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World Bank approves $153 million for Pakistan COVID vaccine drive

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s Board on Friday approved the restructuring of the Pandemic Response Effectiveness in Pakistan (PREP) project, originally approved in April 2020, to redeploy $153 million to support the ongoing national vaccine drive in Pakistan. These funds, redeployed at the request of the federal government, will help finance the purchase and deployment of […]

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KTBA protests over ex-parte tax orders against COVID patients

KARACHI: Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) on Wednesday protested over ex-parte order passed by tax offices despite taxpayers, who tested positive for coronavirus, applied for adjournment. The KTBA in a letter sent to Member Inland Revenue (Operations) of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), said that the field formations of FBR are not considering requests from […]

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