Browsing Category
NATIONAL NEWS
Swat terrorist group carried out Dasu bus attack: Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday released a report of Dasu bus blast that had claimed lives of 9 Chinese and 3 Pakistanis who were working on Dasu dam project a couple of months ago.
The terrorists targetted a bus carrying Chinese and…
Nawaz Sharif has complex ailment: Medical report claims
LAHORE: A medical report submitted in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday claimed that Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) supremo, Nawaz Sharif, was suffering from very complex and complicated disease and hence unable to travel.
The…
Environmentalists demand implementation specific collaberation for better result
ISLAMABAD: (10 August 2021): The environmentalists from academia and civil society have urged for broader collaborative efforts to respond to emerging and critical challenges linked with environment and climate change and better…
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…
