KP to grant 2% tax relief on credit card payments at hotels, restaurants

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to introduce transparency in the tax system and encourage taxpayers to channel their payments through...

Civil awards bestowed upon 35 scientists and engineers from strategic institutions

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Sahir Shamshad Mirza on Tuesday conferred civil awards to the eminent scientists and engineers...

US diplomat inaugurates Police Training College in Balochistan

United States Ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Blome, extended heartfelt greetings and appreciation to The Balochistan chief minister and Inspector General of Police...

Patients at Lahore’s hospital ‘being treated on footpaths’

LAHORE: The Punjab Institute of Cardiology in Lahore has been facing a severe shortage of beds, resulting in patients being treated in...

NA speaker, Saudi envoy reaffirm to take bilateral time-tested ties to new heights

ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday said that Pakistan attaches great importance to its long-standing brotherly relations with Saudi...

Climate change hits Asia hardest, below-normal rains in Hindu Kush range of Pakistan: UN

GENEVA: Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, with floods...

Punjab govt to offer 1 lac affordable apartments in easy installments

LAHORE: The Punjab government has unveiled an ambitious plan to provide 1 lakh apartments to citizens on affordable terms, with monthly installments...

Pakistani and Chinese companies to control Canola Crop losses

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Chinese companies under a joint venture have engaged themselves to control Canola Crop losses. They have undertaken the task in...

Nawaz Sharif leaves for China on five-day personal visit

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif left for China on a five-day personal visit. Foreign Minister Ishaq...

ATC issues notices on Sh Rashid’s plea for acquittal in May 9 cases

RAWALPINDI: Former interior minister and Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Tuesday filed appeal, seeking acquittal in May 9 cases. Anti-Terrorism...

PHC disposes of Ali Amin’s petition in alleged rigging case

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday disposed of a writ petition filed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Ali Amin Gandapur in...

Govt to re-constitute committee on issue of missing persons: Law Minister

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar has said that the incumbent government was committed efforts to address the long...

Two shot dead in Turbat

TURBAT: Unidentified armed men gunned two people here on Tuesday and escaped the scene. According to details, the incident took place in Dhank...

Former policeman killed in Peshawar firing

PESHAWAR: A retired policeman was killed in firing of unidentified armed men on a shop here in the provincial capital on Tuesday. According...

CTD kills terrorists involved in attacks on Customs officials killed in DI Khan

PESHAWAR: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) announced on Tuesday that they successfully neutralized at least eight terrorists implicated in assaults targeting Customs...