Day: December 9, 2021

Islamabad, December 09, 2021 (PPI-OT):Mirza Salman Babar Baig, Consul General designate to Barcelona, Spain called on Mr. Muhammad Ayub Afridi, Advisor to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development in his office here on 9th December, 2021 and discussed issues concerning overseas Pakistanis in Spain.

The Advisor to Prime Minister on OPs and HRD reiterated the resolve of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan to accord priority to addressing the problems of overseas Pakistanis and advised the Consul General designate to augment his efforts to facilitate Pakistani community in Barcelona, Spain.

For more information, contact:
Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF)
Shahrah-e-Jamhouriat, Sector G-5/2,
Post Box No. 1470, Islamabad, Pakistan
UAN: +92-51-111-040-040
Tel: +92-51-9203267, 9048320
Fax: +92-51-9224335, 9211613
E-mail: info@opf.org.pk
Website: www.opf.org.pk

Islamabad, December 09, 2021 (PPI-OT):Building on its momentum to maximize tax compliance, Federal Board of Revenue’s Inland Revenue Enforcement Network (IREN) Squads, has seized 8,320,000 illegal cigarettes worth Rs. 21,479,625 involving duties and taxes of Rs. 17,242,635 in the month of November, 2021.

Likewise, in the first five months of FY- 2021-22, IREN has seized non duty / tax paid cigarettes of Rs. 177,959,737 (approximately 74,131,500 sticks) resulting in detection of evasion of duties and taxes worth Rs. 142,905,265.

It is pertinent to mention that the Prime Minister of Pakistan has recently launched Track and Trace System on the Sugar Sector. Therefore, IREN has also been entrusted to ensure its enforcement in entire supply chain of Sugar Industry.

For this purpose, the Chief Coordinator IREN and his Regional Enforcement Squads across Pakistan are geared to conduct raids and ensure seizures on the non-tax paid sugar stocks, which move out of the factory premises/warehouses without tax stamps.

As a result, IREN Squads have intensified their operations in every nook and corner of the country, against the non-compliant supply chain operators dealing in sugar sector in order to maximize revenue potential.

The Squads have raided various sugar dealers in almost all big cities and various small towns to check sugar stocks. During these raids Hyderabad Squad has seized stock of 172 sugar bags without affixing of Tax Stamps in the premises of M/s Gulzar and Co. The stock of 172 sugar bags was seized and legal action was being initiated against those who were found involved in the tax evasion.

Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed, the Chairman FBR/Secretary Revenue Division has appreciated the performance of IREN Squads and announced cash reward for those officers, who conducted successful raids. He stated that Track and Trace system coupled with IREN’s valiant drive would help overcome the menace of non-tax paid goods in the market.

For more information, contact:
Second Secretary (Public Relations)
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
FATE Wing, Federal Board of Revenue,
Constitution Avenue, Sector G-5,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Phone: +92-51-9217267
Fax: +92-51-9208456
Email: mujeeb.talpur@fbr.gov.pk, talpur35@gmail.com
Website: https://www.fbr.gov.pk/

Islamabad, December 09, 2021 (PPI-OT):A delegation of Insaaf Lawyers Forum (ILF) headed by Barrister Umair Khan Niazi, Additional Advocate General Punjab, Rai Muhammad Ali Kharal, Assistant Attorney General for Pakistan, and other members of ILF called on Mr. Muhammad Ayub Afridi, Advisor to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development in his office here on 9th December, 2021 and congratulated him on his appointments Advisor to Prime Minister. During the meeting, issues relating to party and matters concerning overseas Pakistanis were discussed.

The Advisor to Prime Minister on OP and HRD thanked the ILF delegations and assured them of working together for party and addressing issues of Overseas Pakistanis as per vision of the Prime Minister Imran Khan.

For more information, contact:
Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF)
Shahrah-e-Jamhouriat, Sector G-5/2,
Post Box No. 1470, Islamabad, Pakistan
UAN: +92-51-111-040-040
Tel: +92-51-9203267, 9048320
Fax: +92-51-9224335, 9211613
E-mail: info@opf.org.pk
Website: www.opf.org.pk

Lahore, December 09, 2021 (PPI-OT):Inspector General of Police Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan has said that corruption is a social scourge and corrupt officials and officers have no place in police department. He said that it is my mission to rid Punjab Police of corrupt elements and all people who were seen supporting the corrupt and criminals in police would be sacked.

Rao Sardar Ali Khan directed that every member of Punjab Police should perform his job not as a duty but as a sacred obligation. We have to make hard work, honesty and service our goal, he added. IG Punjab said that in order to improve public image of Punjab Police, black sheep had to be removed from department because positive image of police force is linked with better performance as well as elimination of corrupt persons from force.

IG Punjab requested the citizens to immediately report to 1787 IGP Complaint Center if they see any police officer involved in corruption. He said that the name of informant will remain clandestine and actions and inquiry will be conducted against said officer or official. He expressed these views in his message issued on the occasion of World Anti-Corruption Day, today.

Rao Sardar Ali Khan said that civilized societies are free from the scourge of corruption as corruption hollows out roots of any institution. He expressed that the aim of world anti-corruption day is to keep people aware of dangerous effects of corruption on society. He directed RPOs and DPOs to expedite monitoring and inspection process in their offices, police stations and police offices and wherever abuse of power, corruption or any other kind of malpractice is seen then strict action should be taken against the responsible.

He said that those involved in corruption and bribery should be expelled from police department as the entire force is facing criticism because of a few. Rao Sardar Ali Khan said that first and foremost priority of Punjab Police is to protect people. Restoration of trust between police and people can only be ensured by getting rid of corruption.

For more information, contact:
Punjab Police
Punjab Police Computer Bureau,
5th Floor, Central Police Office (CPO),
Punjab, Lahore
Tel: +92-42-99213019, +92-42-99213013
Fax: +92-42-99213012
Email: sapcb@punjabpolice.gov.pk
Website: www.punjabpolice.gov.pk

Srinagar, December 09, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a Kashmiri shopkeeper was arrested by Indian police from a village near Rajouri town on Thursday for his social media post on the killing of the Indian Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and other forces’ personnel in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.

The man, who is a shopkeeper by profession, reportedly shared a social media post on his Facebook wall which, police claimed, is sensitive in nature and ‘highly objectionable’. Police officials said that soon after the matter regarding the post came to the fore, a team from Rajouri police station detained the shopkeeper. Police said that further investigation and legal proceedings into the matter are going on.

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Srinagar, December 09, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that for the past three decades the abysmal human rights situation has shown no sign of improvement due to the unresolved Kashmir dispute.

The forum in a statement issued in Srinagar on the eve of Human Rights Day deplored that the situation in IIOJK has only worsened for people with time, being taken to another level since August 5, 2019, with enforcement of unprecedented lockdowns extra judicial measures and communications gags.

The people in the Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir are being punished by those in power preciously for being Muslim majority, the statement said and added even fundamental human rights of the Kashmiri people are not protected. “An atmosphere of fear and intimidation has been created to coerce people of all sections of society.”

The forum maintained that black laws are ruling the roost in Jammu and Kashmir for the past three decades resulting in deaths extra judicial and custodial killings. “Tens of thousands of people have been subjected to enforced disappearance. Communication blockades and suspension of internet is almost a daily occurrence,” it said.

While denounced arrests, the forum said, thousands of activists, youth political workers, respected members of civil society, social workers and political leaders are languishing in jails without charges and access to legal course.

The forum appealed to international human rights organizations and United Nations Human Rights Council to play their part in ensuring that the Kashmir conflict is resolved and the fundamental human rights of people of J and K are respected. It urged these rights bodies to play their role in the release of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and all other political leaders and activists including Mohammad Yasin Malik, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Aasiya Andrabi and Shahidul Islam.

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Kashmir Media Service
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