Pakistan Reports 57 Deaths Due To COVID-19 During Last 24 Hours

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Pakistan reports 57 deaths due to COVID-19 during last 24 hours

The Official figures show that 1, 502 new cases of COVID-19 have surfaced in the country after tests of 37, 452.

LAHORE: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-Feb 11th, 2021) Pakistan reported 57 more deaths due to COVID-19 during last 24 hours.

The Official figures showed that 1,502 new cases of coronavirus surfaced in the country after the tests of 37, 452.

The death toll reached to 12, 185 due to recent deaths.

As many as 516,683 people recovered so far from the disease.

On other hand, good news for tax payers in KPK as Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Ghazan Jamal announced that relief in all taxes due to coronavirus situation had been extended till February 28.

He said that no new tax was imposed in the financial bill 2021 and four taxes out of eight taxes had been abolished. He said that historic relief had been given to property tax defaulters and tax rate were reduced by 50 percent to bring them into tax net.

Ghazan Jamal said that relief to construction industry and business community was given to prevailing coronavirus condition which had effected every sector.

He said that rental value has been abolished to further support the industry, adding new taxation calculator was uploaded on the website of the Taxation department.

He appealed to tax defaulters to pay their taxes on time and play role in the progress and prosperity of the country.

Fida Hussnain

Fida Hussnain is a lahore based journalist. He writes on politics, religion, social issues and climate change. He is also a research fellow at University of Gujrat.