Three female deer have given birth to 11 fawns at Karachi Zoo, ARY News has reported. One deer gave birth to nine fawns, while two other deer gave birth to one fawn each.
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) officials confirmed that all fawns are doing well. In the video, one of the fawns can be seen.
Earlier in 2019, the Karachi Zoological Gardens witnessed the birth of four fawns.
Addressing a post-budget press conference in Islamabad, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said that ” Prime Minister Imran Khan and the cabinet opposed the imposition of tax on mobile phone calls, internet data, and SMS. “Now there will be no increase in the tax rate for all these services.”
The original decision, if it had been implemented, would have affected over 98 million people.
Tarin said the government has presented a total growth budget and their challenge is to stabilise growth.
Tarin said that additional tax of Rs500 billion will be collected in the next financial year. “We have to earn dollars by increasing exports and add an additional tax of Rs500 billion in the next financial year.”
The finance minister said that Pakistan had to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help when its position is weak.
“We need 20 per cent growth in exports. Our savings rate is 15 per cent and our investment rate is up to 16 per cent. If we do not have revenue, how will we achieve growth?”
Tarin said that the poor in the country have not received loans and training for the last 70 years. Loans up to Rs 2 million will be given to build a roof and loans to poor farmers will go up to Rs 500,000. Pakistan has become a food deficient country and we are now importing what we used to export, Tarin said, adding that the country is importing pulses, wheat, and sugar.
“We did not pay attention to our crops, but now we will pay attention to it,” he assured.
“We should not play politics with the poor,” he added.
Tarin unveiled the Budget 2021-22 yesterday. The total expenditure of the budget had been kept at Rs 8,478 billion and had set the tax collection target at Rs 5,829 billion.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday shared a picture from 1992 on his Instagram account using the hashtag # #MemoriesFromPast.
The picture shows PM Khan standing at Shaukat Khanam Memorial Trust Hospital with a few other people. The caption reads, “Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust Hospital, Lahore 1992 #MemoriesFromPast“
This is not the first time PM Khan has shared a picture from his archives. Earlier, he posted a picture from 1971 while he was on a tour in England.
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A week earlier, PM Khan shared a video of his cricket debut. The video is posted with the caption, “Cricket Debut exactly 50 years ago..”
The Current asked Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Digital Media Dr Arslan Khalid if the prime minister would be sharing more pictures from the past. Dr Khalid said, “PM will try to share such pictures with the hashtag #MemoriesFromPast every now and then on his Instagram.”
The premier is very active on social media platforms with 5.1m followers on Instagram and 13.8 m followers on Twitter.
Hira Mani is known for her quirky personality and candid humour. The Do Bol actress has said that the Special Assistant to the Punjab Chief Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan should hire PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz’s doctor for grooming.
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Hira recently appeared on Aagha Ali and Hina Altaf’s show The Couple Show with her husband Salman Saqib a.k.a Mani. While giving advice to Firdous Ashiq, Mani said that she has changed so many parties that the parties have ended now. Mani also suggested that Awan should leave politics and play games as she is a champion of netball. While commenting on Awan’s make-over, Mani said that her parlor is not doing the right work and must take help from Maryam Nawaz’s makeup artist.
“Maryam Nawaz has a good makeup artist she should also take services from Maryam Nawaz’s makeup artist,” said Mani, while Hira said: “Not her makeup artist Mani, her doctor.”
The conversation was done in humour and everyone on the show laughed it off.
Gilgit Baltistan Education Minister Raja Azam Khan has announced that the provincial government is planning to develop the education sector in the area. He said that home schools have been set up in Diamer.
As per reports, the minister announced that Government High School for Girls Nagar will be made a higher secondary school and a notification will be issued soon to begin secondary school classes in Girls High School.
He said that efforts are being done to promote higher education in the areas where there is educational backwardness. He said that a home schools project has been initiated in Diameer district so that girls can get education in home schools.
Incharge of the foundation, OneTen Foundation, which organized an event of uniform distribution to female students told that the foundation gives five per cent of its profits for social services in the early phase of Gilgit-Baltistan.
The minister and the other speakers highlighted the importance of education in the area.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain attended a meeting with Mr Farhan Gauher, the CEO of Pakistan’s first Urdu OTT platform UrduFlix to discuss the future of the digital space and more opportunities for the OTT platform in an important meeting.
UrduFlix, which was launched earlier this year with government support has risen as the leading OTT platform emerging from Pakistan. With back-to-back releases of original content from the platform, it has been slowly taking over the digital place – all the while putting Pakistan in the race of streaming platforms, with a first of its kind emerging from Pakistan.
In the meeting between the federal minister and Farhan Gauher, the future of UrduFlix as a platform – and how it could be leveraged as one of Pakistan’s finest contributions in the digital space was discussed. Fawad also discussed the future of the platform in terms of its streaming services, and what new opportunities lie ahead for it.
UrduFlix was launched as Pakistan’s first-ever Urdu OTT platform which raised the expectations with brilliant new content and has kept the surprises coming. The platform has also garnered great feedback from the audiences after multiple series including Lifafa Dayan, Khudkush Muhabbat, Dulhan Aur Aik Raat have been streaming online. The platform is officially live for download for viewers on Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and Roku TV.
Ishq Hai actress Minal Khan is now officially engaged to Ahsan Mohsin after a few months of relationship. The gorgeous couple arranged their lavish engagement ceremony in Karachi on June 11.
Minal Khan recently shared her engagement’s invitation card on her instagram, making her fans excited for the two.
Muneeb Butt and Aiman Khan shared their look for the event through an Instagram story.
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin unveiled the budget 2021-22. The total expenditure of the budget had been kept at Rs 8,478 billion and had set the tax collection target at Rs 5,829 billion.
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari were in the house. Opposition members continued to bang desks and shouted slogans of “Go Niazi Go!” as the minister spoke.
Earlier, Bilawal met Sharif at his chamber in the assembly and they decided both parties would jointly oppose the PTI’s budget.
Tarin began his speech by saying it was an honour for him to present the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI’s) third budget.
The minister paid tribute to the PTI government for stemming the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and taking steps to ensure businesses did not suffer massive losses in the country due to the lock downs.
Pensioners will get 10 per cent rise. Integrated allowance for Grade 1-5 has been raised from Rs 450 to Rs 900.
He said the defence budget of the country had been allocated Rs 1,370bn while the government had earmarked Rs 1,168 bn for development and non-development grants for provinces.
The government had allocated Rs 682bn for subsidies to various sectors of the economy, adding that Rs 479bn had been allocated to run the civil government.
The government was serious in stemming the spread of the coronavirus and keeping its adverse effects at bay, adding that the government had set aside Rs100bn for it.
He announced the government’s initiative to earmark $1.1bn to procure coronavirus vaccines, adding that the government aimed to vaccinate 100mn people by July 2022.
“The government, through the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme, provided cash to 12mn people across the country,” he said. The finance minister announced that the government had set aside Rs260bn for the Ehsaas programme in the budget.
Tarin said remittances had increased in Pakistan to record levels, adding that these are expected to rise to $29bn by the end of this month. “This is proof of the love that overseas Pakistanis harbour for Prime Minister Imran Khan,” he said.
Speaking about tax collection, he said it had grown by 18% and had crossed Rs4,000bn, adding that critics had no response to the government’s impressive performance in this regard.
Finance minister announced that the country’s economy was now entering the growth period, adding that almost every sector is growing.
He said Pakistan was seeing a “historic growth” in agriculture, stating that apart from cotton, all other crops saw extraordinary increases. He said that growth in the services sector helped improve numbers pertaining to poverty and had also played a major part in generation of wealth in Pakistan.
Tarin said the government had kept the growth target at 4.8% for the fiscal year, adding that the government will not leave the poor and the destitute at the mercy of inflation. “Never in our economic history, were poor people able to realise their dreams,” he said, adding that PM Imran Khan wanted to uplift the poor.
He said the government had decided to provide interest-free loans of up to Rs500,000 to the poor.
He announced that the Public Sector Development Programme will be increased from Rs630 billion to Rs900 billion to counter the adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tarin announced a development package for 14 districts in Sindh, adding that these will focus on improving education, solving the province’s water issues, and carrying out development in these districts. Rs16.5 billion have been allocated for Karachi-based projects for the fiscal year 2021-22.
For developmental projects in Gilgit-Baltistan, the government has allocated Rs 40 billion. Meanwhile, Rs 54 billion have been allocated for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Rs 601 billion will be given to South Balochistan for uplift programs, he added.
The minister announced that the government has slashed sales tax on locally manufactured cars from 17% to 12.5%. The government has also exempted Federal Excise Duty (FED) on 850cc cars and will slash duty on electric cars.
Tarin said the government was slashing withholding taxes on mobile phones, adding that it will be reduced to 10% at first and then 8% later.
If mobile phone call duration exceeds three minutes, one rupee per call in addition to the rates of duty will be charged. For SMS service, ten paisa per SMS in addition to the rates of duty will be charged.
Tax on Internet services not approved by the Cabinet. FED reduced to 16 per cent from 17 per cent . IT and IT-enabled services given zero duty regime status. Data storage and Cloud computing included in the definition of IT enabled services.
Tarin said the government was introducing third-party audits which would thwart the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) harassing any individual or business entity. He said those who are found guilty of evading taxes or deliberately hiding their income will be fined severely.
In the budget for the next fiscal year, a special plan for the elimination of circular debt would be introduced. “The government plans to reduce line losses through investment,” Tarin added. Moreover, an electric vehicle policy would also be announced.
In the next fiscal year, the government has increased the PSDP budget to Rs 900 billion from Rs 630 billion. Tarin assured that the government would improve road infrastructure. Furthermore, through PSDP, it will invest in high return projects.
Talking about agriculture, the minister said that the agriculture sector witnessed historic growth.
Unveiling the federal budget, the finance minister announced a national agriculture emergency program. The government plans to enhance livestock on modern lines and has decided to allocate Rs12 billion for the most important sector.
Dasu, Diamar-Bhasha and Mohmand dams are a part of the budget. Rs91 billion have been allocated for water resources. Moreover, Rs14 billion have been allotted for the Neelum Jhelum power project. Tarin mentioned that the ML-1 project will be completed in three packages.
Sharing the allocations for next year, he mentioned that Rs22 billion have been allocated to produce 100 MW electricity at Jamshoro. Moreover, Rs22 billion have been allocated for coal-based power projects, Rs16.5 billion for Tarbela fifth extension and Rs118 billion for different power transmission lines.
The federal minister stated that Pakistan is one of the 10 countries most hit by climate change. Highlighting PM Imran’s vision of planting trees, he said Rs14 billion have been allocated for the government’s vision of “One Billion Tree Tsunami.”
Rs 118 billion have been allotted under PSDP for the social uplift. Non-tax revenues to rise by 22% during FY22, meanwhile federal expenditures to rise 15%.
Under the budget, $1.1 billion have been allocated for vaccine import.
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Friday presented the Rs 8.48 trillion federal budget for fiscal year 2021-22 (FY22) in the National Assembly.
Rs 900 billion allocated for federal Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) — 40 per cent increase from last year.
Minimum wage has been increased to Rs 20,000.
Rs 12 billion allocated for agriculture sector.
Rs 118 billion for power distribution.
Rs 61 billion for Viability Gap Fund.
Rs 14 billion for Climate Change mitigation projects.
$ 1.1 billion for vaccines procurement.
Rs 100 billion for Covid-19 Emergency Fund.
Rs 12 billion special grant for Sindh.
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, the government had set Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth target at 4.8 per cent.
Large-scale manufacturing sector recorded growth after many years and posted 9 per cent growth during FY-21.
During the fiscal year 2020-21, tax revenue increased and showed 18 per cent growth as tax receipts crossed Rs 4 trillion.
Exports increased by a significant 14 per cent as a rebate, duty drawback helped the sector flourish.
Special economic zones (SEZs) will be used to create jobs which will also ensure growth in exports.
Highlighting PM Imran’s vision of planting trees, he said Rs 14 billion have been allocated for the government’s vision of “One Billion Tree Tsunami.”
Non-tax revenues to rise by 22 per cent during FY-22, meanwhile federal expenditures to rise 15 per cent.
The finance minister said no taxes to be applied on salaried class.
The government decided to reduce sales tax on electric vehicles from 17 per cent to 1 per cent.
Federal excise duty has been reduced from 17 per cent to 16 per cent, he said adding that the withholding tax (WHT) will be reduced by 40 per cent.
The finance minister further added that the WHT on mobile phone services has been reduced from 12 per cent to 10 per cent.
The government plans to further reduce taxes on mobile phone services to 8 per cent.
If mobile phone call duration exceeds three minutes, one rupee per call in addition to the rates of duty will be charged.
For SMS service, ten paisa per sms in addition to the rates of duty will be charged.
Tax on Internet services not approved by the Cabinet. FED reduced to 16 per cent from 17 per cent . IT and IT-enabled services given zero duty regime status. Data storage and Cloud computing included in the definition of IT enabled services .
Withholding tax on oil field services, warehousing services and collateral services have been reduced to 3 per cent from 8 per cent
The Telecom sector will be given industrial status in the fiscal year 2021-22.
The finance minister also announces a one-year customs duty exemption for electric vehicles.
Pensioners will get 10 per cent rise. Integrated allowance for Grade 1-5 has been raised from Rs 450 to Rs 900.
Iman Aly has vowed not to work with writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar. She shared her decision in a recent interview with Vasay Chaudhry in his show, Ghabrana Mana Hai.
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Vasay asked Iman about a list of popular films that she rejected, answering the question, she said: “I might have rejected the film because I may not be in friendship with the writer of that film or might not be fond of him.”
“Koi zehr bhi lag sakta hai na, islie mana kia ho sakta hai,” she added.
Vasay then went on to ask her that how many films have she rejected? The Khuda Kay Liye actress said: “There are a lot of them.”
Iman added: “I rejected Karachi Se Lahore, Punjab Nahi Jaungi, Jawani Phir Nahi Ani, Na Maloom Afraad, and there was one film Azaadi by Irfan Malik and many more.”
Vasay asked Iman that why did she refuse to work in Jawani Phir Nahi Ani? To which she replied: “Ye to all boys film thi islie.” And what about Na Maloom Afraad, asked Vasay, “Ye bhi all boys film thi,” she answered.
He then asked that why did she not work in Punjab Nahi Jaungi? She started laughing and said: “I think the writer cheated on the character of the heroine. The writer is from Punjab and knows about Punjab, then he should only write about that. Why are you writing about a girl who came from Karachi or London, write something that you know about.”
“Khalil-ur-Rehman was the writer of that movie,” added Vasay. Then she said: “He writes really well about Punjab and Punjabi characters but my character was a little out of his comfort zone.”
She continued: “I did watch the film after it released but there were some issues which remains there.”
Vasay also asked: “What happened to Karachi Se Lahore?” She said: “Don’t even talk about that, the character does not make any sense. That she’s a nerd, in ghar kay kurtay and pajamay.”
She also revealed that she has done some films for the sake of friendship like Tich Button and Mah-e-Mir but she still had some issues with the story and some things in them.
When Vasay concluded the interview by saying that he hope writers are listening that she is ready to work, the moment he took Khalil’s name, Iman said she hopes he doesn’t listen to this announcemnet.