Diplomacy adham.kawa@std.tiu.edu.iq Since the final quarter of the last century, the importance of cultural, identity, civilization and religion issues has become more prominent by international relations experts. In the history, major movements such as “realism and liberalism” have only read foreign policy in terms of power and…
By: Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer PhD Political Science akramzaheer86@yahoo.com Since the administration of President Joe Biden, the US alignment in Asia and in the Middle East has entered in a new phase. All regional states are revising their policies according to new realities, but Iran hopes that post Biden regime may diminish its pressure then…
Covid-19 pandemic has presented a number of challenges to mankind and will not end with the virus disappearing from the face of the earth. It is now widely believed that world-wide, enough people will gain immune protection from vaccination and from natural infection leading to less transmission and much less Covid-19-related hospitalizations and death, even…
By: Dr. Malika-e-Abida Khattak Bangladesh’s much anticipated Padma Bridge, also a dream project of the Bangladesh, is going to be inaugurated on June 25 this year and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed will inaugurate the long-awaited bridge at 10:00am. The commuters of 21 districts of the south-west part of the country cross the Padma River…
Special Report Grant GB ‘provisional province’ status was the unanimous recommendation of the seminar on ‘Gilgit-Baltistan in National Security Calculus’ organised by the Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS) in Islamabad. The discussion focused on the current political status of GB, its role in securing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), its linkage with the Jammu…
