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Govt exempts corona related items from sales tax
ISLAMBAD : The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesdsy exempted 61 corona- related items from sales tax .
The list of the items that have been exempted from the sales tax were oxygen recovery kits, N- 95 masks, X-Ray machines,…
Van gas cylinder blast kills 9, injures 5 others
GUJRANWALA: A van cylinder blast killed 9 passengers here on Sunday evening, besides seriously injuring 5 other.
The ill-fatted passenger van was on its route to Gujranwala and when it reached Rahowali, a town some 6 km from its…
Ombudsman’s intervention: Punjab govt retrieves lands from grabbers
On the personal intervention of Ombudsman Punjab Major (R) Azam Suleman Khan, two different cases of land grabbing in district Jhang were settled down.
Total area retrieved from the land grabbers was 243 kanal 3 marla valued rupees 5…
Brother of provincial minister killed in Lahore firing
LAHORE: Mubashir Khokhar, brother of Asad Khokhar who is member of Usman Buzdar's cabinet died in indiscriminate firing at a valima reception of Asad Khokhar's son in Lahore on Friday evening.
According to the police, Mubashir Khokhar,…
No new tax on medicines: FBR says
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a clarification on a news story titled “1 pc advance tax pushes up drug prices significantly” appearing in Daily Business Recorder on 3rd August, 2021.
In its handout issued on…
Effective implementation of laws imperitive to stop crimes against women: Speakers assert
ISLAMABAD: There is no dearth of laws in Pakistan to respond to crimes against women but the implementation on these laws is real challenge that needs to be addressed at every level.
The speakers from diverse backgrounds said this…
Raise taxes, curb smoking: PANAH urges baboos
RAWALPINDI: Sana Ullah Ghumman, general secretary of the Pakistan National Heart Association (PANAH), has said higher taxes would prevent potential tobacco users from smoking and force existing users to leave,
"Imposition of tobacco…
Pakistan heading for flash flooding again, Met Office warns
ISLAMABAD: The Met Office has warned that the country is heading for hazardous storms and flash flooding in next couple of days and directed to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Indus River System Authority (IRSA) and…
PTI beats PMLN in PP-38 Sialkot in by-election
SIALKOT: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) won PP -38 seat in Sialkot with a big magin of over 7 thousands votes here on Wednesday.
According to un- official result, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) candidate, Ahsan Saleem Baryar , got…
Experts say mass vacination only way forward to fight out new corona variants
ISLAMABAD (27 July 2021): Effective and mass level vaccination to reduce the impacts of new variants, of COVID-19 as it has seen a spread at an alarming rate. The experts from health and social sectors said this while speaking at webinar…
