Tag: money

  • FBR extends date for filing income tax returns ‘due to serious technical problems’

    FBR extends date for filing income tax returns ‘due to serious technical problems’

    The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the date for filing income tax returns till October 15. Earlier, the last date for filling income tax returns was September 30. FBR had said at many times that it would not extend the deadline for people seeking to file their income tax returns, but the deadline was extended on Thursday.

    “In exercise of powers conferred under Section 214A of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, the Federal Board of Revenue is pleased to extend the date of fling of income tax return for tax year 2021, by 15 days i.e. up to 15.10.21 due to serious technical problems in online return filing system (IRIS),” said the notification issued by FBR.

    As per Geo News, Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin decided to extend the date considering the constant demands from the business community. The tax-collection body had received several applications for the extension of the deadline for filing income tax returns.

  • Noor took three lakh rupees from driver, police say money not recovered

    Noor took three lakh rupees from driver, police say money not recovered

    Noor Mukadam left her house at 9:15pm on Sunday (July 18) and reached Zahir’s house at 10pm. Noor called her driver Khalil the next morning (Monday, July 19) at 9.50am and asked him to arrange Rs700,000 and bring it to Zahir Jaffer’s house, reports Geo News.

    As per Geo News, the driver told Noor that he could not arrange such a large sum of money. Noor told him that it was important that he brings it and asked him to take it from a friend or arrange it from his acquaintances. However, Khalil said that he could only arrange Rs300,000. 

    “When I called Noor, she said she can’t come out and that I hand over the money to the cook,” her driver told Geo. He then handed the money over to the cook.

    As per Express Tribune, a senior police officer said that there was no confirmation of the money being withdrawn from the victim’s account, from her home, or from any other relatives.

    The driver also revealed to Geo News that when Noor called him for the first time, she told to inform her parents that she was going to Lahore. 

    When Khalil went inside the house to inform Noor’s parents, her mother was already talking about the same thing with her husband. Noor’s father was asking why she was going to Lahore when it was Eid the next day, the driver said.

    He added that after hearing the conversation between Noor’s parents, he realised they already knew what Noor had asked him to tell them and so he left without saying anything.

    According to the investigating sources, Noor was in touch with her mother. Noor also spoke to her mother over the phone the day she was murdered.

    When Geo News contacted the police about the driver’s statement and asked about a possible kidnapping and ransom, they replied that the case is under investigation.

  • Ananya Pandey’s father ‘Chunkey Pandey charges fee to cry at funerals’: Farah Khan

    Ananya Pandey’s father ‘Chunkey Pandey charges fee to cry at funerals’: Farah Khan

    Choreographer and Director, Farah Khan appeared on Neha Dhupia’s podcast on music streaming app, JioSaavn, where she revealed a secret about her friend and mainstream actor, Chunkey Pandey.

    During a segment of the show where she had to spill some beans about her industry fellows, she revealed, that Chunky charges a fee to attend funerals. Prolonging the fun segment, Farah mentioned that he charges extra to cry on them.

    Chunkey is more famously known for his comic character, Akhri Pasta in Akshay Kumar’s Housefull film franchise.

    Chunky’s daughter Ananya Pandey made her acting debut with Karan Johar’s Student of the Year 2 in 2019.

  • Man steals car after test drive, demands money to reveal location

    Man steals car after test drive, demands money to reveal location

    A man stole a car after asking for a test drive and then demanded money from the owner to reveal the location of the vehicle.

    As per reports, 27-year-old Jake Bateson from United Kingdom placed an online advertisement to sell his KIA Rio. He gave the keys to his car to a man who wanted the car for a test drive on April 12.

    The thief did not come back with Bateson’s car and asked for  £500 (Rs 106,899) to reveal the location of the car.

    According to reports, the same thief had stolen Jake’s friend’s car from Kings Heath a few weeks ago. Both Jake and his friend reported the thefts to the West Midlands Police.

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    “I feel quite shocked and shaken. We were taken advantage of. You do it all in good faith and don’t want to be cynical about people spinning you a web of lies,” Jake told a local newspaper.

    “Perhaps I should have asked to see his driving license at the start – but that just feels like an unnatural thing to do,” he added.

  • Thief suffers heart attack after seeing huge amount of money he stole

    Thief suffers heart attack after seeing huge amount of money he stole

    A robber suffered a heart attack after seeing the huge amount of money he had stolen in Uttar Pradesh, India.

    According to details, two thieves stole over Rs1.4 million cash and other valuables after on February 16 breaking in into a public service centre owned by a man named Nawab Haider.

    The muggers were delighted when they found a huge amount of cash there and decided to divide it equally. Upon seeing the money, one of the thieves suffered a cardiac arrest and was taken to a private hospital. A large chunk of his stolen money was used for his treatment.

    One of the two thieves revealed the whole incident after he was arrested and investigated by the police.

    According to the police, “The accused are habitual offenders and have several cases registered against them at different police stations. They confessed to have committed a robbery at the public service centre and fled with over Rs1.4 million cash and other valuables.”

    The muggers told the police that they were expecting to get a few thousands of rupees at the centre but were surprised after getting the huge amount of money.

  • Man pushes pregnant wife off cliff for insurance money

    Man pushes pregnant wife off cliff for insurance money

    Turkish police have arrested a man who pushed his pregnant wife off a cliff for insurance money two years ago.

    As per reports,  Hakan Aysal tried to claim his wife’s life insurance money. He took out loans in her name. The couple was on a holiday in Butterfly Valley in Mugla, Turkey when Aysal pushed his wife off a 1,000-foot cliff. The 40-year-old was subsequently arrested for the murder of his wife Semra Aysal and their unborn child. 

    According to prosecutors, Semra, 32, was seven months pregnant at the time of the incident, in 2018. Semra, along with the unborn child, died at the moment after the fall. 

    In the indictment prepared for the crime of “deliberate murder” against the husband, it stated he planned the ordeal in order to get the guarantee of £40,865 from insurance. The couple reportedly stayed on top of the cliff for three hours so that the husband could make sure no one was around.

    Aysal reportedly made the insurance claim shortly after his wife’s death, “but it was declined when news of the investigation was unveiled.”

    In a video interview, the court heard from the victim’s brother, Naim Yolcu, who said: “When we went to the Forensic Medicine Institute to get the body, Hakan was sitting in the car.

    “My family and I were destroyed, but Hakan did not even appear sad.”

    In a statement carried by The Sun, Aysal denied killing his wife, saying: “After taking a photo, my wife put the phone in her bag. Later she asked me to give her the phone. I got up and then heard my wife scream behind me when I walked a few steps away to get the phone from her bag. When I turned back, she was not there. I did not push my wife.” 

  • ‘Imran govt took more loans in two years than Nawaz govt in three tenures’

    ‘Imran govt took more loans in two years than Nawaz govt in three tenures’

    The Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has borrowed more money in two years than all loans taken by former PM Nawaz Sharif’s governments over 25 years in all three tenures, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Shehbaz Sharif has claimed.

    The statement came as senior leaders of the PML-N, at a press conference in Islamabad, took turns to criticise the government’s performance in different areas, while presenting a white paper titled “Destruction of National Power” on the PTI’s two-year rule.

    They accused the government of having ruined the country’s economy through its incompetence and pro-elite policies, saying the ruling party had promised a new Pakistan but the people today were yearning for “old Pakistan”.

    According to Dawn, the criticism began with PML-N president and opposition leader, Shehbaz Sharif, lashing out at the premier, saying it did not know the basics of governance and did not care about issues facing the masses.

    “When we talk about the tabdeeli sarkar [regime of change], we don’t find anything to acknowledge but sadness and pain in the past two years,” he said, adding that inflation caused due to the government’s policies had brought the common man “to the brink of destruction”.

    In contrast, he claimed, the PML-N during its tenure under Nawaz’s leadership carried out “historic development” and completed projects at a fast pace that resulted in prosperity.

    He said the incumbent government had “ridiculed” the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and levelled allegations against the PML-N. “But not a penny’s worth of corruption could be proven. Their plans backfired,” Shehbaz added.

    He said the PTI had failed to prove corruption in any of the projects started by Nawaz despite its “incessant propaganda”.

    Today, he said, sugar was being sold at above Rs100 per kilogramme and was being imported, even though previously the government had allowed its exports to benefit certain persons.

    He noted that it was the “first time in the country’s 72-year history” that there was a shortage of wheat even though the harvesting season had not yet ended, while a minister was wondering where the millions of tonnes of wheat collected by the government went. “Who is he asking? They should know where it went [and was] smuggled to,” Shehbaz said.

    He also said the government had given the public the “biggest shock” by raising petroleum prices even though international prices were very low, and it raised electricity prices to control circular debt but the prices were “touching the sky”, beyond the reach of the common man.

    “Enough electricity exists in the country but load-shedding is still ongoing due to this government’s worst incompetence,” the PML-N president alleged.

    Shehbaz also said the government had devalued the rupee by 40 per cent but in spite of this, no substantial rise in exports was seen. He further said it was the second time in Pakistan’s history that GDP growth had gone negative, to -0.4pc.

    Khawaja Asif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi also criticised the government for its “failure” on the foreign policy front and over energy sector losses.

  • Exercise makes you happier than having money

    Exercise makes you happier than having money

    The physical and mental benefits of exercise have been discussed plenty of times before but a new study carried out by researchers at Yale and Oxford has said that exercise is probably more important to your mental health than your economic status.

    The study involved observing the physical behaviour and mental mood of over 1.2 million Americans. Participants were asked to answer questions regarding their mental health, income and physical activities. Physical activity was anything from lawn-mowing, childcare, and housework to weight lifting, cycling, and running.

    The scientists found that those who exercised regularly tended to feel bad for around 35 days a year, while non-active participants felt bad for 18 days more on average.

    Researchers also discovered that physically active people feel just as good as those who don’t do sports, but who earn around $25,000 more a year. This means that you’d have to earn quite a lot more for your earnings to give you the same happiness-boosting effect sport has.

    That doesn’t mean, however, that the more sport you do, the happier you are. Too much physical activity can also have a detrimental effect on your body. The study found that physical activity only contributes to better mental well-being when it falls within a certain time frame. According to the study, three to five training sessions each lasting between 30 to 60 minutes per week is ideal.