Ex-FBR head Shabbar Zaidi proposes autonomous tax authority.

Former FBR chief

Shabbar Zaidi believes the FBR can improve & converted into the Pakistan Revenue
Service that operates independent of the government just like the State Bank of
Pakistan. Pakistan and India are expected to hold talks to resume hockey ties. The
matter may be discussed on the sidelines of the 47th International Hockey
Federation (FIH) Statutory Congress in New Delhi. Meeting, which is aimed at
electing the FIH president and executive board members for the next four years,
will take place from May 19 to May 23. PHF President Brig (retd) Khalid Sajjad
Khokhar and PHF Secretary Asif Bajwa are expected to attend the meeting, The News
reported. Officials have already applied for their visas and are expected to reach
Delhi by May 22. Planning to hold meetings with their Indian counterparts, the
sources told The News. Playing series against India could be a part of the PFFs
strategy, which is planning to organise bilateral series and regional tournaments
in the country. PHF President told SAMAA Digital in October that a possible
Pakistan-India series will be good for the image of sports. "The two countries are
at loggerheads at the moment but it will prove to be beneficial if work is done in
this regard." Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) has also made a commitment to organise
tournaments in Pakistan, Khokhar had said.US President Biden invites PM Modi to
Leaders Summit on Climate Change. President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders,
including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to a US-hosted virtual summit on climate
next month to underscore the urgency and the economic benefits of stronger climate
action. Biden will host a two-day climate summit of world leaders starting on Earth
Day, April 22, in which he will outline the US goal for reductions of carbon
emissions by 2030, known as the nationally determined contribution under the
historic.