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AJK govt makes Rs6 billion profit from selling electricity, contradicting AJK PM’s claims

By: Zulfiqar Ali (Kashmir Investigation Team) MUZAFFARABAD: In the first nine months of the current fiscal year, i.e., from July 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, Azad Kashmir purchased 2.30 billion units of electricity from three companies, Peshawar Electric Supply Company, Islamabad Electric Supply Company, and Gujranwala Electric Supply Company. Kashmir Digital learnt that these companies […]

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New regulations to only allow registered vendors to sell goods online

  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The government has introduced new regulations in the Finance Bill to only allow vendors registered under the Sales Tax Act to sell goods online. A tax has also been proposed on social media advertising in Pakistan by foreign e-commerce platforms. The Finance Bill also proposes new taxes on local and foreign

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housing

Mirpur housing schemes asked not to allot plots to non-state subject persons

  MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Mirpur Division Commissioner Chaudhry Mukhtar Hussain has directed the concerned to ensure that no private housing society allots plot to non-state subject persons. He directed the concerned district administrations to register private housing schemes as per the law and rules adding the No-Objection Certificate (NOC) should not be issued to these

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pension

Family pension duration limited to 10 years after spouse’s death

  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The federal government has proposed major changes in the existing pension system in the Budget 2025–26, aiming to rationalise public spending and reduce the growing fiscal burden posed by the pension system in vogue. The duration of family pensions has been capped at 10 years after the death of the spouse,

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Key takeaways from Rs17.573 trillion “growth-oriented” Federal Budget 2025-26

  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The federal government Tuesday presented the Rs17.573 trillion “growth-oriented” federal budget for the fiscal year 2025-26. Presenting the federal budget in the National Assembly, finance minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb said that the budget for the upcoming fiscal year is the beginning of the strategy especially chalked out to promote a competitive

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Non-filers to be barred from purchasing vehicles, immovable property

  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The government has proposed a series of stringent financial restrictions on non-filers as part of its efforts to broaden the tax base and pave the way for documentation of the economy, in the Federal Budget 2025–26. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, presented the budget in the National Assembly and announced a proposal

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