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Baluchistan: Senior bureaucracy swindles millions as ‘award money’
ISLAMABAD: Baluchistan’s top bureaucracy has used an organized financial crime to make millions of rupee under ‘award money’ cover for ‘preparing’ budget for the funds- starved province, sources said.
Baluchistan chief secretary Capt (R)…
PTI government patronising mafia to buy PSM
Islamabad: Not learning any lesson from 2006 shady deal, the Pakistan Tehrik Insaf (PTI) government is doing everything possible to help a hand-picked group rather a mafia to buy Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) for peanuts, sources said.
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Banned Kraft cement paper use causing cancer, lungs diseases
Islamabad: A National Institute of Health Islamabad (NIH) study makes stunning disclosure, saying recycled kraft paper use for food items is causing serious diseases like restrictive lung diseases and cancer in Pakistan, besides…
Wastage of Rs 38 billion wheat flour goes unnoticed
ISLAMABAD: None practicing of food grade polypropylene sacks for packing of wheat flour is costing Rs 38 billion per annum and even after incurring accumulative loss of hundreds of billions none of the government departments is coming…
SAARC chamber moves in to defuse tension between Pakistan, India
ISLAMABAD : SAARC chamber of Commerce and Industry will play a role in defusing the rising tension between two arch rivals –Pakistan and India—and bring them closer to utilize their potential to address key issues confronting the region…
Joint opposition rejects federal budget
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties on Sunday rejected the federal government’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year, saying that it has failed on every account to address adequately the challenges to posed by a global pandemic to Pakistan,…
Covid-19 cases surpass 200,000 mark; 4,118 dead
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s coronavirus infections topped 200,000, reaching 202,955, making it the 12th most affected country from the Covid-19 in the world.
A total of 4,072 new coronavirus cases surfaced in the country over the last 24…
Parliament approves amended budget for 2020-21
ISLAMABAD: Following a long and noisy debate on the proposed Finance Bill for the fiscal year 2020-2021 on Monday, the National Assembly gave its nod to the federal budget which the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has been touting…
Four assailants killed as bid to attack PSX thwarted
KARACHI: Security forces killed four assailants who attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) building in Karachi with grenades and guns on Monday morning, Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon confirmed.
According to a police…
Govt, Opp come face-to-face over budget 2020-21
ISLAMABAD: Approval of federal budget 2020-21 is going to be a final showdown between the PTI government and the opposition.
Both made desperate attempts in the federal capital to achieve their respective goals. The ruling party is…
