[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly standing committee on Health on Thursday proposed various reforms in the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT), including increasing its weightage for the admission to the college. The committee met with its chairman Dr Mahesh Kumar Malani in the chair. The meeting discussed matters pertaining to the Pakistan Medical … Read more
[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday chaired a follow-up meeting of the steering committee on the import of sugar. Following earlier deliberations, the committee confirmed the decision to import 500,000 metric tonnes of sugar through both the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) and the private sector. The deputy PM … Read more
[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The country’s newly formed cybercrimes watchdog has formed a special committee to ensure surveillance of social media platforms to suppress hate speech and sectarian content during the holy month of Muharram. On the instruction of the country’s top security czar, Mohsin Naqvi, the director general of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) … Read more
[ad_1] RAWALPINDI: Senior officers, including the director-general, of the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) recently failed to satisfy the fact-finding inquiry committee regarding queries involving Rs1.94 billion scandal. The second session of the fact-finding inquiry committee, constituted by the Punjab Chief Secretary to investigate the transfer of Rs1.94b from the RDA bank account to various individuals … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article A review on the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented on Thursday to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s outside vaccine committee cites a study that does not exist, the scientist listed as the study’s author said. The report, called “Thimerosal as a Vaccine Preservative” published … Read more
[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Subcommittee on Education has recommended that students affected by the Cambridge paper leak be given the option to resit the compromised exams during the October/November 2025 session without having to pay any additional fee. The recommendation came following a meeting between the subcommittee and Cambridge International Education on Monday, where … Read more
[ad_1] Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the process for appointing a new chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC). A Search Committee has been constituted for the purpose, led by Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. Other members include Minister of State for Education and Professional Training Wajiha Qamar, … Read more
[ad_1] The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on Thursday directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to incorporate safeguards before closing bank accounts of unregistered businesses, amid widespread tax evasion and underreporting by businesspeople. The committee, which met here with its chairman Syed Naveed Qamar in the chair, reviewed the FBR's proposed measures to … Read more
[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance reviewed the Finance Bill 2025 on Wednesday and recommended a zero-rated tax on the income of up to Rs1.2 million and rejected a proposal to impose tax on individuals doing small online businesses. During a meeting, chaired by its chairman Saleem Mandviwala, the committee approved the proposal … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Senate’s Standing Committee on Finance has recommended exempting income tax for individuals earning up to Rs1.2 million per year. In addition, it approved a proposal to increase the limit for property purchases by non-filers from 130 per cent to 500 per cent of their declared assets. The committee met under the chairmanship … Read more