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ISLAMABAD: Implementing the orders of International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to block the SIM cards of nearly 2 million individuals involved in tax evasion, ARY News reported on Saturday. Sources told ARY News that FBR chairman has greenlighted the blocking of SIM cards of tax evaders dispatched instructions to relevant officials. The FBR has identified 1.8 million tax evaders. Sources claimed that the FBR also has the authority to disconnect electricity connections, besides blocking SIM cards of non-filers. Meanwhile, special powers have been given to 145 district tax officers across the country in this regard. Action will be taken under Section 114-B against non-filers and tax evaders. Sources added that the FBR had previously sent notices to such individuals, but returns were still not filed. After detailed discussions between authorities, the decision to block SIM cards has been finalised. Earlier in January, it was reported that the...

KARACHI: A first information report (FIR) has been registered against an online taxi driver for allegedly harassing a foreign woman, a citizen of the United States (US), in Karachi, ARY News reported on Saturday. The FIR was registered at Gadap police station on complaint of the foreign woman on April 10. According to the FIR – a copy of which is available with ARY News, the victim booked an online taxi from Karachi’s Superhighway. Meanwhile, the victim alleged that the driver started harassing her at gunpoint. “Following his [the online taxi driver] actions, I started shouting but to no avail. He then manhandled me and continued harassing,” she said. However, the foreign woman claimed that the FIR was registered as per her complaint. “The police reported the case in Urdu language, which I can’t understand,” she said. Gadap SHO, in a statement, said that an attempt of sexual assault was made. He noted that the girl has no information about the driver while further investigation i...

Prince Harry and wife Meghan are producing two upcoming Netflix shows that will focus on cooking and a U.S. polo championship, the streaming service said on Thursday. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv The projects are part of a multi-year deal between Netflix and Archewell Productions, which was founded by the royal couple in 2020 after they stepped down as senior members of Britain’s royal family and moved to the United States. The first new series will focus on cooking, gardening, entertaining and friendship. The show is being ‘curated’ by Markle, who is serving as an executive producer, Netflix said. The second series will follow the U.S. Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Florida, and offer a look at the competition and the polo industry’s social scene. Markle and Prince Harry are both executive producers of the polo show. American Riviera Orchard: Meghan Markle launches lifestyle brand amid family drama Both series are in early production and will have titles a...

QUETTA: The six opposition parties named Mahmood Khan Achakzai as president of their newly formed alliance “Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aaeen” (Constitution Protection Movement) against the government, ARY News reported. As per the details, Balochistan National Party (BNP) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal hosted a meeting of the alliance that was also attended by Omar Ayub of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Mahmood Khan Achakzai of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), Majlis-e-Wadhat-e-Muslimeen’s (MWM) Allama Nasir Abbas and Liaquat Baloch of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI). They discussed and finalised a schedule for nationwide protest meetings. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub said that the movement named Tehreek Tahafuz Aaeen, aims to combat a ‘massive rigging’ in the general elections 2024. Omar Ayub said that all opposition parties also agreed to establish a coordination committee, with Mahmood...

KARACHI: Predicting Pakistan’s growth rate to be 1.9 percent this fiscal year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its report has anticipated a reduction in the wave of inflation in the next financial year, ARY News reported on Friday. The Asian Development Bank’s annual Outlook Report for 2024 revealed that the inflation in Pakistan has surged to its highest level in the past five decades last year, meanwhile, the inflation has continues to rise this year due to the surge in energy prices as part of the IMF program. In its annual report, the Asian Development Bank stated that political instability in Pakistan is a major challenge for economic recovery and reforms. Meanwhile the inflation in Pakistan is expected to remain at a high level of 25 percent this fiscal year and it is likely to decrease significantly in the next fiscal year. According to the report, Pakistan’s economy shrank due to political uncertainty and extensive flooding, adding that the growth of the construction s...

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Trophy tour is set to kick off in the Caribbean on April 12 [Today], starting in Barbados, which will host the tournament final on June 29. Between 12 and 20 April, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Trophy Tour will also visit Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana. The international launch of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Trophy Tour began in the USA, with players Ali Khan and Chris Gayle lighting up the Empire State Building. The six West Indies host venues, where fans will have the chance to see and even be photographed with the prestigious trophy, are now ready to welcome T20 cricket’s biggest global prize to the Caribbean. Various events are planned, including cultural displays, street parties, and community visits. Meanwhile, cricket legends like Daren Sammy and veteran DJ Chiki will be part of the festivities. Trophy Tour Schedule: Saturday 13 April, Barbados: ​ The traveling caravan begins f...

Pakistan is in discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a potential follow-up programme to its nine-month, $3 billion stand-by arrangement, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday, adding that it had important issues to solve. Georgieva told an event at the Atlantic Council think tank, that Pakistan was successfully completing its existing programme with the IMF and its economy was performing somewhat better, with reserves now being built up. “There is a commitment to continue on this path, and the country is turning to the fund for potentially having a follow-up programme,” Kristalina Georgieva said, flagging issues that the struggling South Asian nation still needed to address. “There are very important issues to be solved in Pakistan: the tax base, how the richer part of society contributes to the economy, the way public spending is being directed and of course, creating … a more transparent environment.” Read more: IMF ready for new loan program with P...