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The manifesto envisaged the minimisation of the
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Sajid Zia / October 26, 2015
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Govt charges up to
50pc tax
on oil products
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oil from October 1, 2015, states SRO.962(I)/2015
and SRO.963(I)/2015.
The REAP Chairman stressed the need for early
implementation of the PM's solar tubewell plan,
as it can provide long-term relief to farmers if it is
implemented properly. The proposed plan will
lower input cost of farmers, equalizing exporters
cost to the regional competitors, helping improve
rice export.
According to the agriculturists, sufficient
availability of water is a must to sustain rice crop,
which seemed unlikely, as the farmers are unable
to purchase diesel to irrigate their fields under
present circumstances.
IEP Lahore Centre chairman Engineer Khalid
Sajjad observed that the real benefit of cut in
petroleum rates could not be passed on to general
public and it seemed that transporters as well as
other trade mafias are so strong that provincial
governments could not force them to make
necessary reduction in prices.
The reduction of total 25 per cent in petroleum
prices is still not a reflection of the huge drop of
around 50 per cent oil price in the international
market, stated Khalid Sajjad.
Khalid Sajjad asked the government to announce
a further reduction of at least 20 per cent,
besides withdrawing unjustified
taxes, to make it in line
w i t h t h e
internationa
l prices.
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FPCCI President Mian Adrees said that
reduction in petroleum prices would provide
relief to the industry. He said survival of a country
only depended on sound economy, which needed
peaceful atmosphere, better law and order and
business friendly environment.
FBR Member Inland Revenue (Policy) Shahid
Hussain Asad said the FBR issued SRO
962(I)/2015 to increase the sales tax rate of
furnace oil to 20 percent from 17 percent effective
from October 1, 2015. He said the move would
increase the electricity prices in the country. He
said the decision was taken considering the
shortfall in the revenue during the first quarter of
the current fiscal year 2015/16. The three percent
hike in GST on furnace oil might generate
additional revenue of about Rs3.5 billion in one
month.
According to energy experts, increase in sales
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the country.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has
invited the federal government to launch almost
dozens of power generation projects. The hydel
resources are far cheaper than the other ones. I
don't know why Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
and [Punjab Chief Minister] Shahbaz Sharif are
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power generation project despite limited
resources at hand.
We have invited tenders from the private sector
for implement the projects to generate 1,200
megawatt power, he explained. The chief
minister said the provincial
government had completed the
feasibility study of 24 projects to
generate power from hydel
resources. Another report for
constructing 13 dams to generate
power has also been submitted to
the federal government, he
elaborated.
Pervez Khattak said a room could
be created for the power generation
through cheap hydel resources in
the China-Pakistan Economic
Corridor Plan but the federal
government is unresponsive to
issue.
The chief minister said talks were being held with
the federal government to get rights for the
province. These included, he added, share in
hydel profit, additional share in water resources,
gas and mineral resources along with forest
royalty.
We will seek a progress report on the issues
taken up with the Centre at upcoming meeting of
the Council of Common Interests. No delaying
tactics will be acceptable in this regard, he
vowed.
Pervez Khattak said the KP government had
reservations of mega projects in the province and
the federal government should have them
addressed.
He said the KP government would take up with
the federal government several mega projects
such as Chashma Right Bank Canal, Lowari
Tunnel, Munda dam, Diamer-Bhasha dam, and a
number of other projects.
Pervez Khattak complained that excessive
loadshedding was being carried out in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa which was a grave injustice to the
province.
I will take up this issue with the federal
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government, Water and Power Development
Authority and Peshawar Electric Supply
Company chiefs. A detailed report would be
sought from these officials, he promised.
The chief minister said the provincial
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PESHAWAR/Lahore - The biggest-ever
earthquake in Pakistan rocked the country and
neighbouring Afghanistan yesterday, killing
around 350 people.
Hundreds of homes were destroyed as the quake
shook a swathe of the subcontinent, sending
thousands of frightened people rushing into the
streets and open spaces.
At least 275 people lost their lives in Pakistan
while more than 2,000 were injured. As
many as 70 people died in Afghanistan
where the quake originated.
The deadly earthquake came at 2:09pm
and measured 8.1 according to country's
geological department. But, the US
Geological Survey (USGS) initially
measured the magnitude at 7.7, and then
revised it down to 7.5.
The powerful jolts forced people out of
their homes and offices.
The telecommunication structure
suffered damage, rendering many of
utterly scared people unable to connect
their loved ones.
Troops had been mobilised and all
military hospitals put on high alert, army
spokesman Lt-Gen Asim Bajwa said, with the air
force also offering support.
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Biggest-ever
quake rocks country
Chitral, Dir Upper, Dir Lower, Buner and Shangla
districts of KP where Chief Minister Pervez
Khattak declared emergency.
The human and material loss was also severe in
the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata),
which lies along Afghan border. The earthquake
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magnitude at 4.8.
The greater depth and distance from highly
populated areas however made Monday's quake
less damaging than that of Kashmir quake of
2005, which had killed more than 100,000
people most of them in Azad Jammu and
Kashmir and displaced some 3.5 million.
But extensiveness of the earthquake,
which was felt as far as New Delhi,
and high number of the injured meant
the death toll could climb in coming
days.
Around 70 people were confirmed
dead in Afghanistan. "Initial reports
show a big loss of life, huge financial
losses in Badakhshan, Takhar,
Nangarhar, Kunar and other regions,
including the capital Kabul," said
country's chief executive Abdullah
Abdullah. In a horrific incident, 12
Afghan girls crushed in a stampede as they fled
their collapsing school in Taluqan city. "The
students rushed to escape the school building,
triggering a stampede," education department
chief Enayat Naweed told AFP. "Twelve students,
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Hospital in Peshawar where he met with the
injured, besides directing the hospital
administration to ensure best treatment to the
victims.
According to reports, the quake killed at least 23
people and injured 102 in Chitral district of the
province. More than 34 died and 54 others were
wounded in Shangla.
The human toll in other districts of KP was:
Upper Dir, 23 deaths, 250 injured; Swat, 23, 100;
Torghar, 13, 28; Buner, 10, 80; Lower Dir, 7, 24;
Malakand, 7, 160; Peshawar 6, 123; Swabi, 5, 16;
Charsadda, 4, 34; Mardan 4, 24,
while one death was reported in
Mansehra.
As for Fata, 17 people were
killed and 27 wounded in Bajaur
Agency, four people died in
Mohmand Agency while one
person died in Jamrud town of
Khyber Agency.
Officials feared surge in
casualties as reports from some
far flung localities were yet to
arrive where communication
system had been disrupted.
Most of the deaths came as a
result of house collapse and felling of boundary
walls of buildings. The quake also caused
landslides in many areas, causing roadblocks.
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SAID ALAM KHAN and Iqtidar Gilani / October 27, 2015
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PML-N involved in LB
pre-poll rigging: Elahi
Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League senior central
leader and former deputy prime minister Ch
pervaiz elahi has said that in N league's pre-poll
rigging DCO's are fully active as RO's while
election commission is just silent.
He said this while talking to media after meeting
PML's local bodies candidates. Elahi Said that
according to information received from all
districts in the first stage of local bodies election
everywhere administration is showing complete
partiality, there is complete ban on development
works are talking place without any check
whatsoever under the supervision of DCO's who
are officially as the RO's whereas changes have
also been made in the voters lists for the polling
stations in favour of N league, Returning officers
have also chalked out such massive rigging
program on the polling day that other parties
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