Whooshing through the National Assembly
The hasty passage of 21 bills by the National Assembly on Thursday, with the rules suspended to avoid debate, does not speak much for...
Tareen, son’s arrest not needed, FIA informs court
A banking court directed on Friday the Federal Investigation Agency to give a seven-day notice to PTI estranged leader Jahangir Tareen before arresting him...
Opp calls FY22 budget ‘worst joke’, protests against new fiscal plan
Leaders from the opposition parties have begun voicing their disapproval of the national budget for FY2021-22 introduced by Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin in the...
Pakistan urges int’l community to hold India accountable for rights violations
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday urged the international community to hold India accountable for its grave human rights violations in the Indian Occupied Kashmir, saying...
Two terrorists killed, FC soldier embraces martyrdom in Kharan IBO: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Two terrorists were killed and a Frontier Corps personnel embraced martyrdom after security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in district Kharan of the...
23 killed as bus falls into ravine in Khuzdar
A passenger bus overturned and fell into a ravine, killing 23 people, including women and children, and injuring several others, in Khuzdar district on...
From austerity to growth: Govt tables Rs8.5tr budget for FY21-22
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Friday presented the federal budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022 in the National Assembly with an outlay of...
HBL PSL 2021: Rossouw, Shah lead Multan Sultans to 12-run win
ABU DHABI: Despite Babar Azam's best efforts (85* off 63) and Chadwick Walton's added contribution (35 off 23), Karachi Kings could not break their...
Kashmir Committee grills PTA over failure to take action against Facebook
ISLAMABAD:Â The Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir on Thursday criticised the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) over failure in taking action against the Facebook management after the...
Govt can collect additional Rs50 billion in tobacco tax
ISLAMABAD: The government can collection additional Rs50 billion in taxes from the tobacco industry in the next fiscal year if the prices of the...
Plenty of room for increase in tobacco taxes: study
ISLAMABAD: The number of smokers in Pakistan would reduce sharply and the related health burden would also come down if the government would increase...
SIM cards to be blocked for those refusing vaccine, says Punjab govt
The SIM cards of any citizen refusing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus will be blocked, said an official of the provincial government.
This step...