Kashmir: Indian Army Headquarter Attacked, 17 killed


انڈیا کے زیرانتظام کشمیر شمالی قصبے اُڑی میں انڈین فوج کے ہیڈکوارٹر پر مسلح حملے میں 17 بھارتی
فوجی مارے گئے ہیں۔
شمالی کشمیر میں پاکستان اور انڈیا کے درمیان لائن آف کنٹرول کے قریب ضلع بارہ مولا کے قصبے اُڑی میں انڈین سیکیورٹی اہلکاروں اور حملہ آوروں کے درمیان تصادم پانچ گھنٹوں تک جاری رہا۔ انڈین فوج کا کہنا ہے کہ اس کارروائی میں چار مسلح حملہ آوروں کو ہلاک کیا گیا ہے۔
جموں میں مقیم بھارتی فوج کی شمالی کمان کے ترجمان نے حملے میں 17 فوجی اہلکاروں کے مارے جانے کی تصدیق کی ہے۔
گذشتہ 14 سال میں بھارتی فوج پر ہونے والا اپنی نوعیت کا یہ سب سے بڑا حملہ ہے اور بعض اطلاعات کے مطابق یہ اسے ایک فدائی حملہ قرار دیا جارہا ہے۔
٭ ’    کشمیر کے لیے آزاد، منصفانہ بین الاقوامی مشن ضروری‘
٭ ’    کشمیری خون گلیوں نالیوں میں بہہ رہا ہے‘
٭ ’    پاکستان کو عالمی سطح پر تنہا کیا جانا چاہیے‘
حملے کے بعد پاکستان اور انڈیا کے ڈائریکٹر جنرل ملٹری آپریشنز نے آپس میں رابطہ کیا، جس کے بعد انڈیا کے ڈائریکٹر جنرل ملٹری آپریشنز لفٹیننٹ جنرل رنبیر سنگھ کی طرف سے جاری کردہ بیان میں کہا گیا کہ چاروں شدت پسندوں کا تعلق جیش محمد سے تھا ۔ انھوں نےکہا کہ ’حملہ آروں کے پاس کچھ ایسی اشیا تھیں جن پر پاکستان کی مارکنگ تھی۔‘
ان کا کہنا تھا کہ ’میں نے اپنے پاکستانی ہم منصب سے بات کی ہے اور انھیں انڈیا کی گہری تشویش سے آگاہ 
کر دیا ہے ۔‘
پاکستانی فوج کے شعبۂ تعلقات عامہ کی جانب سے جاری کردہ پیغام میں کہا گیا ہے کہ پاکستانی ڈی جی ایم او نے بے بنیاد اور قبل از وقت الزامات کو مسترد کرتے ہوئے اپنے انڈین ہم منصب کو کہا کہ اگر ان کے پاس کوئی ایسے شواہد ہیں جن کی بنیاد پر کارروائی کی جا سکتی ہو فراہم کیے جائیں۔
آئی ایس پی آر کے بیان میں مزید کہا گیا ہے کہ پاکستان کی جانب سے دراندازی کی اجازت نہیں کیونکہ لائن آف کنٹرول اور ورکنگ باؤنڈری کے دونوں جانب سکیورٹی کے انتہائی سخت انتظامات ہیں۔
اس سے قبل مقامی پولیس کا کہنا تھا کہ یہ حملہ سرینگر سے شمال کی جانب 105 کلومیٹر دُور واقع اُڑی قصبہ میں واقع بھارتی فوج کے برگیڈ ہیڈکوارٹر میں اتوار کی صبح ساڑھے پانچ بجے کیا گیا۔ واضح رہے اُڑی سے لائن آف کنٹرول صرف 20 کلومیٹر کے فاصلے پر ہے۔
سرینگر میں تعینات فوج کی 15 ویں کور کے ترجمان کا الزام ہے کہ ’جدید ہتھیاروں سے لیس یہ حملہ آور چند روز پہلے ہی ایل او سی عبور کر کے بھارتی علاقے میں داخل ہوئے تھے۔
جوابی آپریشن میں شامل ایک فوجی افسر نے بتایا کہ شدت پسندوں نے برگیڈ ہیڈکوارٹر کے ایک آفس کمپلیکس میں داخل ہوتے ہی فائرنگ شروع کردی۔ شدت پسندوں کے خلاف کارروائی کے لیے انڈین فوج کے پیرا کمانڈوز کو جنگی ہیلی کاپٹروں کے ذریعے جائے واردات پر اتارا گیا۔ ساڑھے پانچ گھنٹوں کے مسلح تصادم کے دوران مسلسل دھماکوں کی آوازیں سنائی دے رہی تھیں۔
فوجی ترجمان نے بتایا کہ زخمی فوجیوں کو ہیلی کاپٹر کے ذریعے سرینگر میں واقع فوجی ہسپتال منتقل کیا گیا۔
اس حملے کے بعد نئی دلّی کی وزارت دفاع اور وزارت داخلہ نے ہنگامی اجلاس کا انعقاد کیا ہے۔ وزیرداخلہ راج ناتھ سنگھ نے اس حملے پیش نظر روس اور امریکہ کا دورہ منسوخ کردیا۔
بھارتی فوج کے سربراہ جنرل دلبیر سنگھ سہاگ بھی حالات کا جائزہ لینے کے لیے کشمیر پہنچ گئے ہیں۔ اس سے قبل کپوارہ، پونچھ اور جنوبی کشمیر کے بعض علاقوں میں فوجی اور نیم فوجی تنصیبات پر مسلح حملے ہوئے ہیں۔
انڈین خبر رساں ایجنسی پی ٹی آئی کے مطابق پولیس نے اسے ’مشتبہ فدائی‘ حملہ قرار دیا ہے۔
خیال رہے کہ آٹھ جولائی کو مشتبہ کشمیری شدت پسند برہان وانی کی سکیورٹی فورسز کے ساتھ تصادم میں موت کے بعد سے کشمیر وادی میں صورتحال کشیدہ ہے۔ مظاہرین کے خلاف فورسز کی کاروائیوں میں اب تک 85 سے زیادہ افراد مارے گئے ہیں، جن میں بچے اور خواتین بھی شامل ہیں۔ زخمیوں کی تعداد بارہ ہزار سے تجاوز کرچکی ہے۔ حکومت کا کہنا ہے پتھراؤ کی وجہ سے ساڑھے پانچ ہزار فورسز اہلکار بھی زخمی ہیں۔
اُڑی میں مسلح حملے کے بعد پورے بارہ مولا ضلع میں فوج نے تلاشی مہم شروع کردی ہے۔ فوج کو شبہہ ہے کہ ضلع میں مزید شدت پسند موجود ہیں جو فوجی تنصیبات پر حملوں کی منصوبہ بندی کررہے ہیں۔
دوسال قبل اسی ضلعے میں موہرا کے مقام پر شدت پسندوں نے حملہ کیا تھا۔

"We are going to destroy Israel" Commander of Iran’s army said

According to the state-controlled press, Salehi (commander of Iran’s army) said,

"Israel only barks. No matter how much weapons are given to it, we are going to destroy them. We promise this task will be done."


 Salehi expressed pride in Iran’s support for terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, and acknowledged that Iran has been directly responsible for attacks on Israel:

“We are glad that we are in the forefront of executing supreme leader’s order to destroy the Zionist regime. They have been hit by those supported by us [Iran] even though they have not confronted us directly; if they confront us directly they will be destroyed.”

Hassan Firouzabadi, chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, was quoted as saying,
“The backward Republicans want to go back to the era of the mad Bush. Bush did all he could to invade Iran but was not successful. If Republicans want to take Bush’s path, they cannot start a war with Iran, war will not benefit them, what Republicans say are just empty words."

Google plans to block Flash on Chrome


Those who use Google's Chrome will find that Adobe's Flash player extension will be phased out by the end of the year in favor of HTML5 as the default media player plugin. Only 10 websites will be exempt from the change.
Until the switch is officially made, Flash will continue to be bundled with the Chrome browser, but it will no longer just immediately load the Flash player on sites that use it.
What's behind the switch? Google is looking to steer away from Flash given that it frequently leaves users' devices vulnerable to bugs. Many of these flaws have been lessened since Flash has been bundled with Chrome, ensuring users update to the latest version of the software right as Adobe makes a software patch available.
Google outlined its plan to phase out the Adobe plugin in a slideshow presentation on why it would convert to HTML5 for users to play media.
The top 10 websites using the player will be exempt for a year, including such popular sites as YouTube, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitch and Amazon. This exemption will expire after one year.
This Flash-less future is not just in Google's sights. Adobe itself has announced that it plans to move toward HTML5. Late last year, Adobe announced that Flash Professional CC would be renamed Adobe Animate CC in a move to phase out the long-used plugin.
"Why the change? The use of open web standards and HTML5 has become the dominant standard on the web," Adobe wrote in a blog post.
Google stated that the new HTML5 framework will enable previous Flash sites to run through the browser. There will be a policy setting for "always run Flash content" in the new system, which will also be found under Chrome's "Content Settings."

Property

Real Estate Taxes in Pakistan 2016-2017

Property Tax 2016-2017
During the past two decades, particularly in the years 2000 and 2008, many new investment opportunities were accorded to investors and overseas Pakistanis, which consequently brought capital in the country. The inflow of money noticeably enhanced the country’s foreign exchange reserves and assisted in maintaining the foreign exchange rate of Pakistani currency. The byproduct of this activity was a massive investment influx in new housing projects, universities, schools and other capital intensive projects.
The real estate industry, including the construction sector, is considered a prime catalyst for economic activity in Pakistan. This sector leads to job creation in a number of allied sectors, value addition in the supply chain mechanism of the related industries, as well as collection of substantial tax revenue. A visible outcome of development in this sector was an unprecedented rise in the value of urban and agricultural land prices.
This huge investment in the real estate sector under the existing tax laws had its own price to be paid in terms of providing safe haven to untaxed money, mushrooming growth of speculative files business, and allocation of capital to unproductive sectors. The government has tried to address some of these major concerns through changes in its fiscal tax policy.
Therefore, it is now important to discuss and assess the impact of the significant fiscal changes brought by the Finance Bill 2016, effective from the 1st of July, on the real estate sector. In order to help investors make an informed decision:
Advance Income Tax (adjustable) on purchase of immovable property under Section 236-K increased from 1% to 2% for tax filers and from 2% to 4% for non-filers
Advance Tax (adjustable) on sale of immovable property under Section 236-C increased from 0.5 to 1% for filers and from 1 to 2% for non-filers
Capital Gains Tax (CGT) has undergone two major changes in terms of time frame and fair market valuation of sale price, which are summarized below:
a) CGT will be levied at the rate of 10% of difference between the fair market value at the time of sale and purchase if the property is sold within 5 years of its purchase.
b) Fair Market Value: The Finance Bill has inserted a sub section in Section-68 wherein the concerned Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officer can refer a certain property for its fair valuation to valuators approved by State Bank of Pakistan. To this effect, State Bank has already issued relevant notification along with its approved list of valuators. Secondly, the Finance Bill specifically mentions that the current Deputy Commissioner (DC) rates do not bind FBR to use it as reference for property valuation. It is important to mention that under the Income Tax Ordinance, Deputy Commissioner had valuation powers but due to certain reasons, these powers were inoperative and consequently DC rate was used and accepted by FBR as the sale price for any property.
The examples below would better illustrate the impact of above amendments especially those made in the CGT.
For the sale of a 1 kanal residential plot in DHA Lahore from Phase I to VIII, which was bought and registered in the last 5 years, with its current average market value of PKR 20 million, seller will be paying Capital Gain Tax as below:
CGT = 10% of Market Value of Plot (MVP) – Declared Value of plot (DVP) at the time of purchase
DVP (in last 5 years) = DC Rate Value at the time of purchase = approx 7 million/kanal (average DC Rate for DHA Lahore residential plots in Phase I, II, III, IV and V in the last 5 years)
So CGT = 10% of MVP (PKR 20 million) – DVP (PKR 7 million) = PKR 1.3 million
Also, remember that 1% and 2% Adjustable Advance Tax will be applicable on filers and non-filers respectively. For filers, it will be adjusted in terms of claiming credit when they file annual tax returns but for non-filers, it will be an additional cost of PKR 400,000 in the stated case. If Transfer Fees, CVT and Stamp Duty are added strictly as per the law, a minimum of PKR 2 million would be paid from July 1, 2016 onwards on the sale of every 1 kanal residential plot in DHA Phase I-VIII.
The question is, who will benefit from this new game plan of the government, and who will suffer disadvantages?
Primarily, these changes in the tax statute are supposed to take black money (the untaxed money that was invested in the real estate sector) into account. The transactions took place at the DC rate, which in certain cases, especially for commercial plots, was ten times less than the fair market value of the property. For overseas investors who have to bring in their money through banking channels, the change in law should not be a cause of worry.
As far as the doubled withholding tax rates on sale and purchase of property are concerned, it is being done primarily to increase the cost real estate transactions for non-filers. Overseas investors, on the other hand, can file their annual income tax returns and claim the credit in advance taxes paid in their annual income tax returns.
In Property Tax 2016 view of the above discussion, a downward correction or a breather thereafter in the prices of the overall real estate in the country is eminent. However, the major impact of all these changes will be observed on the black-money holders and their strategy to park their untaxed money in high-tagged assets that enable them to launder the black money.
Similarly, the changes are bound to have an impact on short-term trading as CGT has to be paid per the amended law. However, as elucidated earlier, this should not worry overseas investors or non-resident Pakistanis who can declare their sources of income as white money and are usually long-term investors. The only impact on the market would be a reduction in the value of their investments, however, that is merely a short-term effect, as the market is likely to regain equilibrium in the long run. It is expected that the market will grow slowly and steadily as and when the speculations tone down.

App Store to reach 5 million apps by 2020

App Store to reach 5 million apps by 2020, with games leading the way


The Apple App Store shows no signs of slowing down, despite the fact that people seem to limit the number of apps they use regularly to just a small handful. But developers keep building, so the apps keep coming. According to new analysis out this morning from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, the App Store is expected to more than double its size over the next four years, reaching 5 million apps by the year 2020.
That would make its catalog 73 percent larger than it’s expected to be by the end of 2016 (or 2.93 million), the firm says.
Sensor Tower based its projections on historical data from the App Store from its 2008 launch through the present – specifically, the number of worldwide active apps at the end of each period, not the total number of those released.

President Obama "founded" the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)


Donald Trump said Wednesday that President Obama "founded" the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
"ISIS is honoring President Obama," he said during a rally in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.  "He's the founder of ISIS. He founded ISIS."
"I would say the co-founder would be 'Crooked' Hillary Clinton," Trump added of Obama's former secretary of State and his Democratic rival.
Trump criticized Obama's decision to withdraw U.S. military forces from the Middle East and leaving behind a void ISIS could fill.
"We should never have gotten out the way we got out," he said. "We unleashed terrible fury all over the Middle East."
"Instead of allowing some small forces behind to maybe, just maybe, keep it under control, we pulled it out," the GOP's presidential nominee added.
"Then Obama came in, and normally you want to clean up and he made a bigger mess. We're not respected. We're laughed at all over the world."

Bridge Collapsed in India


India bridge collapsed:-

Two buses plunge into the river, 3 dead 19 Missing. 

After a bridge on a highway connecting the city of Mumbai to the state of Goa collapsed, sending two buses tumbling into floodwaters below.

The bridge gave way about 2 a.m. local time Wednesday.
    The state passenger buses were carrying 22 people: 18 passengers, two conductors and two drivers.
    Three bodies have been recovered and identified so far, One of the bus drivers was among the dead.