Bilawal slams govt over imposition of Rs375bn worth of taxes
KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has slammed the federal government for "not sparing a single thing of public's use from taxation,"...
CITY NOTES: Boxing lessons for seamen
The Cabinet recently decided not to allow PTV to get its feed of the matches with England during the tour there from an Indian...
G7 agrees 1 billion Covid vaccine donation: communique
Group of Seven countries will provide 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses over the next year and work with the private sector, the G20 and...
PML-N accuses govt of manipulating budget numbers
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has accused the government of manipulating numbers in the budget presented for the next fiscal years.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the senior...
Four labourers die of suffocation in Quetta
QUETTA: Four young labourers, including three brothers, died of suffocation due to filling of gas in a water well they were working at in...
Islamabad records lowest Covid-19 transmission rate
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad on Sunday recorded the lowest Covid-19 positivity rate over the past 24 hours in the current third wave of the pandemic.
According to...
Israel’s Knesset set to vote on new government, ending Netanyahu’s rule
TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year hold on power was set to end on Sunday when parliament votes on a new...
Information minister urges apex court to address constitutional crisis in Sindh
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry Sunday urged the Supreme Court to enforce Article 140-A of the Constitution in Sindh to address what he termed as...
Over 170,000 youngsters have completed courses in high-tech trades: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs said on Sunday that investment in skill development of the youth had started paying...
KP suggests LG polls in September-October period
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Sunday recommended holding elections for local governments between September and October.
The recommendations forwarded by the provincial government further suggested...
Murad returns after US visit
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah returned from the United States early on Sunday after a private visit. He reached Karachi via a...
Jadhav-specific bill adopted to implement ICJ verdict: Qureshi
MULTAN: Denying the rumours of reaching a backdoor deal with India on Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi on Sunday said the...
Hasan Ali to miss remainder of HBL PSL for family reasons
ABU DHABI: Islamabad United fast bowler Hasan Ali will miss the remainder of the HBL Pakistan Super League because of family commitments.
“I want to...
NCOC suspends travel from 26 countries
The government, on the recommendation of the National Command and Operation Centre, has placed strict restrictions on travellers from 26 countries, including India, to...
Canada pays final homage to Muslim family killed in truck attack
LONDON: The city of London in Ontario paid homage Saturday to a Pakistan-origin Muslim family deliberately mowed down by the driver of a pick-up...