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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KARACHI: Dr Iqra Raza has achieved the distinction of being first oral and maxillofacial surgeon from Chitral, family sources told ChitralToday. She did her bachelor of dentistry (BDS) from Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry Karachi with distinction and the specialization from Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a surgical specialty focusing on reconstructive
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Faisal Bari Some provinces use the provincial/regional language as the medium of instruction in the early years. Others use Urdu or English, or a mix of both. Urdu and English are also taught as languages. Both are considered important. The only debate about them pertains to whether English should be introduced in the curriculum, if
