Tag: Hafeez

LAHORE - Pakistan's ODI series victory against New Zealand has boosted their confidence ahead of the ICC World Cup 2011, batsman Mohammad Hafeez has said. The World Cup will be held from February 19 to April 2 in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
"We will give the World Cup our best shot. Going into the World Cup after a series win in New Zealand means that our confidence is high ahead of the World Cup," PakPassion quoted Hafeez, as saying. "There's nothing bigger in one day

ISLAMABAD - The government's financial team, headed by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, will on Tuesday present to the PML-N a list of corrupt officials that have been sacked by the government, Pakistan Today learnt on Sunday. A source in the PML-N said apart from the list of sacked corrupt government officials, the ministerial committee would also hand over a list of persons and companies whose loans were written-off since 1985.
"After receiving the two lists, the PML-N

WELLINGTON - Mohammad Hafeez scored his first one-day century and Shahid Afridi blasted the equal-fastest half century in New Zealand as Pakistan levelled their one-day series against the hosts following a 43-run victory at Lancaster Park on Saturday.
New Zealand never really challenged Pakistan's imposing 293 for seven, with Martin Guptill (39), Jamie How (24) Scott Styris (46) and Kane Williamson (42) all getting starts but leaving too many runs for the lower order to overhaul

KARACHI - Federal Minister for Finance Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that exports will touch $22 billion during the current fiscal year.
Speaking to media personnel at the head office of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), he said the government was optimistic of the potential of exports and also expressed hope that remittances will touch over $10 billion.
"Our economic team is very optimistic and we are hopeful of promising results in the future," he said. Shaikh

ISLAMABAD - Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Saturday that Pakistan offered one of the most liberal and investment friendly policies in the world and Chinese investors should actively benefit from it.
Speaking at the Pakistan China Business Cooperation summit, he expressed his hope that the interaction between the business communities of the two countries would help expand bilateral relations, especially in the field of trade and investment.
He went on to say

LAHORE: A huge fire engulfed the Hafeez Centre, a major business plaza, on Thursday causing heavy damage and forcing shop owners to close their shops today (Friday).
The fire erupted due to short-circuiting at a computer shop located at the centre's second floor and reduced valuables worth millions of rupees to ashes within no time, government and rescue officials said. Five men including Shahbaz, Muhammad and Asif and two rescuers including Shahid Waheed and Abdul Aleem

KARACHI: The federal government on Monday said that "targeted subsidies" would continue to help the poorest of the poor to sustain. "I want to assure you that the government would try to do its best, would cut the expenditures... (and) continue targeted subsidies," Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said at the PCP Corporate Philanthropy Awards 2010. The event was organised by Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) and was attended by participants from corporate sector, whose

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh on Wednesday said the government also needed to put its own house in order by reducing non-development expenditures and cutting the size of the federal cabinet to win the people's support on the Reformed General Sales Tax.
At a background briefing on the reformed GST, organised by the Information Ministry for newspaper editors and TV anchorpersons, the finance minister was asked whether he was in favour of cutting the size of the cabinet,

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Hafeez Shaikh said the reformed General Sales Tax (GST) would not be a catalyst for further inflation in the country.
"The RGST will not trigger inflation; no government wants to compound problems for its citizens", Hafeez Shaikh said while talking to reporters after attending the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance, here on Monday.
When queried on whether the bill would encourage corruption and the pressing need for

DUBAI: Pakistan on Tuesday included uncapped wicket-keeper Adnan Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez in their squad for the two Test matches against South Africa starting later this week.
Pakistan were forced to make the changes after their regular keeper Zulqarnain Haider fled the team hotel in Dubai on Monday and flew to London after reportedly receiving death threats from an unknown person.
"Adnan has been included in the Test squad as replacement for Haider and we have asked

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh expressed that the government's chief objective is to form a fair, equitable and a corruption-free tax system. The minister said this while he was chairing a day long meeting of the tax Reform Coordination Group (RCG) on Sunday.
The RCG, which is divided into three sub-groups namely Sales Tax and Federal Excise, Income tax and Customs was formed by the Finance Minister in July 2010 to assist on