Are we ready for AI-governed tax system?

Pakistan’s tax management system is undergoing its most significant transformation, following a new paradigm shift worldwide. FBR is moving from human-based judgment to AI-assisted decision-making where, automated audit selection, digital invoicing, real-time transaction monitoring and the escalating Track & Trace System (TTS) now sit at the core of revenue enforcement. Indeed, this potential is fascinating, […]

Federal govt terms Khyber jirga a ‘charge sheet’ against K-P govt, seeks apology

The federal government on Saturday termed the Khyber National Jirga a “charge sheet” against the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government, alleging poor governance and calling on the provincial authorities to apologise for what it described as the “construction of a false narrative”. A jirga (tribal assembly) was convened at Bara Bazaar in Khyber district today under the auspices of […]

K-P CM Sohail Afridi announces shutter-down strike on February 8

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Khan Afridi on Saturday announced a nationwide shutdown on February 8 to protest the alleged theft of the people’s mandate in the general elections and to demand the release of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan. In fiery speeches delivered during a street movement tour in Swabi district, including at Shewa Adda, […]

AJK President Sultan Mehmood passes away at 71 from prolonged illness

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry passed away at the age of 71 on Saturday due to prolonged illness. Chaudhry also served as the prime minister of AJK from 1996 to 2001. In addition, he was the president of the Pakistan Peoples Party in AJK from 1991 to 2001. https://www.facebook.com/Barrister.Sultan.Official/posts/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%91%D9%B0%DB%81-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%DB%81-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85-%DA%A9%DB%92-%D8%AD%D9%82-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA-%DA%A9%DB%92-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AB%D8%B1%D8%A2%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF/1439709134186866/ President […]

Explosion occurs at Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas

An explosion occurred at Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, Iranian media reported, without giving a cause for the blast. The semi-official Tasnim news agency said that social media reports alleging that a Revolutionary Guard navy commander was targeted in the explosion were “completely false”. Rumor of IRGC Navy Commander’s Assassination Proved False […]