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PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday offloaded two members of National Assembly, belonging to the tribal areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from a flight at Bacha Khan International Airport, ARY News reported. According to ARY News reporter, FIA offloaded the two legislators Mohsin Dawar and  Ali Wazir from a Bahrain-bound international flight at the Bacha Khan airport when they were trying to flee abroad.    Sources said that the two legislators were stopped at the airport as their names were placed on the exit control list. According to unconfirmed report the two MNAs were taken into custody for investigations. It is pertinent to mention here that MNA Mohsin Dawar had played a suspicious role when the body of Superintendent of Police (SP) Tahir Khan Dawar, who was abducted from Islamabad last month and found dead in Afghanistan handed over to Pakistan authorities. The sources said that it seemed that Mohsin Dawar and Imtiaz Wazir, the head of Afghan delegation a

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BUENOS AIRES: The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada on Friday signed a huge regional trade deal to replace the old NAFTA, denounced by President Donald Trump as a killer of US jobs. “This is a model agreement that changes the trade landscape forever,” Trump said at the signing ceremony in Buenos Aires, on the sidelines of a G20 leaders’ summit. Trump said negotiating the deal known in Washington as the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, had seen the leaders take “a lot of barbs and a little abuse.” But he insisted that the “incredible milestone” would aid US workers, especially in the auto industry, while putting in place “intellectual property protection that will be the envy of nations all around the world.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was less effusive about the renegotiated pact, but said the USMCA would resolve the threat of “serious economic uncertainty” that “would have gotten more damaging.” While praising the “historic” nature of the deal, Tru

Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Friday warned that the apex court will take action against the media houses that have still not paid salaries to their employees, if they did not clear all dues soon. While hearing a request filed by Tayyab Baloch, the president of Press Association of Supreme Court, Justice Nisar said the court will take action against media houses — that have not paid their employees — under the Revenue Recovery Act and suggested the companies' lawyers to read it. Pervez Shaukat, who was representing media employees along with Baloch, told the court that the media workers did not have money to pay their children's school fee because they had not received their salaries. He claimed that the media houses had received billions to speak against the judiciary. The apex court ordered Capital TV to pay their employees by December 5 while Daily Times , Nawai Waqt , The Nation , Bol News , 7 News , Star Asia and Khabrain were given until December 15. Moreover, the AR

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed disappointment at India’s negative response to Pakistan’s peace overtures, saying one-sided efforts to normalise ties between the two neighbouring countries will not yield results. Interacting with Indian journalists in the federal capital, the premier said India needs to respond to Pakistan’s peaceful gestures in order to move ahead to address the longstanding disputes souring bilateral ties. He reiterated that both the countries should break free from the shackles of the past, saying: “We cannot move forward if we continue to live in the past instead of leaving it behind and learning from it.” “Our conflicts are impediment to development of the region,” said the premier while responding to questions put to him by journalists. “There is no people-to-people animosity, but the governments in both countries have issues,” he said and added Pakistan is making efforts to improve ties but unfortunately India is not reciprocating i

SUKKUR: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said if masses wanted the politics for the rights of labourers and common men then they should support him, ARY News reported. “In sha Allah! I will fight anti-people forces with support of people. We will collectively defeat them,” he said while addressing a public gathering in Sukkur on the ocassion of 51st Foundation Day of Pakistan People’s Party. On this occasion, the PPP chairman expressed his resolve to follow the ideology of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and philosophy of former PM Benazir Bhutto. He vowed that the party would keep striving for strengthening the democratic institutions, the supremacy of the Parliament and a workable justice system and rule of law. Bilawal Zardari said the PPP had offered the 1973 constitution, gave Pakistan status of being invincible through nuclear programme, remedied the wounded Pakistan in 1971, drove India to reach the historic Simla Accord, made

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Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Friday warned that the apex court will take action against the media houses that have still not paid salaries to their employees, if they did not clear all dues soon. While hearing a request filed by Tayyab Baloch, the president of Press Association of Supreme Court, Justice Nisar said the court will take action against media houses — that have not paid their employees — under the Revenue Recovery Act and suggested the companies' lawyers to read it. Pervez Shaukat, who was representing media employees along with Baloch, told the court that the media workers did not have money to pay their children's school fee because they had not received their salaries. He claimed that the media houses had received billions to speak against the judiciary. The apex court ordered Capital TV to pay their employees by December 5 while Daily Times , Nawai Waqt , The Nation , Bol News , 7 News , Star Asia and Khabrain were given until December 15. Moreover, the AR

MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Jahangir Khan Tareen on Friday announced that their government will provide grants to people to start their own business. Addressing a joint marriage ceremony in Multan, Jahangir Tareen said that their government is not a traditional government and claimed that they will deliver as per promises. He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the South Punjab secretariat next year and added that the issues of the local people will be resolved in their own area. The PTI leader said the new secretariat will be functional in July this year and added that the complication on path of new province will be resolved soon. PM Imran lauds his team’s 100-day performance, promises wide-ranging reforms It is pertinent to mention here that addressing an event organized to highlight his government’s performance in its initial 100 days, Prime Minister Imran Khan, on November 29, had pledged to improve the taxation system, boost exports,

The Members of National Assembly (MNA) from North Waziristan, Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir , were offloaded from a Dubai-bound flight on Peshawar airport by security officials on Friday, DawnNewsTV reported. Dawar told DawnNewsTV that they were travelling to Dubai to participate in a Pakhtun cultural event, but were offloaded from the aircraft of a private airline before departure by the Federal Investigations Agency (FIA) officials. “Security officials informed us that we are wanted in a case registered in Swabi and our names are on the Exit Control List,” the Waziristan lawmaker said. Both the lawmakers have been detained by the FIA, and the agency will handover their custody to Swabi police. However, Dawar told DawnNewsTV that they have already obtained bail before arrest in this case. Read more: The Pakhtun identity crisis In August, both the lawmakers were charged with multiple offences, including rioting and removing the country’s flag from a building after a public meeti

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Swiss authorities to obtain information about assets and bank accounts owned by Pakistanis in Switzerland. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar inked the MoU with the Swiss officials. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on its official tweeter handle said: “A step ahead in bringing back looted wealth; Pakistan and Swiss governments have signed an MOU enabling exchange of financial information on bilateral basis which will enable Pakistani authorities to seek Swiss bank account details of Pakistanis.” It further said: “A high level delegation led by SAPM on Accountability @ ShazadAkbar has also negotiated the up-gradation & implementation of automation of exchange of information on bilateral level and also additional protocols and MoUs for expediting Pakistani requests on preferential basis.” A high level delegation led by SAPM on Accountibility @Shaza

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday said the country needed a strong and independent judiciary as an institution. Addressing a law conference in Islamabad, he said the rule of law was imperative for a successful democratic system. The information minister said the government believed in strengthening of institutions. He urged the superior judiciary and the Law Commission to evaluate ideas to improve judicial system in Pakistan. Read More: CJP Saqib Nisar says judiciary ‘guardian of democracy and constitution’ Fawad stressed the need to revamp lower judiciary such as the civil and the district courts. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar in a statement in July said that despite all the criticism, judiciary stood as a guardian of democracy and the constitution. The chief justice maintained that judiciary had to act against mafias because of the leadership vacuum in the country otherwise he, as a juror, detested judicial activism. The top

KARACHI: Parents of a 12-year-old student are moving from pillar to post to get “justice” for their child who they claim was brutally tortured by one of his teachers at a private school, ARY News reported.  Shahmir, a student of grade eight in Karachi’s Aisha Bawany School, claims that on November 16, his teacher used a cane to beat him resulting in severe injuries on his hand and head but police has not even registered a First Information Report (FIR) regarding the incident. Shahmir’s father, who is an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), told ARY News that he had his son’s medico-legal examination done at a hospital but the school management used their influence to get the medico-legal officer (MLO) was changed. “The teacher told my child that he should change his statement (before police) and only say that he fell from his desk,” her mother told ARY News. Normally, in such cases, police demands a medico-legal report before registering FIR but Shahmir and his parents are still waiti

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday ordered the Karachi authorities to take joint action against the commercial use of land meant for residential properties in the metropolis. Headed by Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, a two-member bench while hearing a petition against the commercial use of residential areas, ordered the mayor of Karachi, the project director of the Lines Area Development Authority, the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) and others to present a report within 15 days after taking action on court directives. During the hearing today, the SBCA lawyer informed the court that ending encroachments did not come within the authority's jurisdiction, to which Justice Khan responded by saying that "these aren't encroachments ... these are illegal constructions". The lawyer also said that the SBCA could not take action with regards to public land. But the argument did not sit well with the SHC judge, who said: "If illegal work is being done on public lan

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday said the trend of foreign investment into the country was rising. “During the meetings held in our visits abroad the foreign investors also expressed deep interest in investing in Pakistan,” he said while talking to Chairman Board of Investment Haroon Sharif who called on him in Islamabad. During the meeting, existing opportunities of investment in various sectors of national economy and the positive trend of foreign investment in Pakistan came under discussion. Read More: Pakistan 10th biggest country in Asia for foreign investment Foreign Minister Qureshi said the economic diplomacy was among the key priorities of Pakistan’s foreign policy. He said that many renowned and large international companies were successfully doing their businesses in Pakistan, which was a testimony of trust on the policies of our government. The chairman Board of Investment said Pakistan was providing complete legal and constitutional protect

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BUENOS AIRES: A summit of the world’s top economies will open on Friday with leaders struggling over fallout from a US-China trade war that has roiled global markets and bracing for the kind of divisive geopolitical drama that President Donald Trump often brings to the international stage. The two-day annual gathering will be a major test for the Group of 20 industrialized nations, whose leaders first met in 2008 to help rescue the global economy from the worst financial crisis in seven decades, but which now faces questions over its relevance to deal with the latest round of crises. Overhanging the summit in Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital, is a bitter trade dispute between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, which have imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of each other’s imports. All eyes will be on a planned meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday to see whether they can find a way to calm the waters and m

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday directed centre and provinces to submit monthly progress report against the usage of narcotics in educational institutes. According to the details, a three-member bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, while hearing a case pertaining to drug peddling in educational institutes,  ordered the provinces to submit monthly report on drugs in academies. It is pertinent to mention here that Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) submitted report in the apex court on drugs in educational institutes, whereas the chief justice directed Sindh and Balochistan police to submit their reply  over noncooperation within 10 days. DIG operation Lahore told the apex court that police launched crackdown against the drug peddlers and apprehended at least 50 suspects. During the proceeding, CJP Saqib Nisar asked that who is responsible to curb the drug peddling and maintained that drugs are easily available in the educational institutes. He directed t

PARIS: Coal remains the most widely used means of electricity production in the world. It also happens to be the biggest emitter of climate-changing carbon dioxide of any fuel. Despite efforts to tackle global warming, worldwide demand for coal was up one percent last year, mainly due to demand in Asia. China is by far the biggest consumer of coal which is mainly used to produce electricity. However even in China there is now political pressure to improve air quality in urban areas, with a new trend towards using natural gas and renewables. In 2017, after two years of declines, International Energy Agency figures showed global coal demand rising to  5.357 million tonnes of coal equivalent (TCE). While many advanced economies, such as Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom are considering how to phase out coal use in power generation, the same is not true everywhere. India seems set to replace China as the world’s biggest coal consumer while Asian countries such as Indonesia, Mal

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday decided to expedite installation of electricity meters in the areas where electricity is being used through direct connections (Kunda system). The decision was taken during a high level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad today. Expressing concerns over the quantum of power theft, the prime minister said it was unacceptable that those who regularly pay their dues have to face inconvenience of load shedding because of theft by some elements. He directed Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and power minister to hold a press conference to apprise the public of the issue and garner support for the government’s crackdown against power theft. The Secretary Power Division informed that the Power Division in coordination with the provincial task forces is actively carrying forward the campaign against power theft in all the provinces. He said recently gangs were busted in LESCO and Faisalabad region which were involved in fa

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday reiterated his government’s resolve to provide better facilities to attract foreign investment which he said will not only bring dollars into the country but also employment. Speaking at the launching event of JW Forland automobiles assembly plant project, he said the Chinese company is going to invest up to $900 million in Pakistan as automobiles will now be fully assembled in the country for the first time. The prime minister said the project would initially create 5,000 employment opportunities, which are likely to increase with the march of time as 45,000 people would be employed by it in future. Referring to today’s major depreciation of the rupee against the dollar, he said a lot of people are worried about the devaluation. There is no need to fret about it, he added. The premier said the local currency plunged against the dollar owing to the greenback’s paucity. Foreign investment was needed to bring dollars into the country as

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ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau Javed Iqbal has said, NAB is carrying out across the board accountability, ARY News reported on Friday. Chairman NAB chaired a high level meeting at the Bureau’s headquarters to review overall progress of all the bureaus. Chairman NAB Javed Iqbal maintained,  the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is carrying out accountability process without any discrimination across the country. He underlined the need to root out menace of corruption, which is core cause of wrongdoings in the country. On November 22, Chairman NAB Javed Iqbal, had reiterated his resolve to make Pakistan a corruption free state and announced to bring the corrupts and proclaimed offenders to justice. Chairing a meeting in Islamabad, he had said that NAB believed in elimination of irregularities and vowed to make the country a corruption free state. The NAB had chairman directed all the bureaus to bring mega corruption cases to their logical end on emergency ba

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Friday said, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) gas pipeline will be a ‘game changer’ for the region. This he said while expressing his views with Ambassador of Turkmenistan Atadjan Movlamov who called on him in Islamabad today. The minister assured the visiting ambassador that the, petroleum division and TAPI pipeline corporation will soon sign an important document. “Pakistan supports TAPI project at every level”, Mr. Sarwar continued. Referring to relations with Turkmenistan, the Minister said both the countries enjoy cordial relations. TAPI gas pipeline It needs to be mentioning here that, Pakistan will act as a host country in this contract with Turkmenistan over giving of transit rights for placement of the pipeline, assisting India to connect it in its region with its origin point-Fazilka district, near Multan. This 1,800km long pipeline, which instigate from the Galkynysh gas

BERLIN: Germany’s air force on Friday was investigating a serious technical mishap on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plane that forced an emergency landing and delayed her arrival at the G20 summit by more than 12 hours. The latest embarrassing glitch for the German military forced Merkel to instead take a commercial flight to Buenos Aires with a vastly reduced delegation and miss scheduled talks with several world leaders. It was not yet clear whether Merkel could hold her planned talks at a later stage with US President Donald Trump, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping of China. Shortly after takeoff from Berlin on Thursday, Merkel’s Airbus A340-300 was forced to turn back over Dutch airspace, and make an emergency landing in Cologne. The plane had suffered a complete breakdown of the on-board communication system, a problem described as extremely rare, which forced the pilot to communicate via a satellite phone instead. “It was a serious malfunction,” Merkel told reporters trav

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing about construction of Nai Gaj dam in Dadu district of Sindh till Monday, ARY News reported. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar heard the case regarding lack of funding in the construction of the dam project, which has delayed the completion of the project. The top court had accepted a petition for hearing regarding the construction of Nai Gaj dam in September this year. The bench issued a notice to federal government seeking its reply over the funds for construction of the dam. The judges observed that all stakeholders are agreed over construction of the project but funds not being released for it. The counsel of the petitioner, Faisal Siddiqui, said that the dam will not be built on river but the water of the hilly torrents of Kirthar Mountain range will be stored in the water reservoir. The rainwater of the torrents will be stored in the reservoir and supplied to the Manchhar Lake

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ISLAMABAD: From January 1, 2019, every single commercial banks and mobile financial service providers (like Easy Paisa and Jazz Cash) will not be charging any individual for text message alerts that you receive after making any financial transactions. Presently, almost all banks charge around Rs 100 per month for sending an SMS alert after any financial transaction are performed via ATM or online. The SMS alert service is very helpful, as customers can instantly alert their bank in case of illegal access, but it is a paid attribute that consist of a federal tax as well, which dishearten consumers from availing this security ease, as a lot of people merely don’t want to pay the fee. The modification of policy is the outcome of a numerous instructions the central bank has formulated to commercial banks whose unfortunate state of information security was uncovered by a recent cyber-attacks. SBP stated that, “All banks and other financial service providers shall propel free of charge

WASHINGTON: When patients with painful back problems are also depressed, they have significantly higher healthcare costs than back-pain patients without depression, a U.S. study suggests. Getting treatment for both depression and back pain may reduce pain episodes and the economic burden, the study authors write in the journal Pain Medicine. “Back pain is a big problem in our clinics, and we’re seeing more and more admissions,” said lead study author Dr. Jawad Bilal of the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. Overall, about two-thirds of adults experience low-back pain during their lifetimes, which makes it one of the most common patient complaints in hospitals and doctor’s offices across the country, he said. “We also know that depression can increase the sensation of pain,” he told Reuters Health in a phone interview. “Those with depression may need to use inpatient and outpatient services more. Bilal and colleagues analyzed data from a nationally representative

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Friday, announced to cut down the petroleum prices for the month of December, ARY News reported. Addressing a press conference here in Islamabad today, the minister said, the government is trying hard to provide relief to the common man in present ‘crunch’ economic situation. The minister announced to cut the prices of petrol and diesel by rupees 2 per liter, while gasoline price was cut by rupees 3 per liter. The new rates  of the petroleum prices will be enforced today midnight The post Government announces reduction in petroleum prices appeared first on ARYNEWS . from ARYNEWS https://ift.tt/2FPcKYD

Sudden devaluation of local currency against the US dollar was witnessed in interbank trading on Friday morning as the greenback hit an all-time high of Rs144 during intraday trading. Sources told DawnNewsTV that the sudden rise of Rs10 in the value of the US dollar is based on the government's commitments to the International Monitory Fund (IMF). The US dollar, which was being traded at Rs134 yesterday, opened higher at Rs142 on Friday while the local currency further devalued by Rs2 to Rs144 before setting to Rs140 at midday. Zaffar Paracha, General Secretary of the Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan (ECAP), told DawnNewsTV that the sudden devaluation of rupee has created a panic in the market. He said that the traders are expecting the open market to open at around Rs143 to Rs144. He said that the devaluation was expected due to the current dialogues between the government and the IMF. "It seems a continuation of the IMF's condition for a bailout package,&

ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that the Indian leaders should understand that they have to take a realistic decision on the issue of Kashmir. Addressing a seminar of the All Parties Parliamentary Kashmir Group in Islamabad information minister said that Prime Minister Imran Khan and the military want solution of the Kashmir question. “Peace will benefit everyone”, Mr. Chaudhry said, adding” solution of Kashmir problem is inevitable”. Fawad Chaudhry said India would have to take a realistic decision over Kashmir as better relations between Pakistan and India are in the best interest of the both countries. “We have fought three wars, what India achieved from (these wars). India wants to continue its hegemony in Kashmir, the minister said. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just announced that his government will give a package of billions of rupees to Occupied Kashmir but independence cannot be bought with money, Chaudhry said. The information m

NEW DELHI/CAIRO: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and told him about plans to scale up investments in India’s tech, farm and energy sectors, an Indian official and the Saudi news agency (SPA) said on Friday. The two leaders, who are in Argentina for the G20 summit, met in the prince’s residence in Buenos Aires and discussed Saudi Arabia’s readiness to supply India with oil and petroleum products. The G20 summit in Buenos Aires is the first major international event the Saudi prince has attended since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October. The Saudi prince told Modi he would soon be finalising an initial investment in India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, a quasi-sovereign wealth fund, to help accelerate the building of ports, highways and other projects, a top Indian diplomat said. “The crown prince also referred to future projects for investments, in sectors such as tech,

LOS ANGELES:  Flying through the clouds with a black parrot umbrella and holding her signature carpet bag, whimsical British nanny Mary Poppins made her “practically perfect” movie comeback on Thursday, more than 50 years after first charming audiences worldwide. “Mary Poppins Returns,” set some 20 years after the film that made Julie Andrews a star, had its world premiere in Los Angeles, featuring a new cast and new music but with a nostalgic nod to the original. The 1964 film “Mary Poppins” starring Andrews and Dick Van Dyke as a cheerful chimney sweep brought a best actress Oscar for Andrews and an award-winning score of songs like “A Spoonful of Sugar” and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” that have become classics. In “Mary Poppins Returns,” Emily Blunt plays the firm but kind singing nanny who descends on London in the early 20th century to take care of the children of the now adult Banks siblings from the 1964 film. Like the original, “Mary Poppins Returns” features fant

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday submitted a new report to the Supreme Court, containing details of Pakistanis who have their assets stashed abroad, ARY News reported. According to the list prepared by the FIA, as many as 1,115 Pakistanis have their properties in the United Arab Emirates. Of them, 338 belong to Punjab and 639 from Sindh, 115 from Islamabad, 18 from Khyber Pakhtonkhwa and five from Balochistan. The report states that out of total 1,115 people, 417 of them have availed tax amnesty scheme. Province-wise breakdown shows that 117 of the amnesty scheme seekers belong to Punjab, 267 from Sindh and 29 from Islamabad. Similarly, 162 people declared their assets during the FIA probe, the report says. Of them, 72 were from Sindh, 70 from Punjab, 14 from Islamabad, four from KP and two from Balochistan. As many as 77 Pakistanis, who have their properties and other assets abroad, submitted their tax returns. 37 of them live in Sindh, 29 in Islamabad,

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ISLAMABAD: “Lowest voters’ turn out in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), indicates ‘frustration’ of people of held valley”, said Foreign Spokesperson Dr. Faisal on Friday. Addressing in a ceremony, aimed to highlight the Kashmir issue here, he said, Britain parliament has also endorsed the rights’ violation in held Kashmir by the occupation forces. “Rights council of the United Nation has also highlighted the worst state terrorism in the valley”, the FO spokesperson contented. Mr. Faisal said, the lowest turnout in occupied territory during latest polls, clearly indicates that the Kashmiris are not happy with India. He urged International community to come forward for the solution of the Kashmir issue according to the expectations of the Kashmiris. It is pertinent to mention here that, many Kashmiris have been martyred in the recent wave of the Indian state terrorism in occupied Kashmir. The death toll has jumped to 22 in the recent days, as occupied forces on November 27, had kill

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) time limit will end today (Friday) for people to file their income tax returns and wealth statements. According to details, FBR had extended the deadline in September for filing of  annual income tax returns and wealth statements till November 30. But as of now, more extension in deadline will not be approved. FBR extends date for filing tax returns The sources stated, “The names of the people will be visible straight away in the active tax payer list without any delay who have filed their income tax. Also, filers will not be prohibited from acquiring immovable property no matter whatever its worth is.” However, as compared to non-filers, filers will have to pay half the withholding tax and non-filers will have to pay 1.5-2 times more withholding tax. The sources added, “Non-filers will not be permitted to procure property cost over Rs 5 million. Also, non-filers will have to pay more as compared to filers on different payments.”

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DAMASCUS: Israeli jets bombed several areas in southern Syria and near Damascus on Thursday drawing retaliatory fire from the ground, a monitoring group said. The Israeli military made no comment on the reported strikes, during which Syrian air defences opened fire for the first time since the deadly downing of a Russian transport plane in September, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “Israeli forces bombarded for an hour positions in the southern and southwestern suburbs of Damascus as well as in the south of Syria at the border of Quneitra province,” Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said. Syrian state media said air defences downed a number of “hostile targets” close to the capital. “Our air defences fired on hostile targets over the Kisweh area and downed them,” the official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source. The Israeli military denied that any of its aircraft were hit, while not commenting on the reported strikes. It said a Syrian surface-to-