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ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday submitted details of former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s assets that have been seized before an accountability court. Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir heard a NAB petition to sell former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s assets in Pakistan. As the hearing began, NAB special prosecutor Imran Shafiq presented his arguments and said if reservations are not raised within the given time then the assets can be sold. "The accused can approach the court till six months after the assets are sold," he added. Shafiq further said that so far Dar has expressed no reservations and even if he appears before the court after the assets are sold then he can be granted his rights. The NAB special prosecutor also requested the court to issue an order regarding Dar properties in Islamabad and Lahore which are beyond the court's ambit. Judge Bashir then asked the NAB special prosecutor to submit details of Dar's properties ...

Pakistan Navy Chief Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi on Monday said that India’s sea-based nuclear weapon initiative had compelled Pakistan to take steps for maintaining strategic balance in the region. Talking to media persons at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington, Admiral Abbasi, who is visiting US to attend an international sea-powers symposium , rejected the “ myth ” that Pakistan was seeking strategic depth in Afghanistan. The navy chief said though the decision by US to suspend security assistance to Pakistan was not a favourable one, it was not a "life or death situation". Sea-based nuclear deterrence : Abbasi defended Pakistan’s decision to match India’s sea-based nuclear programme while responding to several questions from the representatives of the US media. ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER AD “Sea-based nuclear weapons provide an assured second strike capability which disturbs the equation , so unless we equate that, the imbalance might induce India to start a conventional w...

اپریل اور اکتوبر 2016ء کے درمیان میں خیبر پختونخوا کے ضلع ڈیرہ اسمٰعیل خان سے گزرنے والے چشمہ رائٹ بینک کینال پر ایک تحقیق کر رہا تھا۔ یہ وہ دور تھا جب اس صوبے میں حکمراں جماعت کے 'بلین ٹری سونامی' منصوبے کا ہر جانب چرچا تھا۔ مئی کے مہینے میں، مَیں نے کینال کے ساتھ ساتھ کچھ لوگوں کو سیکڑوں کونوکارپس اور سفیدے کے درخت لگاتے ہوئے دیکھا۔ میں نے لکی مروت میں کسی جگہ دریائے گمبیلہ کے پاٹ میں بھی سفیدے کے ہزاروں درخت لگے ہوئے دیکھے تھے۔ یہ دونوں ہی درخت غیر معمولی طور پر پیاسے درخت ہیں۔ آسٹریلیا سے تعلق رکھنے والا سفیدے کا درخت ایک دن میں 100 لیٹر تک پانی جذب کرسکتا ہے۔ یہ بات نہایت قابل ڈاکٹر اشرف بودلہ نے 90ء-1989ء میں فیصل آباد کے نیوکلیئر انسٹیٹیوٹ آف ایگرو بائیولوجی میں کام کرتے ہوئے معلوم کی تھی۔ ہماری زمین پر لگا ہوا سفیدے کا ہر درخت ایک نان اسٹاپ ٹیوب ویل ہے جو ہمیں زیرِ زمین پانی سے محروم کر رہا ہے۔ مزید پڑھیے:  شہری شجرکاری: کیا حکومت اتنی عجلت میں یہ کام کرپائے گی؟ دوسری جانب کونوکارپس دنیا کے کئی حصوں میں اگتا ہے اور اسے 2005ء میں اس وقت کے میئر کراچی مصطفیٰ ...

KARACHI: The Sindh government is giving top priority to the completion of water supply and public transport schemes in the metropolis, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah told a meeting presided over by him at the CM House here on Friday. Reviewing the water availability situation in the province, he noted that there was only 493 MGD (million gallons per day) water was available against a total demand of 918 MGD. In the public transport sector, work on 21-km-long Green Line project also needed to be completed as soon as possible as 80 per cent work of the infrastructure between Surjani and Municipal Park has already been completed, according to him. Water shortage attributed to low rainfall Up to 20 per cent of work for the underground bus terminal with parking facility and commercial mezzanine floor has been completed. The chief minister directed the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) managing director to complete four ongoing water supply schemes — 60 MGD recycling, 260 MGD K-IV,...

A meeting between the PCB chairman Ehsan Mani and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq would appear to have ended the uncertainty surrounding Inzamam's role in a selection controversy that arose over the past few days. The meeting, requested by Inzamam after he took exception to rumours circulating in the Pakistani media he had abused his position to try and secure a favourable selection outcome for his son in the Pakistan U-19 squad. The PCB are understood to have given him full assurance of their trust and support. Inzamam, incensed by the accusation, released a video message categorically denying it was true, saying he would resign if that were proven. At the same time, he challenged the person responsible for the origin of the accusation to do the same if he failed to prove the claim. He is also believed to be assessing his legal options. The origin of the story appeared to be an off-the-record chat between a Pakistani journalist and former international player Abdul Qadir. Accord...

1. Oxford Learners treated in a special way or receiving special help or advantages in a way that may seem unfair a member of the President’s favored circle of advisers 2. Oxford Learners preferred by most people the favored candidate

[tux'si'do] Oxford Learners (British English also dinner suit) a black or white jacket and trousers/pants, worn with a bow tie at formal occasions in the evening He went to pick up his girlfriend, dressed in a tuxedo and carrying a red rose. 2. Oxford Learners (also dinner jacket) a black or white jacket worn with a bow tie at formal occasions in the evening

Oxford Learners born and having grown up in a particular place with a particular background and education He was born and bred in Boston. I'm a Londoner, born and bred.

1. [mum'taaz / muaz'zaz] Oxford Learners very successful and admired by other people a distinguished career in medicine 2. Oxford Learners having an appearance that makes somebody look important or that makes people admire or respect them I think grey hair makes you look very distinguished.

It wasn’t planned to be this way, but the coincidence is almost too perfect: the biopic Salam – The First Muslim Nobel Prize Winner played at the DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF) on the day that the newly-elected government of Pakistan asked distinguished economist Atif Mian to step down from the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council because of his Ahmadi faith. Salam, a 75-minute documentary that stays with you long past its duration, played last week to an audience of largely Pakistanis in Washington DC, from college students and temporary residents to those born and bred in the United States, and those who were young men and women who still lived in Pakistan when a 53-year-old Abdus Salam won his Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979. The documentary begins with Farsi-language commentary accompanying the now well-known footage of Dr Salam accepting his Nobel Prize in a sherwani, pagg, and Saleem Shahi khussay. Borrowing from one of his colleagues, who is interviewed in the film...

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Sales Tax was a provincial subject at the time of partition. It was being administered in the provinces of Punjab & Sindh as provincial levy . Sales tax was declared a federal subject in 1948 through the enactment of General Sales Tax Act, 1948 and in 1952, this levy was transferred permanently to the Central Government. Sales tax was levied at the standard rate of 6 pies per rupee at every stage whenever a sale was effected. The trading community protested against this system, and this resulted in the enactment of Sales Tax Act 1951. A system of licensed manufacturers & wholesalers was instituted whereby they were allowed to purchase goods free of sales tax from each other and pay tax on sales to unlicensed traders. Imports were chargeable to Sales Tax but the licensed manufacturers & wholesalers were allowed to import goods without the payment of Sales Tax. Later on Sales Tax became chargeable on locally produced & imported goods at the time of their sales & impor...

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar was only acting as a mediator and did not attempt to influence the police amidst the Pakpattan controversy that eventually led to the transfer of District Police Officer (DPO) Rizwan Gondal, former Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Syed Kaleem Imam told the Supreme Court in his inquiry report on Wednesday. The report, submitted in the apex court today, stated that the chief minister had indeed summoned the police officials concerned without informing the IGP, but proceeded to act "only as an elder" to mediate between the parties in conflict . The CM was very hospitable towards the police officers and during the meeting, which he "hosted", the report states, the policemen were not harassed or pressurised in any way. Imam, in his report, further observed that the Punjab CM neither issued any written orders or gave any directives pertaining to the DPO's transfer. Instead, the report said, Buzdar had told the RPO to settle t...

ISLAMABAD: Despite his firm resolve till the last moment to retain Dr Atif Mian as a member of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), internal dissent , coupled with “reports” of possible countrywide violent protests by religious organisations, forced Prime Minister Imran Khan to take back the decision. Highly-placed sources told Dawn that the government had to swallow the bitter pill of taking a U-turn on the issue of Atif Mian’s nomination as EAC member within three days after receiving reports that some religious groups were planning to stage sit-ins in Islamabad on Friday (Sept 7) at a time when foreign dignitaries from China and Saudi Arabia were scheduled to arrive here. Moreover, the sources said, some members of the federal cabinet, including the religious affairs minister, suggested to the prime minister to review his decision and warned him that the situation could become ugly for the government at a time when it was still in the process of settling down. Prime Minister Khan...

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government on Wednesday decided to extend former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter, Maryam, and son-in-law Captain (retd) Mohammad Safdar's parole by three days. The three were released from Adiala Jail on parole hours after Nawaz's ailing wife, Begum Kulsoom, passed away at a hospital in London on Tuesday. Nawaz, Maryam and Capt (retd) Safdar were initially released on a 12-hour parole to attend Begum Kulsoom's funeral. Speaking to Geo News, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said, "Nawaz, Maryam and Capt (retd) Safdar's parole will be extended by three days." "We are following the law on the release of the three on parole," he added. Further, the Punjab CM that Nawaz's Jati Umra residence has been declared sub-jail. The Sharif family had requested that a five-day parole be granted to the three, who are currently serving sentences at Adiala Jail. Nawaz, Maryam and Capt (retd) Safdar were escorted by police from Adi...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday issued a show cause notice to televangelist Aamir Liaquat for alleged contempt of court on his part, with Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar remarking that "such people should not be in the parliament". A three-member bench of the apex court, under Justice Nisar's stewardship , issued the notice while hearing a private TV channel's petition against Liaquat, who had missed the same case's hearing yesterday. After the case proceedings began today with Liaquat in attendance, Jang group's counsel Faisal Iqbal told the court that the TV anchor, in one of his TV programmes, had "accused Geo TV anchor Shahzeb Khanzada of supporting blasphemy convicts ". "He also levelled grave allegations against Najam Sethi," the counsel added. "No one has the right to call anyone infidel or traitor ." At the chief justice's orders, a clip of Liaquat's said shows was played in the courtroom. In the clip, Liaqu...

Oxford Learners expressing strong emotion in a way that is beautiful and shows imagination synonym expressive a lyrical melody He began to wax lyrical (= talk in an enthusiastic way) about his new car. She wrote an almost lyrical account of her childhood. There are some intensely lyrical passages in his first symphony.

1. Oxford Learners [intransitive] + lyrical, eloquent, sentimental, etc. (formal) to become lyrical, etc. when speaking or writing He waxed lyrical on the food at the new restaurant.

[mehsoor / mab'hoot / afsoo'n zadah] Oxford Learners with your attention completely held by what you are listening to or watching a storyteller who can hold audiences spellbound The kids watched and listened spellbound to the performance. Other Example Sentences Rewind a whole four years to 2014, when a grand sit-in was being held and the nation was held spellbound by the daily speeches of the Dharna Days.

1. Oxford Learners out somebody to say publicly that somebody is homosexual, especially when they would prefer to keep the fact a secret He is the latest politician to be outed by gay activists. 2 . [fash ho jana] Oxford Learners out somebody/something (as something) to say something publicly about somebody/something that they would prefer to keep secret The man who claimed to have found the diaries has been outed as a fraud. Their motives were outed as purely financial. Other Example Sentences

1. Oxford Learners in the face of something despite problems, difficulties, etc. She showed great courage in the face of danger. The campaign continued in the face of great opposition. 2. Oxford Learners as a result of something He was unable to deny the charges in the face of new evidence. Other Example Sentences

[hakka bakka / shashdar / herat zadah] Oxford Learners filled with horror and surprise when you see or hear something s ynonym horrified Erica looked at him aghast. aghast at something He stood aghast at the sight of so much blood. Other  Example Sentences Economists across the world are aghast at this decision

Oxford Learners mete something out (to somebody) (formal) to give somebody a punishment; to make somebody suffer bad treatment Severe penalties were meted out by the court. the violence meted out to the prisoners Other In protest, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Imran Rasul also quit the council citing their inability to continue in this advisory capacity after seeing the treatment meted out to Atif Mian.

[capi-tulation] 1. Oxford Learners capitulation (to somebody/something) the act of accepting that you have been defeated by an enemy or opponent synonym surrender (1) a humiliating/shameful capitulation 2. Oxford Learners capitulation (to somebody/something) agreement to do something that you have been refusing to do for a long time capitulation to political pressure Other Just a few days later came capitulation.

1. Oxford Learners (of a journey) uncomfortable with a lot of sudden unpleasant movements caused by the road surface, weather conditions, etc. a bumpy ride/flight Other

[e-cho-nomist] [ماہر معاشیات] Oxford Learners a person who studies or writes about economics

Oxford Learners [motbaryat / sadaqat / saakh aitmaad / aitmadiyat] the quality that somebody/something has that makes people believe or trust them to gain/lack/lose credibility The prosecution did its best to undermine the credibility of the witness. After the recent scandal, the government has lost all credibility. Newspapers were talking of a credibility gap between what he said and what he did. Other

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1. Oxford Learners [transitive, intransitive] prosecute (somebody/something) (for something/doing something) to officially charge somebody with a crime in court The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. Trespassers will be prosecuted (= a notice telling people to keep out of a particular area). The police decided not to prosecute.

1. Oxford Learners the prosecution  [singular + singular or plural verb] a person or an organization that prosecutes somebody in court, together with the lawyers, etc. He was a  witness for the prosecution . The prosecution has/have failed to prove its/their case. defence and prosecution a prosecution lawyer

1. Oxford Learners [countable] a short break in a trial in court The judge called a short recess.

apprise somebody of something (formal) to tell or inform somebody of something He saw no reason to apprise the committee of what had happened. We were fully apprised of the situation.

[usually passive] incarcerate somebody (in something) (formal) to put somebody in prison or in another place from which they cannot escape synonym  imprison Thousands were incarcerated in labour camps.

to lead or be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, etc. the presiding judgepreside at/over something They asked if I would preside at the committee meeting.(figurative) The party presided over one of the worst economic declines in the country's history (= it was in power when the decline happened).

Oxford Learners confiscate something to officially take something away from somebody, especially as a punishment Their land was confiscated after the war. The teacher threatened to confiscate their phones if they kept using them in class. Our belongings were temporarily confiscated. Other