Umer Azaz retweetledi
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Umer Azaz retweetledi
@MahatmaaGanji Why "genuine" exporter should be exempted why other industry exporters are not exempted. And why it employees are not exempted from income tax as they are the one who work on "export" why only owner are exempt.
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This is the main part everyone is glossing over.
PASHA wants the 0.25% tax rate to stay for “genuine independent exporters” i.e., their own software houses, but want to tax anyone working independently at normal salary rates.
Why?
ProPakistani@ProPakistaniPK
The group wants Section 154A split into 2 categories: genuine independent exporters keep 0.25%, while remote employees of foreign firms are taxed separately. At Rs 500,000 monthly pay, P@SHA says the current gap is Rs 105,500.
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Umer Azaz retweetledi
Waah—pay annually 25K and no audit.
Dear salaried class, this is the system and power, and this is how they manage it.
A salaried individual pays 25K annually just for earning 115K per month, and for our beloved trading community, our government is generously planning to allow
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@GunloverClub1 The days of human warriors are about to end. Robots will take over. It will be more like robots killing robots and civilians..
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Imagine a soldier who trained his whole life, mastered hand-to-hand combat, and ran 5 miles a day, only to get killed by a geek sipping a Sprite Zero in an air conditioned room. Modern warfare is wild.
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Personal update: I've joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D. I remain deeply passionate about education and plan to resume my work on it in time.
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Based on the story, the proposed impact across different slabs may be as follows, but you know how the IMF has historically rejected such proposals, and in the end, we usually hear: “IMF نہیں مانتا۔”
Shahbaz Rana@81ShahbazRana
Govt awaits IMF nod of tax cuts! The government has shared its plan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reduce salaried and corporate income tax rates, as it also considers recovering an additional Rs50 billion in the next fiscal year by charging sales tax on fast?moving consumer goods (FMCGs) on their printed market price. tribune.com.pk/story/2608536/…
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if ishaq dar has any input on tax collection improvement what do you think would be his suggestion ?
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Umer Azaz retweetledi
@Ahmad__Mukhtar For him ac is more like a generator or a luxory. If there is loadshedding then peace of mind is really a thing which cannot be calculated in terms of money. 2nd thing is he can get more out of it by using electric/induction stove and using electric car charged on solar.
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My solar paid back in 2.5 years. But here’s the truth:
#Solar is NOT for everyone right now without net metering.
Yes, you heard right. Let me explain with basic math.
My khaloo got a quote: Rs 1M+ for 6kW + 10kW lithium batteries. Lives in DHA Lahore 🧵
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As per the World Bank, in cash terms and relative to pre tax income, Pakistan's poorest 10% pay a greater share of income in taxes than the richest 10%.
A judge earning Rs 690K/month pays just Rs 62K in income tax (effective tax rate of ~9%). A private sector employee on the same salary pays Rs 173K. That's ~180% more.
A poor motorcyclist pays Rs 117/litre in petroleum levy, a form of indirect tax while a judge pays only 9% in direct income tax on his salary.
No government has ever fixed this. And why would they? These are the same judges who help them win elections.
Pakistan's tax system doesn't just favour the rich. It was designed to.
(Salary breakup of a judge in the reply to this tweet.)
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Umer Azaz retweetledi
To make more money for her child, the mother on the left provided ammunition and support to murder the mother and her child on the right.
@karolineleavitt
#مريم_فحص
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RT @abierkhatib: In what kind of f*cking world is this considered “luxurious”?
This is pure devilish journalism
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Umer Azaz retweetledi
Minister sb; this isn't what the notification says. It makes an application for concurrence to NEPRA mandatory for all solar users; just fees 'nil' below 25 KW. If correct, plenty of opportunities to rent seek and making consumers cry while obtaining "concurrence", aka license.
Awais Leghari@akleghari
پاور ڈویژن کی درخواست پر نیپرا نے 25کلوواٹ اور اس سے کم سولر صارفین کیلئے لائسنس کی شرط ختم کردی۔ شکریہ نیپرا
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TransKarachi which is managing the disastrous Redline BRT gave a raise to its Directors.
PKR 10,546,920/- paid in 2025 to them vs. PKR 6,876,575/- paid in 2024
Guess who is one of the Directors:
TransKarachi.pk/board-of-direc…
Amber Danish@amberdanishh
(اس تحریر کو آخر تک پڑھیں، اور جانیں کے BRT Red Line میں ٹھیکیدار کو کیسے قربانی کا بکرا بنایا گیا) #کراچی میں ریڈ لائن بی آر ٹی منصوبے کی سائٹ سیل کیے جانے کے معاملے پر ٹھیکیدار سندھ ہائیکورٹ پہنچ گیا۔ درخواست میں انکشاف کیا گیا ہے کہ سندھ حکومت نے منصوبے کا ڈیزائن ٹھیکیدار کو ڈھائی سال بعد فراہم کیا، جبکہ سائٹ 30 ماہ کی تاخیر سے کنٹریکٹر کے حوالے کی گئی عدالت نے سماعت کے دوران سائٹ کی صورتحال جانچنے کیلئے ناظر سندھ ہائیکورٹ کو کمشنر مقرر کرتے ہوئے ہدایت دی کہ وہ مشینری کی تفصیلات پر مبنی رپورٹ پیش کریں۔ ناظر کی فیس 2 لاکھ روپے مقرر کی گئی ہے جو درخواست گزار ادا کرے گا سندھ ہائیکورٹ نے فوری ڈی سیل کرنے کی استدعا مسترد کرتے ہوئے ٹرانس کراچی، حکومت سندھ، پولیس اور دیگر متعلقہ حکام کو نوٹس جاری کر دیے ہیں جبکہ کیس کی مزید سماعت 29 اپریل تک ملتوی کر دی گئی ہے۔ درخواست گزار کے مطابق تنازعاتی بورڈ پہلے ہی تاخیر کا ذمہ دار حکومت سندھ کو قرار دے چکا ہے اور ٹھیکیدار کو 3.7 ارب روپے اضافی اخراجات دینے کا فیصلہ بھی دیا گیا تھا Source: @AtifTalks
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Umer Azaz retweetledi
🚨Israel assassinated Imad Miqdad yesterday in a drone strike, targeting his solar-powered phone charging station in Gaza yesterday.
Miqdad had been providing civilians with a rare means of communication amid ongoing electricity cuts.
The strike killed him and destroyed the facility, further limiting access to basic services and connectivity for residents.
Gaza Notifications@gazanotice
🚨BREAKING : In a new massacre, Israeli drones directly targeted a phone-charging point run by civilian Imad Miqdad moments ago in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, killing him along with other civilians. With no electricity infrastructure left in displacement camps, solar-powered and improvised energy points have become essential for survival, yet they are being deliberately targeted, cutting civilians off from even the most basic means of living.
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Umer Azaz retweetledi
@rogueonomist Capacity payments does it has anything to do with lng shortage. What about distribution capacity vs generation capacity. Is there any country on earth where generation is much higher then distribution and people have to pay for generation capacity (not generation)...
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Today, in having absolutely no idea how anything works.
There is a shortage of RLNG globally, and it is available at a fairly high spot price right now. Spot prices are 3x of the long term price we used to typically get.
PK doesnt have as serious problems as others in the region -- but yes, let's never look at things in context. Let's completely forget what is happening in the region, and even beyond
The math is simple-- if you buy a RLNG cargo at spot price, at say US$30/mmbtu, everyone has to pay about PKR 4-5/kWh extra for every kWh they consume. So the choice set is whether to do tactical load shedding, or push everyone to pay extra
This will be sorted as more hydel comes online, and curtailed gas starts entering system. Important to note is how despite 2-3x+ increase in price of transportation fuels, electricity prices remain stable.
PK has one of the more indigenous fuel mixes out there -- inability to recognise the same is just a case of sour grapes
farrukh saleem@SaleemFarrukh
Pakistan’s most dangerous division Here’s the hard truth: Pakistan’s Power Division has the power to bankrupt the economy. Yes, the Power Division has formally announced more than two hours of daily loadshedding. Lo and behold, Pakistan does not have a power shortage, Pakistan has a power management failure. Pakistan has an installed capacity of around 45,000 MW. Peak demand rarely crosses 25,000-28,000MW. That is a surplus of 17,000-20,000MW. And yet, the Power Division is switching off power. Why? The Power Division offers a justification. Loadshedding, it says, is to “reduce the use of costly fuels” and “prevent a sharp increase in tariffs.” This is a deeply flawed argument. To begin with, it confuses price with cost. Switching off cheaper available electricity during peak hours does not eliminate cost. It merely reallocates cost. Capacity payments, now exceeding Rs 2 trillion annually,do not disappear when plants are shut. They continue to accrue. The truth the Power Division won’t state: This policy does not control tariffs. It guarantees higher tariffs over time.The Power Division has made demand destruction its explicit policy. It admits the system can meet full demand. It cuts power regardless. Call it what it is: not load shedding, not shortage management, deliberate curtailment. Electricity exists, the Division simply decides you cannot have it. Pre-2006, circular debt was essentially zero. In 2006, it stood at Rs111 billion. Today, power sector circular debt stands at around Rs2 trillion, with total energy sector debt (power plus gas) exceeding Rs5 trillion. That is a 17-fold increase in 20 years. The reality: Circular debt has been compounding at an annual rate of 15 per cent per year for two decades straight.At its current rate of growth, Pakistan’s circular debt will cross Rs8 trillion by 2030. No war, no flood, no external shock, just 25 years of the same policy, compounding at 15 per cent a year. That is what makes the Power Division the most dangerous institution in Pakistan. The Power Division is running a parallel fiscal deficit. It is hollowing out the federal budget. It is killing growth. None of this is abstract. Electricity at Rs50 per unit has pushed large parts of industry to the edge. Textiles, steel, chemicals -- scaling down. Households choosing between food and electricity -- scaling down. Pakistan is not facing a power problem. It is facing an economic contraction. And the Power Division is driving it. Red alert: The Power Division is not just draining rupees. It is destroying dollar-earning capacity.Pakistan is not running out of electricity. Pakistan is running out of paying consumers. Pakistan is not running out of electricity. Pakistan is running out of money -- and the Power Division sits at the centre of that drain.
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Świat milczy, a Izrael dokonuje na naszych oczach ludobójstwa ze szczególnym okrucieństwem. Wysiedla chrześcijan z Libanu, przeprowadza czystki etniczne. Izrael to nowa Trzecia Rzesza i jego flaga powinna wyglądać dokładnie tak.
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