Tag: Hammad Azhar

Azhar relieved of Revenue Division portfolio, given economic affairs charge

ISLAMABAD: A day after his appointment as federal minister for Revenue Division, Hammad Azhar has been relieved of the portfolio, a notification issued on...

Int’l market to open for Pakistan after IMF agreement: Hammad

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Revenue Muhammad Hammad Azhar on Wednesday said the doors of the international market would open up after signing of...

Govt extends amnesty scheme till July 3

--Finance adviser says people are facing difficulties in declaring assets, hence the extension --Warns Benami commission will come into action after expiry of deadline --Says budget...

PTI survives budget scare

--Opp fails to stop budget as PTI bulldozes bill through parliament --PML-N rejects ‘anti-people’ budget, demands a ‘pro-people’ budget --Hammad says govt has reduced current account...

NA unanimously passes defence budget

--Demand of Grants approved for Power Division and Petroleum Division --Ruckus mars budget session as Shehbaz calls Imran ‘selected’ premier --Omar Ayub criticises previous govts for...

Govt to crackdown on sugar mafia, says Azhar

ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Revenue Hammad Azhar on Monday said the government has imposed a tax of only Rs3.30 per kg of sugar but...

Ruckus in the House as PTI govt presents ‘austerity’ budget

PRESS GALLERY   The opposition and treasury benches on Tuesday got into scuffles and resorted to aggressive sloganeering as State Minister for Revenue Hammad Azhar read...

Hammad asks Dar to return to country before criticising govt’s policies

--Says Ishaq Dar should give a lecture on money laundering, increasing deficits instead of criticising govt --State minister stresses the need for aggressive efforts for...

PM says top taxpayers ‘true VIPs of country’

--Prime Minister Imran says Pakistan will have to change itself, 1.7m income tax filers cannot bear burden of 210m population --Says govt making efforts to...

No, food inflation has not risen to 20% in Pakistan

An online report by a Pakistani broadcaster claims that basic food inflation has risen to 20 per cent in Pakistan resulting in “severe consequences”...

BankIslami lost $6m within 23 minutes in cyber attack

--Finance Minister Asad Umar says according to SBP, no other bank had reported hacking of customers' data --State Minister Hammad Azhar says 6,000 BankIslami accounts...

Rs1.5tr transferred to Balochistan in 10 years, Fawad claims

--Info minister says previous govts should explain where this huge amount of money was spent Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said on...