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Taxpayers should not be harassed: Chief Justice IHC

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Athar Minallah has said that taxpayers should not be harassed as it hurts the economy.

He said that tax collectors can also raise revenue without being harsh while taxpayers should discharge national obligation by honestly paying taxes which is imperative for national development.

Chief Justice IHC Athar Minallah said this while speaking at a function jointly organised by Rawalpindi Islamabad Tax Bar Association (RITBA) and Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) to announced provision of free legal aid to taxpayers facing harassment.

He said that taxpayers would be provided relief by adopting the procedure of Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (ADRC) and file their tax matters before the ADRC for early resolution of their disputes.

President of RITBA Syed Tauqeer Bukhari, President PTBA Abdul Qadir Memon, noted tax expert Hafiz Muhammad Idrees and others also spoke on the occasion.

They informed about some cases of harassment, threw light on providing legal aid to deserving taxpayers and vowed to end harassment of taxpayers by the tax department.

The speakers said that there are a lot of corporate and tax cases pending in the IHC, therefore, IHC should appoint a tax expert as judge of the high court following the suit of Sindh High Court and Lahore High Court.

They also demanded to increase the number of judges in the IHC to provide relief to masses and taxpayers.

The meeting was also attended by office bearers and members of various tax bars and SVP RITBA Faraz Fazal Sheikh, VP Naeemul Haq, Sec. Gen Zahid Shafique, Syed Tanseer Bukhari, Media Coordinator Sofia Akhtar, Jamal Akhtar Mian, Safeer Ahmed, Azhar Hussain Sheikh, Habibullah, Khalid Masood Malik, Tauseef Alam, Hassan Raza Baluch, and Ijaz Hussain Rathore. (INP)

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Aseefa Bhutto meets Asif Zardari in Adiala Jail

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ISLAMABAD : Daughter of the former President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Aseefa Bhutto met her father in Adiala Jail on Monday, where the politician is currently under custody for corruption investigations.

Rukhsana Bangash and Sardar Latif Khosa also accompanied Aseefa during the meeting with co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

Earlier in the day, an accountability court (AC) has rejected plea seeking permission to meet former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur, twice a week.

The court after hearing arguments from the accused lawyer and the NAB prosecutor had reserved its verdict earlier in the day.

In the absence of Latif Khosa, the lawyer of the accused, his assistant appeared before the NAB court to fight the plea.

In his supporting arguments, Zardari’s counsel said, Monday, has been fixed as a meeting date with his clients, but the jail administration always asks for the court orders, whenever anyone comes to meet them.

He requested the court to grant permission of meeting twice in a week with his clients, however, NAB prosecutor opposed it.

The court, after hearing arguments from both sides, had reserved the verdict. Pronouncing the reserved verdict later, the court rejected the plea and fixed Monday as a meeting day with Zardari and Faryal Talpur.

Both Zardari and Talpur are being held at Adiala Jail after they were arrested by the accountability watchdog earlier this year on charges of laundering billions of rupees through fictitious accounts.(INP)

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Nuclear war’s consequences are inconceivable: PM

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned the global powers and the international community of grave consequences if a nuclear war breaks out between arch-rivals Pakistan and India.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, he said, “It is a nation that will fight till the last breath,” he said while referring to a possibility of using nuclear arms in the war.

“The aftermath of a nuclear conflict is unimaginable and anything is possible if two nuclear-armed states enter into war against each other,” he said.

Pakistan doesn’t want to initiate a war as wars create more problems. I am against war as I believe that wars don’t solve problems

“No sane person can talk of a nuclear war. Pakistan will go to every extent for [rights] of Kashmiris.”

He affirmed that this was the reason Pakistan has been approaching every international forum for resolution of the longstanding dispute as the possible devastation would affect the entire subcontinent.

“Pakistan doesn’t want to initiate a war as wars create more problems. I am against war as I believe that wars don’t solve problems,” he added.

As an example, the premier referred to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and mentioned those wars later unfolded more intense issues.

PM Khan outlined that Pakistan has ensured religious freedom for followers of all religions and termed ill-treatment towards minorities “violation of the Constitution.”

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He further compared religious freedom in Pakistan with under Modi regime in India, and stated: “India has been following the ideology of RSS.”

On Thursday, the premier, in a tweet, welcomed the European Union‘s call for a peaceful solution of the Kashmir dispute, in line with the UNSC resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements.

He had also thanked the rest of the world for its support for Kashmir.”I commend 58 countries that joined Pakistan at the UN Human Rights Council on September 10, reinforcing demands of international community for India to stop the use of force, lift the siege, remove other restrictions, respect and protect Kashmir’s rights, and resolve Kashmir dispute through the UNSC resolutions.” (INP)

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Pakistan needs to mobilise tax revenue to fund development: IMF

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ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said Pakistan needs to increase its tax revenue in order to fund development.

In a press briefing, IMF Director Communications Gerry Rice said, “One of the key elements of the program that the IMF is supporting in Pakistan, Pakistan’s program, is the need to mobilise domestic tax revenue to fund much needed social and development spending while placing debt on a firm downward trend.”

Rice further said this was something that was emphasised by acting Managing Director David Lipton during his recent meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan.

“Let me add that we expect an IMF team to be in Pakistan in the next few days, including our Director for that area, Jihad Azur will be there,” he added.

On July 10, Pakistan received the first tranche of loan of $991.4 million from the IMF under the under Extended Fund Facility (EFF).

According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), following the loan from the IMF, the country’s foreign exchange reserves now stand at above $15.0431 billion.

The IMF’s Executive Board on July 3 had approved a three-year bailout package worth $6 billion to Pakistan.

Rice, had confirmed saying, “IMF Executive Board approved today a three-year US$6 billion loan to support Pakistan’s economic plan, which aims to return sustainable growth to the country’s economy and improve the standards of living.”

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“The country’s economic plan seeks to return sustainable growth to the economy by adopting reforms to foster stronger and more sustainable growth,” Rice had added.

The IMF and Pakistan’s government had earlier already signed a staff agreement on May 12 in this regard. (INP)

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Ex-PM Abbasi, Miftah Ismail ’s physical remand extended for another 14 days

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ISLAMABAD: The accountability court of Islamabad on Thursday extended the physical remand of former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, ex-finance minister Miftah Ismail and former PSO managing director Imranul Haq for another 14 days.

Mr Abbasi, Mr Miftah and Mr Imran were produced in the crowded courtroom of Judge Muhammad Bashir.

I feared that I will also get penalised of false case.

During the hearing, the NAB’s investigation officer informed the court that new evidences had been emerged during the Karachi raids and requested the court for an extension in suspects’ remand for further interrogation.

Judge Bashir recalled the remarks of CJP Khosa that these are the political cases, “I feared that I will also get penalised of false case.”

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Abbasi, who has been defending himself in the case, said that court should grant the remand of 90 days of all the suspects in the case.

The PML-N leaders are accused of being involved in awarding a 15-year contract for an LNG terminal against the rules when Abbasi was petroleum minister in the cabinet of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

The case was closed by NAB in 2016, but reopened in 2018.

Accountability Judge Muhammad Bashir, who heard NAB’s pleas for extension in physical remand of Abbasi, Ismail and former Pakistan State Oil (PSO) managing director Sheikh Imranul Haq, said that Abbasi had been in NAB custody for 56 days and “this is the final extension the court is giving in his remand”.

Meanwhile, the court granted 14-day physical remand and ordered them to appear in court on September 26.

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