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Which parliamentarian paid the highest tax among parliamentarians in 2019?
AM yaqoob Shaikh
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D. M. Najeeb Haroon
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Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf (PTI) member of Parliament from Karachi Najib Haroon emerged as the highest income tax payer as he paid Rs 140.7 million in taxes in the year 2019. The directories for tax years 2020 and 2021 are still pending. According to the Parliamentarians Tax Directory for the tax year 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan paid Rs 98,549,59 in income tax while Asad Umer deposited income tax of Rs 4,272,426. The income tax paid by some of the parliamentarians was as under: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser Rs 555,794, Asif Ali Zardari Rs 2,218,229, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Rs 5,35,243 and Farrukh Habib Rs 4,05,477.
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B. Muhammad Hafeez
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A. 3rd January, 2022
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has announced his retirement from international cricket, ending a career that spanned over 18 years. Hafeez, who made his international debut in 2003 in an ODI against Zimbabwe, featured in 392 internationals for Pakistan, scoring 12,780 runs and taking 253 wickets.
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C. 189
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B. USD 15.32 billion
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The government contracted $15.32 billion worth of new foreign loans from multilateral institutions and commercial banks during the previous fiscal year (2020-21) — almost 47 percent higher than $10.45bn a year earlier. The data showed that Pakistan contracted USD 8.41 billion in the fiscal year 2018-19, followed by USD 10.45 billion in 2019-20 (up 24 percent), and USD 15.32 billion in 2020-21 (up 47 percent), the Dawn newspaper reported, quoting ‘Annual Report on Foreign Economic Assistance 2020-21.
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D. 27 Dec 2021
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B. Sarfraz Shahid
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A. $4.6 billion
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A. 145th
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The nation is celebrating the 145th birth anniversary of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, on Saturday (today) with traditional zeal and fervour. Various activities will be held in government and private organisations to shed light on the Quaid’s lifelong political struggle and his guiding principles of unity, faith and discipline. Mr Jinnah was born on Dec 25, 1876, in Karachi. The day is a public holiday and the national flag will be hoisted on principal government buildings throughout the country.
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D. 71st
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Google Doodle celebrates Pakistani entertainment icon Moin Akhtar’s 71st birthday on 24th December, with a customized homepage on the Google search engine. Moin Akhter, was a Pakistani television, film and stage artist, humorist, comedian, impersonator, host, writer, singer, director and producer who rose to fame in the era of Radio Pakistan along with his co-actors Anwar Maqsood and Bushra Ansari. Born: December 24, 1950, Karachi Died: April 22, 2011, Karachi