On Tuesday, early in the morning, Pakistan International Airlines’ flight PK-6252, carrying 167 students, and flight number ANK-4575 both touched down at Islamabad International Airport from Bishkek.

Following the unrest, 347 Pakistani students were taken out of Bishkek and returned home. Pakistan has used five aircraft to evacuate 810 kids so far.

Following allegations of violence, Pakistan declared that it would airlift the trapped Pakistani students out of Bishkek.

A dedicated aircraft bringing students from Pakistan arrived in Islamabad on Monday from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

The Pakistani students were greeted at the Islamabad airport by Amir Muqam, the Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Engineer.

Speaking with the media, the minister stated that following the event, Prime Minister Shhebaz Sharif took quick action to safeguard Pakistani students and that he was keeping an eye on the situation.

Amir Muqam asked how the students were doing and said that the Pakistani government would help anyone who wanted to go back home.

The minister disclosed that additional planes will return students to their homes.

violence in Kyrgyzstan
Student groups in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, broke out in violent altercations; there have been allegations of attackers brandishing batons. A number of foreign students, including Pakistanis, were hurt when the attackers broke into the dorm rooms with force.

According to reports, the violence started on May 13 in response to an instance of harassment involving female students from Egypt.

In order to put an end to the violence, hundreds of Kyrgyz men stormed buildings housing international students, including Pakistanis, according to Kyrgyz police, who said they had deployed forces in the capital of the country in Central Asia yesterday.

As per the statement provided by the FBR representative, the tax fraud that involved under-invoicing in a well-known cement firm was discovered by the FBR’s Intelligence and Investigation Wing.

Following an examination, it was discovered that the cement firm had attempted to use fictitious invoices to avoid paying sales tax of Rs86 million. The FBR’s I & I wing broadened its investigation following the swindle and was able to recover the amount of sales tax that had been avoided.

An extensive tax evasion scheme in the port city was discovered earlier this year by the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) Post Clearance Audit team (PCA-North).
The inquiry showed that the products, valued at Rs 3.7 billion, were sold illegally for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA), ostensibly to avoid paying taxes.

Importantly, customs laws were broken by unlawfully distributing duty-free imported commodities outside of FATA and PATA’s defined borders.

Customs officers said that only the borders of the FATA and PATA regions may be used to sell duty-free imported goods.

Right away, a case was opened, and teams were assembled with the specific goal of capturing the owner of the company that was involved.

Train rates for trips between one and two hundred km have been lowered, as per the notification.

There have been 54% reductions in economy class train fares and 40% reductions in air-conditioned class fares.

Reduced from Rs 250 to Rs 100 is the minimum charge for the economy class on the Lahore to Rawalpindi route.

Railway tickets drop

At the same time, the Khyber Mail’s economy class cost has dropped from Rs250 to Rs100.

The message indicated that the revised pricing were effective immediately.

Following the government’s reduction of fuel and diesel prices, action was taken. Diesel was retailing for Rs274.08 on May 15, after a Rs7.88 price cut.

Additionally, high-speed diesel (HSD) now costs Rs 274.8 per litre, down from Rs 7.88 previously.