The United Arab Emirates cabinet on Sunday approved the establishment of an embassy in the city of Tel Aviv in Israel, state media said. The UAE and Israel agreed to normalise relations in August, a deal forged largely over shared fears of Iran. Since then, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco have all agreed to establish ties with Israel
Rescuers in China have freed 11 gold miners who were trapped hundreds of metres underground for two weeks. TV footage showed the first miner, who was blindfolded to protect his eyes from the light, being lifted out as emergency workers cheered. The fate of 10 other miners remains unknown, as rescue operations continue to try
Tanvir Hussain Raza Pakistan has a system of direct and indirect taxation to raise revenue with the majority of contribution coming from indirect taxes. Indirect taxes are inculcating in nature as they usually target consumption. In contrary, direct taxes are levied on profits, salaries, dividends and are progressive in nature. Indirect taxes have 60% of
GILGIT: An American citizen has hunted the highest-rated Astore markhor, a rare species in Gilgit-Baltistan, after paying $61,500 as a licence fee during the current hunting trophy season. Edward Joseph Hudson hunted the markhor near the Dashkin-Mushkin-Tarbuling (DMT) conservation area in Astore, according to the Gilgit-Baltistan wildlife department. The horns of the hunted animal were
Pervez Hoodbhoy COVID-19 has made in-person exam proctoring impossible and so normal safeguards have disappeared. My inbox is full of anguished emails from university students across Pakistan bewailing the use of unfair and unethical means by their class fellows. Upon combining these complaints with those of my colleagues in various universities, and adding in my
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