Climate resilience is ultimately a governance challenge. Youth, especially young women, debated climate risks, local govt, pathways for youth engagement. Conversation being advanced through partnership between @Pildat, SYCOP, @EU_Commission @ABMPildat pildat.org/youth1/young-lead…

3) I welcome the Prime Minister’s directive for complete elimination of Super Tax on exports, even on profits above Rs 500 mln, and the reduction in total tax deductions on export realisations from 2% to 1.25%. These are positive and much-needed steps. However, raising minimum tax from 1% to 1.25% will hurt low-margin exporters. More importantly, this relief alone is insufficient to match competing countries. Pakistan should move to either a 1.25% Final Tax Regime on exports or cap tax on export earnings at 12%, in line with Bangladesh, if we truly want export-led growth, investment and job creation @PakPMO @CMShehbaz @Financegovpk @betterpakistan @jam_kamal @BilalAKayani @FBRSpokesperson @mincompk @TextilePtea @PakTexCouncil

The First Step : Simple One Page individual Tax Returns to Enhance 7 Million Filers to 100 Million Filers! Pakistan’s 147-page FBR Tax Return Form has registered around 7 million filers with only 3 million taxpayers. Meanwhile, the USA IRS Tax Return Form 1040 is just 2 pages. EPBDTT presents a One Page Simple Tax Return Form — designed to make filing easier, increase participation, and help Pakistan move toward 100 million filers and taxpayers. Simple Tax. Strong Pakistan. 🇵🇰 #TaxReform #FBR #Pakistan #TaxMadeSimple #imfree

30 years ago, I went to a village in the outskirts of Salem, while washing my hand in a public tap , I found worms in the water, then i came to know that people in that village used this water for drinking and cooking. When I climbed the tank I saw a cesspool inside. Dead cats, crows, slippers, bottles etc. the tank had no lid. It was a 30000 ltr over head drinking water tank. There were 3 other tanks in the same village, each was worse than the other. Spoke to the village president, he expressed his helplessness. Then I approached the BDO ( Block development officer) he said every panchayat gets funds it's upto them to do the cleaning , everyone in the bureaucracy was driving me from pillar to post just to clean the tank in public interest People of course were expecting others to do the cleaning. So as a trial I got permission from the village president to clean the tank , i employed few boys to do the job. These water tanks were not cleaned for many many years before that. While cleaning 🧹 we removed one feet thick of black sediments from each tank. Then we gave a coat of white cement inside, and put a lid where it was missing. The response from the people was overwhelming, the word spread and village after village invited us to get the water tanks cleaned. In each tank we painted the last cleaned date, this became a trend, every three months I sent my boys to clean the tanks. At one stage we were serving over 150 villages in Salem district, we did this service for 12 years and ensured every village got clean potable drinking water If serving people is politics so be it

It was a pleasure to spend time & discuss Pakistan’s culture, opportunities & challenges and areas of possible Dutch-Pakistani collaboration with Dominique Kuhling Director for Asia & Oceania at NL Min of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Robert Jan Siegert, NL Ambassador & Cas van der Knaap, First Secretary at NL Embassy Thank you @RJSiegert & @NLinPakistan for the invitation @ForeignOfficePk @mincompk

The Prime Minister of Nepal arrived at the formal sitting of Parliament to instill disregard for the institution itself, the President of the Republic, the parliamentarians and electorate. Evident in his refusal to address the House, distanced and unsmiling, casual attire and footwear, and walkout midway through the presidential address.