Taxes hold a paradox: paying them breeds resentment toward system; evading them makes system resent you. There is no escape. Ancient Egypt (3000 BCE) pioneered taxation with Corvée (free labour for public works) and Tithe (in-kind payments). Taxation remained unfair and excessive until Adam Smith (1776) laid foundation of modern tax system, aiming to balance […]
Torrential monsoon rains have inundated large parts of the country, swelling rivers, damaging crops, and leaving dozens dead as authorities warn of further flooding through the end of August. The Flood Forecasting Division reported that Tarbela Dam has reached 99 percent of its capacity at 1,549.20 feet, while Mangla Dam is 76 percent full at […]
Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russia on Sunday, forcing a sharp fall in the capacity of a reactor at one of Russia’s biggest nuclear power plants and sparking a huge blaze at the major Ust-Luga fuel export terminal, Russian officials said. Despite talk of peace by Russia and Ukraine, the deadliest European war since […]
Punjab has imposed a new garbage tax across the province under the ‘Suthra Punjab’ (Clean Punjab) initiative, following approval from the Cabinet Division. The levy has initially been applied to upscale residential and commercial areas, with collection in Lahore to be carried out by the Lahore Waste Management Company’s (LWMC) revenue and operational teams. Under […]
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Ishaq Dar, is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia from August 25 to 26 to participate in the Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), which will be held in Jeddah. The DPM will proceed directly from Dhaka—following the conclusion of his two-day visit to Bangladesh—to […]
The moon for Rabiul Awwal was not sighted across the country, and Eid Milad un Nabi (PBUH) will be celebrated on Saturday, September 6, Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Abdul Khabir Azad announced. “No evidence of the moon sighting was received from any part of the country. Therefore, the first day of Rabi ul Awwal will […]