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Privatisation of govt colleges begins

RAWALPINDI: Following the privatisation of government schools, the Punjab government has now initiated the process to privatise public colleges, triggering strong protests from professors and lecturers’ associations. So far, 12,500 public schools have been handed over under the privatisation programme. Punjab currently has 750 colleges, and in the first phase, 100 of them — including … Read more

Tax deception

The Sindh government's decision to defer collection of agriculture income tax from January 2025 at the rate of 45%, as agreed with the IMF, is a clear act of defiance – to say the least. This politically-exigent move comes in the footsteps of Punjab, which had also put off collecting the enhanced revenue from the … Read more