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LONDON: UK businessmen want removal of Pak students from immigration stats

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.Read More »LONDON: UK businessmen want removal of Pak students from immigration stats

Google declares war on illicit networks

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.

International police body Interpol used the conference to unveil a pioneering initiative to crack down on trade in fake goods, using an app developed with the help of search giant Google.Read More »Google declares war on illicit networks

Islamabad: Land mafia hinders inquiry of plot allotment in Sector I-14

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 had banned plot allotment to affectees of Sector E-12 unless they give the possession of land. Sources said that 18 out of the 20 affectees are from Sector E-12 while two are not from the said sector.Read More »Islamabad: Land mafia hinders inquiry of plot allotment in Sector I-14

Islamabad: Balloting of Park Enclave Housing Project held

 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 allotted through the computerised balloting. The CDA chairman, while addressing the ceremony, said that development work in the scheme would be completed as per commitment.
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UK to interview Pakistan students seeking visa

* 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 Office study found out that 48 percent of those granted visas in Pakistan were not credible applicants.Read More »UK to interview Pakistan students seeking visa

Cyber security: a wake-up call

BY PROFESSOR DR-ING JAMEEL AHMAD KHAN

If the president of United States complains that the growing number of attacks on their cyber networks has become “one of the most serious economic and national security threats their nation faces,” it certainly carries lot of weight. It reflects the stark truth that when technology is available, it could be used by anybody.

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KARACHI: PTA restricts SIM purchase limit up to 5 per CNIC

 By Muhammad Yasir (Daily Times report)

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has revised the limit for purchase of SIMs from 50 to five for one individual in its amended Subscribers Antecedents Verification Regulations.

According to the new rule issued on Tuesday, an individual can get subscription of five SIMs – prepaid or postpaid—on one Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) from different or one cellular phone companies.
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ISLAMABAD: Documenting real estate transactions

FBR introduces IT-5 form for immovable property sellers

* Buyers, sellers will be required to pay

* 0.5 percent WHT on sale of immovable property

By Sajid Chaudhry (Daily Times)

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made it mandatory for the sellers of immovable property including plots, flats, buildings, agricultural land, etc, to ensure submission of income tax (IT) -5 return form to provincial registration authorities along with the registration documents upon sale or transfer of the immovable property.
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