By Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, May 5, 2017 ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday ordered an inquiry against taxman for seizing the bank accounts of a Chinese company working on the $1.5 billion Karot hydropower project, which is a part of the multibillion-dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) had acted against the Chinese company which had no tax liability, The Express Tribune has learnt. Minister for Planning and…
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By Jun Mai in South China Morning Post, May 5, 2017 The ruling Communist Party of China has created a new bureau to improve intelligence and policy coordination in Xinjiang, the vast western region that has been placed under what many see as increasing police surveillance and intrusive social control. The new bureau for Xinjiang, an area larger than France, Spain and Germany combined in northwest China, has been placed under the Central United Front…
by Shariful Islam in The Daily Star, May 5, 2017 Dhaka: Police probe into 58 cases filed over the May 5-6, 2013 Hefajat mayhem remain stalled as the investigators await further instructions from the government on the next course of action. A total of 83 cases were lodged in connection with the incident. Of them, 53 were filed in the capital against more than 50,000 people after members of Hefajat-e Islam, a Qawmi madrasa-based Islamist…
report in The Nation,May 05, 2017 Islamabad – Pakistan expelled popular Polish presenter, traveller and writer Martyna Wojciechowska on Thursday for violating visa rules, reported Radio Poland. Martyna Wojciechowska claimed that she was detained by Pakistani military intelligence while filming a TV series in that country. Poland’s foreign ministry said that Wojciechowska’s crew did not comply with instructions from the Pakistan authorities. It added that Wojciechowska, the former editor-in-chief of National Geographic Poland magazine, on…
report in The Nation, May 04, 2017, 2:45 pm Web Desk: A complaint against excise officials has surfaced in which they are accused of allegedly physically torturing the North Korean ambassador to Pakistan and his wife on April 9 at their residence in Karachi. In a letter addressed to the Government of Pakistan and the Deputy General (DG) Excise department, the North Korean embassy in Islamabad requested necessary action against the incident that reportedly took…