Faraz Ali Ansari, Author at Focus Pakistan

Faraz Ali Ansari

Property Withholding Tax reduced for filers under Pakistan Budget 2026

Pakistan Slashes Property Withholding Tax for Filers to Revive Stagnant Real Estate Market

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-12

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has introduced a significant decrease in withholding tax rates pertaining to property dealings for tax filers, indicating another attempt on the part of the government to boost up the underperforming real estate industry of the country through documented investments. The Finance Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Aurangzeb, stated during the presentation of ... Read more

Itanz Technologies secures a $3.5 million contract with a major Middle East telecom operator for an IoT and analytics rollout

Pakistani Tech Firm Lands Massive Multi-Million Dollar Deal With Middle East Telecom Giant

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-12

KARACHI: ITANZ Technologies Limited has officially announced a landmark agreement to spearhead a large-scale IoT and Analytics rollout for one of the Middle East’s most significant telecommunications operators. This major partnership marks a pivotal expansion for the firm, underscoring its growing international influence in the high-stakes technology sector. The contract, which promises to reshape the ... Read more

Pakistan Food Consumption Decline as households cut wheat, milk and meat consumption amid rising inflation, according to Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26

Pakistanis Cut Wheat, Milk and Meat Consumption Amid Inflation Crisis

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-12

ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis are eating less of most staple foods than six years ago, with their consumption of wheat, rice, pulses, milk, and meat indicating greater pressures on families in the face of high inflation, according to Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26. The figures regarding the consumption of food items per month and per capita in the ... Read more

Pakistan Petroleum Consumption rises 3.5% in FY2025-26 as transport sector fuel demand drives overall energy consumption growth

Pakistan Petroleum Consumption Rises 3.5% Despite Global Energy Uncertainty

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-11

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s total petroleum products consumption grew 3.5% in the current fiscal year compared to the previous year, according to the Pakistan Economic Survey, as a broad-based recovery in transport activity drove fuel demand across the country. The transportation industry was at the forefront here with an increase in petroleum use of 6.7%, constituting 82% ... Read more

Bank Makramah acquisition announcement following DM Holdings consortium stake bid

DM Holdings Consortium Moves to Acquire Significant Stake in Bank Makramah

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-11

KARACHI: Bank Makramah Limited (BML) officially confirmed receiving a formal acquisition notice today, signaling a potential ownership shift at the financial institution. The bank has informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange that a consortium headed by DM Holdings Limited will acquire a sizeable amount of voting shares. The Board of Directors of Bank Makramah Limited received ... Read more

IMF Solar Panel Tax relief as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif secures withdrawal of proposed solar panel tax hike

Pakistan Secures IMF Approval to Drop Solar, Stationery Taxes

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-11

ISLAMABAD – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has now officially given its go-ahead to the removal of plans to introduce taxes on solar panels and stationery items, securing a crucial victory for the government of Pakistan before the next federal budget for the financial year 2026-27. This decision was reached after lengthy talks between Shehbaz ... Read more

Belfast Knife Attack Violence sparks anti-immigrant riots as police clash with protesters in Belfast

Belfast Burns After Knife Attack Triggers Anti-Immigrant Fury

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-11

BELFAST: Violent mobs attacked immigrant families from their homes and torched cars all over Belfast last night, a day after a Sudanese man attacked a native Irishman with a knife, causing blindness in an incident which went viral all over the Internet. Ogilvie’s family has come out in public today and pleaded for an end ... Read more

National IT Skills Test Pakistan review meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after 61% of students failed the nationwide IT skills assessment.

61% Students Fail National IT Test, PM Demands Education Overhaul

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-10

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has asked for an overall assessment of the state of IT education in the country’s universities following a national examination that found that 61 percent of IT professionals had scored below 50 percent marks. Addressing a meeting regarding higher education in the field of IT, the prime minister told the ... Read more

Air Canada pilot fraud case involving former captain Geoffrey Wall, who allegedly flew more than 900 flights over 17 years without the required airline transport licence.

Pilot Flew Airliners 17 Years Without License, Finally Arrested

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-10

TORONTO: Geoffrey Wall, the ex-Air Canada pilot captain, was arrested by Canadian authorities on June 1 following a four-month-long probe that found him piloting over 900 passenger planes for about 17 years with fake pilot documents, resulting in his earning close to 3 million Canadian dollars through illegitimate earnings. Charges against Wall, who is 59 ... Read more

Baldia Town Factory Case as the Supreme Court acquits Rehman Bhola and Zubair Charya, overturning death sentences in the Ali Enterprises fire tragedy.

Supreme Court Acquits Rehman Bhola, Zubair Chariya in Baldia Town Factory Fire Case

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-10

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday, acquitted Abdul Rehman ‘Bhola’ and Zubair ‘Charya’ in the case involving the Baldia Town factory fire incident, setting aside death penalties that two courts had awarded them in what was one of the most heinous mass killings in the country’s history. The three-judge bench, led by Justice ... Read more

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Pakistan Slashes Property Withholding Tax for Filers to Revive Stagnant Real Estate Market

Pakistani Tech Firm Lands Massive Multi-Million Dollar Deal With Middle East Telecom Giant

Pakistanis Cut Wheat, Milk and Meat Consumption Amid Inflation Crisis

Pakistan Petroleum Consumption Rises 3.5% Despite Global Energy Uncertainty

DM Holdings Consortium Moves to Acquire Significant Stake in Bank Makramah

Pakistan Secures IMF Approval to Drop Solar, Stationery Taxes

Belfast Burns After Knife Attack Triggers Anti-Immigrant Fury

61% Students Fail National IT Test, PM Demands Education Overhaul

Pilot Flew Airliners 17 Years Without License, Finally Arrested

Supreme Court Acquits Rehman Bhola, Zubair Chariya in Baldia Town Factory Fire Case

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