Tag: Pay

Trucks carrying containers of goods for NATO do not pay any levy to the government. The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) charges only Rs400 from...

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has announced that the farmhouse tax, if levied, would be paid on land belonging to the Sharifs and their...

All Parties Conference (APC) has exhorted consumers of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) not to pay last month’s bills in solidarity with protesting...

Acting Asian football boss Zhang Jilong vowed to bring corrupt officials to book and said claims against under-fire president Mohamed bin Hammam “harm the...

Only a month ago, eight-year-old Owais – a student of class I – stood upright and played and lived a normal, healthy life. All...

The Sindh High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on three identical petitions filed by Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC)’s 249 officers against their...

A meeting of the local wing of Punjab Teachers Union (PTU), held at a government school, discussed final arrangements for a long march to...

Reema and the Lahore Zoo authorities had a slight tussle on Monday when the authorities blamed her for not paying the money for the...

KARACHI - Whereas economic managers seem overwhelmed by the current improvement in external accounts, the country's ailing economy is still haunted by the lingering circular debt issue that, the analysts believe, might debilitate favourable impacts of the $99 million current account surplus. The present PPP-led coalition government is breathing hard under immense pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), while surging oil prices in international market requires rulers to

LAHORE - Various organizations of teachers community staged a protest demonstration for the demands of pay raise and other benefits, here in front of Press Club on Monday. The protesters were carrying placards and banners were chanting slogans in favour of their demands.
Addressing the gathering Muhammad Nasir and others urged the government's concerned authorities for giving proper benefits to the teachers. They demanded of the government to increase the pay package of the

ST JOHN'S - The West Indies Cricket Board on Sunday paid tribute to former captain and wicket-keeper Franz Copeland Murray 'Gerry' Alexander, who died on Saturday at the age of 82. WICB president Dr Julian Hunte praised Alexander in recalling the contribution he made during the famous 1961 tied Test series in Australia under skipper Sir Frank Worrell. "On behalf of the WICB and all the cricket-loving people who support West Indies cricket I want to extend heartfelt condolences to the

LAHORE - The Sri Lankan baseball team on Monday paid a visit to the Liberty Roundabout, the place where the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked in May 200p, to pay homage to those killed and injured by terrorist during the attack.
The team members laid a floral wreath near the plaque at the Liberty Roundabout, remembering the martyrs of the day. This is the first Sri Lankan team to have visited Pakistan since the attack took place.
The Sri Lankan cricket team is due later

LONDON - Kate Middleton's parents will pay nearly £100,000 ($163,000, 113,000 euros) for their daughter's wedding to Prince William later this month, a report said Sunday.
Hotel suites, bridal gowns, bridesmaids' dresses, the maid of honour's outfit and the honeymoon will all be paid for by Carole and Michael Middleton, The Sunday Times newspaper said, without citing its sources.
They will pay for several suites at the Goring hotel in the upmarket London district of

KARACHI - The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has refused to provide furnace oil to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) until the power utility pays up the price differential claims of Rs 3.9 billion made by the former.
Moreover, a clear directive from the federal government is also needed to provide the facility of subsidised furnace oil to the KESC, which is demanding oil on the rate of gas, after a reduction in gas supply from the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) to the power

LAHORE - Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Punjab chapter on Tuesday welcomed Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani's statement regarding the special pay scales for doctors. PMA Punjab President Dr Ashraf Nizami and other office-bearers said that it was a longstanding demand of the PMA Central Council that doctors should be brought out from the National Pay Scale and a special salary package be announced for them according to their professional capabilities.
PMA office-bearers

LAHORE - Adamjee Life held a dinner at a local hotel to celebrate the launch of "Pay Continuation Plan" in collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited.
Pay Continuation Plan is a tick box insurance product, designed to ensure that family of the insured persons keeps receiving an amount equal to the monthly salary, for up to five years - in case of an unfortunate demise of the insured.
The plan is aimed at maintaining living standard of the grieving family,

KARACHI - It seems unbelievable but it is a fact that the milkmen are extorting about Rs 150 billion a year from the consumers in the urban areas by just mixing water in the milk. A brief probe carried out by Pakistan Today showed that the raw milk available at shops and being supplied to homes in major cities carries a minimum of 25 percent of the water.
In some cases, the water-milk ratio goes up to around 40-50 percent. The milkmen justify the adulteration citing high