Impasse in Pakistan over diplomats' tax exemptions, allowances

Jul 27, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 27 : Due to the constraints by International Monetary Fund in view of Pakistan's crippled economy, the country's government has once...

Pakistan: Police baton-charge, arrest protesting schoolteachers in Peshawar

Oct 07, 2022

Peshawar [Pakistan], October 8 Dozens of Pakistani schoolteachers, who have been demanding the upgradation of their pay scales and restoration of allowances, have...

Sexual abuse continues to be a longstanding problem in Pakistan

Dec 08, 2022

In Pakistan, sexual abuse is not highlighted as it should be. Instead of focusing on complaints by female diplomats and employees who denounce sexual...

Pakistan: Victim or perpetrator of terrorism?

Oct 14, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 15 : That Pakistan is a victim of the war on terror is a frequent talking point of Pakistani officials and...

Pak diplomats posted abroad raise concern over imposition of tax on foreign allowance

Aug 03, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 3 : Pakistani diplomats posted abroad have raised concern over the Shehbaz Sharif government's proposal of implementing 35 per cent tax...

Pak diplomats at embassies abroad, a cause of embarrassment to the country

May 16, 2020

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16 : Numerous incidents have come to light where Pakistani diplomats posted abroad have been found involved in heinous crimes,...