Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan Soft power is a vital concept in political science and international relations disciplines. With the dawn of globalization, information technology revolution and emergence of different financial resources, soft power concept has become significant in national and foreign policies. Implementation of soft power activities vary from country to country but the basic [...]
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Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has clarified since Capital Gains Tax (CGT) ranging between 5 percent to 10 percent has been imposed only on disposal of properties held for a period up to two years therefore, advance tax at the rate of 0.5 percent is also to be collected from sellers who held the immoveable [...] Gold Prices in PKR from January 1995 onward. Per Gram prices are aproximate. Prices are based on data from Index Mundi. Troy ounce= 31.1034 Grams Gold – Monthly Price (Pakistan Rupee per Troy ounce & per Gram) Month Price Troy ounce Change Price per gram Jan-95 11,705.85 – Rs. 376 Feb-95 11,663.14 -0.36% Rs.375 [...] Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital convergence technologies, yesterday announced the global availability of the Angry Birds App for Samsung Smart TV. Developed by Rovio Entertainment, a Finnish entertainment media company, Angry Birds is one of the top smartphone apps worldwide. The game’s fun and colorful characters and engaging gameplay have [...] NEW YORK: Apple Inc. will release its new operating system for Mac computers yesterday, with features borrowed from mobile devices and a tighter integration with online file storage. Dubbed Mountain Lion, the new software narrows the gap between the PC and phone software packages, making Mac personal computers work more like iPhones and iPads. It’s [...] KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has introduced revised packages for its ‘3G EVO Wireless Broadband’, the country’s most popular Broadband Wireless Internet service. The popular EVO Truly Unlimited, EVO Postpaid, EVO Max and EVO Wi-Fi Cloud shall now be available with an addition of Rs 100 service charges at Rs 2,100. The new charges [...] PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER According to media reports, the new ISI chief, General Zaheer-ul-Islam would be there in Washingtonon 2nd of this August to hold talks with CIA Director David Petraeus on counter-terror cooperation and intelligence sharing. Since after the ‘uncivilized and unethical’ raid of theUS marines in search of Osama Bin Laden in Abbotabad, the [...] Top British businessmen have urged British Prime Minister David Cameron to remove Pakistani students from official immigration figures to avoid choking off a valuable source of wealth and skills. The businessmen warned that visa restrictions designed to bring net immigration below 100,000 a year would deter wealthy foreigners from outside the European Union. [...] Due to indifferent attitude of the incumbent government towards its basic responsibilities, people in Pakistan are suffering from energy crisis, which is proving to be unbearable. Power crisis is also affecting. Lopsided priorities, poor management and lack of accountability can be denoted as the reasons for dearth of energy in Pakistan. The sad state of [...] By AFP THOUSAND OAKS: Google chief Eric Schmidt declared war on international criminals Tuesday, vowing to harness technology to battle “illicit networks” around the world. At a two-day summit including Interpol, government ministers and victims of forced labor and child slavery, Schmidt said the Internet can help fight traffickers of drugs, sex workers and organs. [...] Land mafia has been putting hindrance in the inquiry of fraudulent allotment of 20 plots in Sector I-14 of the federal capital. Capital Development Authority (CDA) sources said that the scandal was surfaced in April 2012 and affectees of Sector E-12 were allotted plots through fraud in Sector I-14 while CDA Board in 2009 [...] The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Tuesday held the balloting of residential plots of the Park Enclave Housing Project. CDA Chairman Engineer Farkhand Iqbal conducted the balloting by punching the key of a computer at CDA Headquarters. A large number of allottees were present on the occasion. As many as 613 residential plots were [...] By Muhammad Javed Umar Cheema is not merely a senior but also a serious investigative journalist. That is why according to anchor Khalid Butt, his “Qeema” was made. On the issue of dual nationality last week he wrote an article, the reference and contents of which became hot topic and base of many sane voices [...] Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan The annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2012 was held in Beijing, China. Heads of the states rigorously reviewed the regional security issues and emerging movers & shakers elements in world power politics. China the 2nd largest economy of the world hosted the summit for the third time since its inception. [...] * Study shows 48 percent non-credible applicants granted visa in Pakistan By Asif Mehmood (Daily Times) LONDON: Getting a UK visa is going to become an up-hill task for Pakistani students, as they would have to go through assessment interviews in the future, Daily Times has learnt. The decision was taken after a British Home [...] |
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