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How much tax did parliamentarians, chief ministers pay FBR in 2018?ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Frid...
18/09/2020

How much tax did parliamentarians, chief ministers pay FBR in 2018?

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday published a tax directory of all of Pakistan's elected representatives for the year 2018, listing down exactly how much did each of the parliamentarians, lawmakers, chief ministers, and the prime minister pay in taxes.

According to FBR, Prime Minister Imran Khan paid Rs282,449.

Among the four provincial chief ministers, the highest amount was paid by Balochistan's Jam Kamal at Rs4,808,948, while Sindh's Murad Ali Shah paid Rs1,022,184 and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Mahmood Khan paid Rs235,982.

Chief Minister Punjab Usman Bazdar did not pay any tax during this period.

Former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi paid the highest tax of Rs241,329,362 and former president and PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari paid Rs2,891,455.

PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari paid Rs294,117 in taxes, while former Punjab chief minister and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif paid Rs9,730,545.

Shehbaz's son, Hamza, paid Rs8,705,368 in taxes.

The tax payments of other elected representatives for the same year are as follows:

(Note: The following list does not track how much taxes have been paid by parliamentarians as members of associations of persons (AOPs), as AOPs pay taxes as separate entities. Therefore, some parliamentarians may have been reported as paying lesser taxes than they actually do.)

Information and Broadcasting Minister Shibli Faraz paid Rs367,460
Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari paid Rs2,435,650
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi paid Rs183,900
Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmad Shah paid Rs58,120
Defence Minister Pervez Khattak paid Rs1,826,899
Law Minister Farogh Naseem paid Rs35,135,459
Planning Minister Asad Umer paid Rs5,346,342
Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan paid Rs1,046,669
Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed paid Rs579,011
Narcotics Control Minister Azam Khan Swati paid Rs590,916
Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan paid Rs26,055,517
States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Minister Shehryar Afridi paid Rs183,900
Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs Minister Ali Amin Gandapur paid Rs378,763
Communications and Postal Services Minister Murad Saeed paid Rs374,728
National Food Security and Research Minister Fakhar Imam paid Rs5,212,137
Industries and Production Minister Hammad Azhar paid Rs22,445
Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood paid Rs231,730
Economic Affairs Minister Khusro Bukhtiar paid Rs624,292
Maritime Affairs Minister Ali Haider Zaidi paid Rs896,191
IT and Telecommunication Minister Aminul Haque paid Rs66,749
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser paid Rs537,730
Senate Chairperson Sadiq Sanjrani paid Rs1,363,414
Senate Deputy Chairperson Saleem Mandviwalla paid Rs1,591,722
State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan paid Rs430,695

Govt to introduce bills for protection of women, children: PM Imran Khan; ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, while ad...
17/09/2020

Govt to introduce bills for protection of women, children: PM Imran Khan;

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, while addressing a joint sitting of the parliament on Wednesday, expressed sorrow and regret over the Lahore Motorway gang r**e, and said the government was bringing legislation that not only protects women but also children. "R**e should be viewed as something that destroys lives. In our culture, families suffer and the children, especially, have life-long trauma," said the prime minister. Khan said the government will have a three-tiered approach. "Firstly, we will have a national register for s*x offenders in line with the global practice. They are usually repeat offenders," he said.

"Just like Abid, the primary accused in the Motorway tragedy, he was involved in a gang r**e in the past but was able to get away with it," the premier said. He said that far too many incidences go unreported. "We always get to find a small number being reported." The premier said that the bill to address the issue of r**e will be presented in the parliament soon. "It will not only focus on exemplary punishment but also conviction, to begin with, which is not easy. The kind of evidence required is very difficult to put forward." He said that for the victim to stand in the witness box and provide a statement is also a very difficult task and so, a "comprehensive legislation" will be introduced also keeping with these aspects in mind.

About the passage of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)-related bills on Wednesday maintained that the interests of opposition are "at odds with Pakistan's". “After watching the attitude of the opposition on legislation relating to FATF, it has been proved that the national interests and interests of the opposition leaders are contradictory to each other,” the prime minister said. He said he has been able to speak on floor of the House in absence of the opposition members. “Otherwise, they do not allow me to speak in the Parliament,” he said. The prime minister emphatically said the government was ready to cooperate with the opposition for the sake of country and democracy, but there would be no compromise on corruption. “They are using the name of opposition only to save their corruption,” the prime minister said.

Imran Khan regretted that the opposition leaders also attempted to blackmail the government and presented 34 amendments to the NAB law to protect their corruption as condition for support to the FATF legislation. “They attempted to blackmail us by using Pakistan being on grey list of the FATF as a tool, but could not succeed,” he said. He pointed out that the government wanted to take the opposition along to bring the country out of the FATF grey list by holding negotiations with them. “However, the talks proved as to what the opposition desired,” he said, adding that Pakistan would have been blacklisted had it failed to pass the important bills.

He said after failing to achieve its objectives on NAB law, the opposition attempted to blackmail the government on issue of anti-money laundering legislation. “We got the anti-money laundering legislation passed not for the FATF, but for the sake of preventing money-laundering,” he said. He said it is not Pakistan alone, but money is also laundered by India and other third world countries who keep the ill-gotten money in London and with same money luxurious flats were purchased there. “I was also watching on social media that big fish of India are sitting outside their country after looting money,” he said.

The premier said one wonders by seeing the expensive lifestyles of Ishaq Dar and Sharif family that their ancestors spent lives not in Pakistan, but in some expensive areas of UK.

He said the opposition parties as a last attempt demanded removal of the NAB as investigation agency from the anti-money laundering bill. “Why you oppose the legislation if you have no fears,” the prime minister said. He pointed out over one thousand billion dollars from poor countries are laundered to rich countries by using ways of TTs and Hundi, while 10 billion dollars are laundered every year from Pakistan. “I ask the opposition that I am ready to compromise on every issue other than corruption,” he maintained. Imran Khan said the opposition also attempted to blackmail him by taking him to the court. “If I can produce record of 40 years then why the opposition leaders cannot present their money trail,” he asked.

Imran Khan said that he was expecting the opposition to praise the government's performance in controlling the COVID-19 in the country. "Not only we saved the country and lives of people, but also safeguarded our economy," he said. He said the opposition should at least have expressed thanks to the government for the achievement. "The United Nations also presents Pakistan's case as an example in overcoming COVID-19," he said.

Meanwhile, a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan was informed that with low performance, 1,794MW power plants were being shut down immediately and in the next two years, another 1,875MW power plants will be shut down, and privatisation of 1,872MW will be completed.

Imran Khan chaired the high level meeting on power sector reforms, which was attended by federal ministers Shibli Faraz, Asad Umar, Umar Ayub Khan, Muhammadmian Soomro, Farogh Naseem, Finance Adviser Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, special assistants Lieutenant General (R) Asim Saleem Bajwa, Nadeem Babar, Shahzad Qasim and Shahbaz Gill.

Imran Khan said that the people have to bear the entire burden of decisions made in the past regarding power sector, mismanagement, corruption etc. Stressing on the importance of taking forward the issues agreed upon with the IPPs, the prime minister said that the reduction in revolving loans would directly benefit the people.

The Prime Minister said that the government was working on a priority basis to make the subsidy system transparent and fair.

Pakistan shuts over 20 educational institutes over non-compliance of COVID-19 SOPs:ISLAMABAD: The National Command and ...
17/09/2020

Pakistan shuts over 20 educational institutes over non-compliance of COVID-19 SOPs:

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) on Thursday said that the authorities in various parts of the country have shut down 22 educational institutes in the last 48 hours for not complying with government-issued standard operating procedures.

“During the last 48 hours, 22 educational institutions across Pakistan have been closed due to non-compliance of health SOPs/protocols and disease prevalence,” read the NCOC statement.

As per the breakdown, 16 educational institutions have been closed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one in the federal capital and five in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Earlier this week, the NCOC had said a “major educational institute” in the federal capital was sealed after a spike in COVID-19 cases was reported from it.

"A major educational institution sealed in Islamabad. Due to targeted testing, 16 cases were reported from the subject institution," read the statement. The NCOC had also shared that contact tracing will be done to "ensure containment" of COVID-19 cases in the city.

Both closures came shortly after all educational institutions, including seminaries, reopened from Tuesday after a six-month break amid concerns over the implementation of COVID-19 safety protocols and fears of a second wave of the virus.

The government had decided to close schools, colleges and universities in March to curb the spread of coronavirus. Sindh, however, had suspended educational activities in the province on February 27 after detection of the first COVID-19 case in Karachi.

On September 7, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood had announced that all higher education institutions in the country will reopen in phases from September 15.

Over 30,000 religious seminaries across the country also reopened in phases from Tuesday.

According to the guidelines issued by the government, the use of masks is mandatory for all teachers and students, while schools, colleges and universities will ensure the presence of hand sanitizers at the entrance.

The NCOC has also urged the parents and teachers to comply with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued for the safety of students.

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