OffGrid Studios and Pakistan National Council of the Arts proudly announce the launch of and Art exhibition, “Be a Catalyst; Reimagining Connection with Gaia,” on the 3rd of July, 2024 at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) National Art Gallery, Gallery #6 Islamabad. This compelling exhibition invites visitors to explore diverse perspectives on our relationship with the Earth, viewed through the lens of Gaia, the living entity. The opening of the exhibition was done by Ms. Romina Khurshid Alam, Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination. The exhibition features a thought-provoking array of artworks…
Author: Iqra Khan
An inaugural session of Pakistan-Turkiye-Azerbaijan Trilateral Summit was held on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Summit was attended by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, President of Turkiye, H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. Ilham Heydar Aliyev. Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif welcomed the convening of inaugural session of Pakistan-Turkiye-Azerbaijan Trilateral Meeting at the Summit level. He termed it as a natural progression of trilateral engagements amongst the three brotherly Muslim countries which share a similar outlook on a host of issues of mutual interest and common…
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Education has been notified by Federal Education Secretary Mohiuddin Wani that a policy for character education has been developed. Furthermore, 11,000 students at Islamabad schools have been given free food and spectacles to correct their vision impairments. The creation of early childhood education centers, the addition of nighttime sessions to crammed schools, and the removal of the B-form prerequisite for new admissions are among the other efforts. Senator Bushra Anjum Butt presided over the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Education. The challenges have been made worse by the continuation of the caretaker…
Gaza medical and dental students are now able to finish their courses in Pakistan thanks to permission from the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC).Due to the difficult conditions in their home country, this Council resolution permits Gaza students to pursue their medical study in Pakistan on a humanitarian basis, guaranteeing that their studies would not be halted. In response to the Pakistani High Commissioner’s request in London to modify Gaza students studying in Pakistan in light of the current circumstances, the PM&DC Council recently held a meeting and decided to act on the request. This was done to allow…
Lahore: Plots Lahore Prime 4 and 5 are valued at PKR 6.9 billion. The Punjab Central Business District Development Authority (PCBDDA) has completed the fastest land transfer in its history, marking a historic milestone. The transfer, which featured a 23-kanal property owned by the Pakistan Corporate Consortium REIT fund, is described in detail as a significant accomplishment for CBD Punjab and the Pakistan Corporate Consortium (PCC). The greatest land transfer at auction price in Punjabi history occurred during this noteworthy transaction, which also saw over PKR 310 million in taxes paid to the government treasury through the Board of Revenue…
Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) plans to build three giant one-window centers in G-11, G-7, and Kahuta in order to improve service delivery in the city. According to the specifics, this program offers a variety of facilities under one roof with the goal of making it easier for locals to access important services. Twelve counters offering various CDA services and another twelve offering services from the NADRA, police, FBR, passport services, and other pertinent organizations would be present in each center. These centers, which are a component of the Islamabad Digitalization Plan, will use digital integration to increase the…
KARACHI: Chairman of the Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD), said that the federal budget 2024–25 would impose “heavy and unreasonable” taxes on real estate and the construction business, calling them “very destructive” for the industry. Sumsum also announced that the ABAD will file a lawsuit against these taxes. He claimed in a statement that the budget has made it impossible for the average person to build a house, not just difficult.He questioned, “Can one say that a house built on 60, 80, or 120 yards is a luxury?” and said that high taxes had discouraged investment in…
In the fiscal budget 2024-25, the federal government announced a new withholding tax on locally assembled cars. In his speech, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb stated that the withholding taxon cars will now be charged on the ex-factory price rather than their engine capacity like earlier. For a memory jog, we are re-sharing the new percentage of this tax and its impact on car prices with some examples. We think it will make the new car tax net easier for you to understand. We were waiting for the new car prices following the budget and the implementation of this tax, but it looks like the wait is…
Car costs will rise shortly after the budget is adopted, as we told you in our blog when the federal government proposed the new withholding tax in the fiscal budget 2024–25. Interestingly, the same thing took place. A recent change states that the ex-factory price of cars will now be used to calculate the withholding tax, instead of the engine capacity as it did previously. This action has pushed automakers to raise vehicle pricing. Regal Automobiles has recently revised its automobile rates, following MG Pakistan. Customers would be required to pay an additional amount of Rs. 135,800 for DFSK Glory…
Sindh Transport Minister Sharjeel Memon recently in a meeting to evaluate the progress of the Yellow and Red Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects was presided over. He underlined the importance of accelerating development, especially with regard to the Red Line, which calls for building a biogas plant on 32 acres in the Cattle Colony. Memon underlined that the primary objectives of the Sindh government are the timely and high-quality completion of these projects. Six of the 28 stations that will make up BRT will be subterranean. Two U-turns, two bridges, and nine underpasses make up the project. In the…
