Some 2,000 Fighters Fill Boko Haram's Ranks, Including From IS - Russian Deputy UN Envoy
UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Some 2,000 foreign fighters, including the Islamic State group (IS, banned in ) joined the Boko Haram militant group in , 's First Deputy Permanent Representative to the Dmitry Polyanskiy said during Security Council consultations on the situation in the Central African region.
Florida Charges Security Officer With Neglect For Failing To Enter School During Massacre
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) The Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) in a press release said a county security officer was charged with neglect for failing to act to prevent a massacre at a high last year that left seventeen . "Following an investigation by FDLE, former Broward Sheriff's Deputy Scot Peterson, 56, ...
US Continues Exchanges With Russia On Syria, But No Agreement Reached - Envoy
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) The and continue to views on the ongoing conflict in and even though both agree that there needs to be a political end to the war no has been reached yet, US Special Representative Jim Jeffrey said at an .
US Envoy Denies Reports Of Potential Deal With Russia To End Syria War
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Reports of a potential deal between the , and to end the ongoing civil war in lack credibility, US Special Representative Jim Jeffrey said during an .
RDIF, Alibaba, MegaFon, Mail.Ru To Close Deal On Joint Venture On June 5 - Source
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) The Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), 's Alibaba, 's MegaFon and Mail.Ru Group companies will close their deal on an electronic joint venture on 5, the first day of President 's state to , an informed source told Sputnik.
Exports go up by 7pc despite difficultiesa: Dawood
ISLAMABAD?? -?? Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood Tuesday said that Pakistan?s exports went up by 7 percent as production line had gone up despite difficult environment. He said that projects like Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) would help the industry generate economic activities by attracting foreign and local investors besides enhancing volume ...
FBR identifies five sectors to broaden tax net
ISLAMABAD?? -?? The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has identified five sectors for unearthing new taxpayers in the country to broaden the tax base of the country, which is extremely low. Similarly, data of all industrial and commercial power connections would be obtained from DISCOs and meaningfully extrapolated to ensure filing of tax returns by all concerned. For broadening ...
Businessmen back amnesty scheme, steps to widen tax net
ISLAMABAD?? -?? Founder Chairman Pak US Business Council and veteran trade leader Iftikhar Ali Malik Tuesday said the entire business community including Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce, all its affiliated chambers, trade bodies and associations will extend full support to the tax amnesty scheme and broadening tax base. Talking to media on Tuesday, Iftikhar Ali Malik welcomed tax-amnesty ...
US manufacturing struggling as orders, shipments decline
WASHINGTON??? -?? New orders for US-made goods fell in April and shipments dropped by the most in two years, indicating continued weakness in manufacturing activity that could undercut the broader economy. Factory goods orders declined 0.8%, pulled down by soft demand for transportation equipment, computers and electronic orders, and primary metals, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday. Manufacturing, which ...
Economy size can double to $1tr through reforms: APBF
All Pakistan Business Forum Patron In-chief and Pakistan Freedom Movement Chairman Haroon Khawaja said it is not possible through temporary amnesty schemes rather it can be done through reforms in bureaucracy especially in the FBR, replacing it with an independent institution, setting it free from any influence of the government and political victimization, that can effectively enforce tax laws, ...
FPCCI made a dysfunctional institution: PEW
Talking to Ahmed Jawad, Secretary General (Federal) Businessmen Panel, he said that different officials are involved in an intense power struggle which is damaging the institution.
Uber says IRS probing its 2013-14 tax returns
Washington - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is auditing Uber Technologies Inc’s taxes for 2013 and 2014 and the ride-hailing company expects unrecognized tax benefits to be reduced within the next year by at least $141 million. In its full quarterly report on Tuesday, Uber said various state and foreign tax authorities were also looking into its taxes and ...
Govt urged to take notice of LPG smuggling
Speaking at a meeting of the association, PLMA Chairman Farooq Iftikhar said that LPG marketing companies were on the verge of collapse. Besides, he said, consumers were also suffering due to smuggling and unchecked import of low-quality LPG. He said that locally produced LPG costs around Rs100,000 per ton to 17% General Sales Tax and Petroleum Development Levy, operational ...
Ailing public sector enterprises eat up Rs400b in just one year
ISLAMABAD?? -?? Public sector enterprises (PSEs) have eaten up almost Rs400 billion in just one year after the successive governments failed to improve the ailing PSEs including Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM). The debt and liabilities of PSEs including domestic and foreign had gone up to Rs1.59 trillion by end of March, which is 33.14 ...
US moving toward major antitrust probe of tech giants
WASHINGTON ?? -? ? The U.S. government is gearing up to investigate whether Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google misuse their massive market power, sources told Reuters on Monday, setting up what could be an unprecedented, wide-ranging probe of some of the world?s largest companies. The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, which enforce antitrust laws in the ...
China warns its companies on US travel, rebuffs trade criticism
BEIJING/WASHINGTON ? -? ? China warned its companies operating in the United States on Tuesday they could face harassment from U.S. law enforcement agencies, as it also rebuffed U.S. criticism of a trade white paper as ?singing the same old tune?. ?The department reminds Chinese tourists to fully evaluate the risks of going to the United States, to understand ...
Firms fret as US-China trade war could affect business in the long-term
Further rattling nerves are Beijing?s plans to unveil an unprecedented hit-list of ?unreliable? foreign firms, groups and individuals that harm the interests of Chinese companies. ?The key point for them is that there?s a great deal of uncertainty on how the list will be implemented and what negative repercussions will be brought about should a company be added to ...
Mexican President Says Plans To Skip G20
MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday said he will not be attending the upcoming G20 meeting in . "I will not go to the G20 meeting, but I will send a letter addressing the problem of inequality in the , this is the issue that the meeting ...
Sudan opposition rejects military transition plan after crackdown
KHARTOUM?? -?? Sudan?s opposition has rejected a plan by the country?s military rulers to hold elections within nine months, a day after a deadly crackdown on protesters that saw the worst violence since the removal of President Omar al-Bashir in April. But Madani Abbas Madani, a leader of the Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces opposition alliance, said a ...
Trump says Mexico tariffs ‘likely,’ Mexico predicts a deal
WASHINGTON??? -?? President Donald Trump said he expects to begin hitting Mexico with tariffs next week in a long-running dispute over illegal immigration, while Mexican officials predicted an agreement to avoid the penalties would be reached during upcoming negotiations. Trump said Tuesday that the parties would try to work something out, but continued to dangle the threat of tariffs ...
