Fixed Tax Will Be Imposed On Small Traders: Miftah Ismail
Islamabad: Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail has said the government has decided to levy super tax on the affluent class to reduce budget deficit in...
Pakistan Stresses On Resolution Of All Disputes Including Kashmir With India: FO
Islamabad: Pakistan has always stressed on resolution of all outstanding issues through result oriented and meaningful dialogue including the issue of Jammu and Kashmir with...
NEPRA Approves Uptick In K-Electric Per Unit Price Under Fuel Adjustment Charges Of April
Islamabad: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved a raise of Rs 5.27 per unit for K-electric customers under the fuel adjustment charges for...
Court Approves IK Bail In Various Vandalism Cases During PTI March On May 25
Islamabad: A local court of Islamabad on Friday barred police arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan after approving his interim bail till July 6...
Met Dept Rings Bell Of Danger As Monsoon Rains Will Lash Karachi From July 1
Karachi: Citizens of Karachi be alerted as Meteorological department (Met Dept) has predicted that this time around more than thirty percent of usual rains will...
Covid-19 Sixth Wave: Commissioner Karachi Urged To Ensure Precautionary Measures
Karachi: Director General (DG) Health Sindh has written a letter to the commissioner Karachi in the wake of possible sixth wave of Coronavirus. The DG...
Coronavirus Once Again Increasing Across The Country As 309 new COVID Cases Reported
Islamabad: 309 new Coronavirus cases have been reported throughout the country during the last 24 hours. As per data shared by the National Institute of...
Dollar Price Increases Again In Open and Inter-Bank Market After One Day Depreciation
Karachi: Dollar price once again increased by 77 paisa after stoppage of its continued spike in last few days . According to forex dealers, after...
Hina Khar To Represent Pakistan At 26th Commonwealth Heads Of Govt Meeting in Rwanda Today
Islamabad: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar will lead Pakistan’s delegation at the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting being held at...
Govt Decides To Impose 10% “Poverty Alleviation Tax” On Large Scale Industries
The government has decided to impose ten percent “poverty alleviation tax” on large scale industries of the country. This was announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif To Visit Gwadar Today
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay a one-day visit to Gwadar today. In a short span of one month, it is second visit of...
Coalition Partners Have Decided to Complete Govt-Term: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated that coalition government will complete constitutional term and steer the country out of current economic crisis. Addressing...
COVID Positivity Ratio Jumps to 21pc in Karachi
KARACHI: A new wave of Corona is looming across the country. In the last 24 hours, most corona cases were reported in Karachi. In the...
Govt Replacing Names of our Projects: Shaukat Tareen
Former Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen has said that Miftah Ismail should ‘stop fooling people’ by badmouthing out economic performance. Responding to Finance Minister Miftah Ismail’s...
Miftah Says Imran Khan Tried To Make Pakistan Default
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail says the government has provided relief to poor people by shifting burden of tax on rich people....
Rupee Gains 4.70 Against US Dollar
KARACHI: The rupee snapped its losing streak against the US dollar, gaining Rs4.70 n the interbank market a day after the government secured the much-anticipated...
PIA Plane Struck By Bird
LAHORE: A flight of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) plane on Thursday made an emergency landing in Lahore after a bird strike. As per details, the...
Power Tariff Likely to Increase by Rs11.34 for K-Electric Consumers
KARACHI–As nation faces rising fuel cost and inflation, the power tariff is also likely to increase by whopping Rs11.34 for K-Electric consumers. According to sources,...
Afghan Govt Confirms Death of Atleast 1,000 in Quake
SHARAN: A powerful earthquake jolted a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more, officials said Wednesday, with...
Pakistan Sees 268 Covid Cases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported one death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,532,732....
Oil Prices Fall In International Market
Oil prices continued to pull back on Thursday, dropping more than 2% as investors recalibrated assessments of recession risks and fuel demand amid interest rate...
Five Dead as Rainfall Hits Karachi
KARACHI: Five people, including four children, were killed as the city witnessed heavy rain with strong winds on Wednesday night, said rescue sources. The deaths occurred...
Asif Ali Zardari’s Mother Passes Away
KARACHI: PPP Co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari’s mother, Zareen Ara Bukhari, passed away in Karachi, the party confirmed Wednesday. Family sources told that...
Parliamentarians Will Be Taken Into Confidence: Ministers
ISLAMABAD: An in-camera meeting of the National Security Committee, which met in Islamabad on Wednesday with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair, held a...
Italian Defence Chief Calls on COAS Bajwa
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Defence, Italian Armed Forces Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone on Wednesday called on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa,...
Punjab Assembly Passes Finance Bill 2022-23
LAHORE: The provincial government passed, amid the absence of the Opposition, its budget of Rs3.226 trillion for the financial year 2022-23 in the Punjab Assembly...
NSC Briefed on National Security
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday chaired an in-camera meeting of the National Security Committee and discussed talks with proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and...
Maryam Nawaz Feels Sorry For Imran Khan’s Mental Health
LAHORE: PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has once again criticized former Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying that she feels sorry for his mental condition. In...
Gold Price Declines By Rs1,850 Per Tola
KARACHI: In line with its last day’s momentum, gold price in Pakistan plunged by Rs1,850 per tola to settle at Rs145,300 on hopes that the...
Pakistan, Chinese Consortium Sign $2.3Bn Loan Agreement
Chinese consortium of banks has signed a loan facility agreement worth 2.3 billion dollars and the inflow is expected in a couple of days. This...
More Pained We Felt More Than The Letter When Thieves Imposed On Us: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan said “I say by making the God witness, I didn’t think of ever who be made army chief...
Indian Controlled Judiciary Responsible For Killings Of Kashmiris: Meshal Malik
Islamabad: Wife of Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik, Meshal Malik on Wednesday said that the controlled Indian judiciary is responsible for the judicial murder of Kashmiri...
IHC Instructs ECP To Hold New Delimitations, Issue Schedule Of LBEs In Islamabad
Islamabad: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday approving PML-N and PPP petitions regarding postponement of local bodies elections in Islamabad, has ordered the Election Commission...
Judicial Magistrate Orders Regarding Autopsy, Exhuming Body Of Amir Liaqut Suspended
Karachi: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday suspended a judicial magistrate east verdict regarding autopsy and exhuming of media and religious personality Dr Amir Liaqut...
FO and PM Express Condolences Over Lives Lost in Afghanistan Earthquake
Islamabad: The foreign ministry of Pakistan and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have expressed condolences over the lives lost in the earthquake. The Prime Minister said...
Earthquake Wreack Havoc In Paktika Province Of Afghanistan As 950 Killed
KABUL: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed at least 950 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, officials said, adding that at least 610 of people...
SC Suspends LHC Order Regarding Election Of Hajj Pilgrims Facilitators
Islamabad: Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Wednesday suspended Lahore High Court (LHC) order against an election of facilitators of Hajj pilgrims. A three-member bench...
IMF And Pakistan Broker Agreement After Successful Talks
ISLAMABAD: The agreement reached between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government Pakistan. The IMF and Pakistan brokered a staff-level agreement after following successful...
PM Thanks Overseas Pakistanis As Roshan Digital Deposits Cross $4.5 bln
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday thanked the overseas Pakistanis for sending $57 million in a day that helped the Roshan Digital Accounts cross...
Highest Ever Daily Inflows Worth $57 Mln Recorded In Roshan Digital Account: SBP
KARACHI: Deposit inflows in Roshan Digital Account (RDA) recorded highest ever daily figure on Tuesday as $57 million were deposited in a single day. According...
Pakistan Signs Agreement With Iran To Get Additional 100 MW Electricity For Balochistan
Tehran: Pakistan and Iran have signed an agreement pertaining to electricity import to Balochistan. Minister for Energy Khurram Dastgir Khan says the government has signed...
6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Parts of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the wee hours of Wednesday. Tremors were felt in Islamabad, Multan, Bhakkar, Phalia, Peshawar,...
It Was Necessary To Sent Imran Khan Back: Bilawal
LARKANA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday while holding the former Prime Minister Imran Khan responsible for the...
Balochistan Budget Unveiled
QUETTA: Balochistan Budget for the next fiscal year with a total outlay of 612.7 billion rupees was presented in the provincial assembly in Quetta on...
SBP Clarifies Rumors Claiming it’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Have Dried up
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday dismissed all the rumors claiming that it’s reserves have dried up or are not usable, the...
Maryam Nawaz Says Narrative of Imran Has Failed
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz while criticising former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan said that the “certified...
Khan Announces To Challenge NAB Amendments in SC
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan Tuesday called for throwing incumbent rulers behind bars for “shamelessly” passing the amendments in the National...
Govt Preferred Economy Over Politics: Ahsan Briefing On Cabinet Meeting
Islamabad: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has reiterated government’s resolve to turn around economy of the country and provide relief to the poor segment of society....
Ceremony Held On 69th Birth Anniversary Of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed
Islamabad: A ceremony was held on the occasion of 69th birth anniversary of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad. Federal Minister for climate change Sherry Rehman,...
Govt To Get Financing For Establishing Power Generation Facilities At Diamer-Bhasha Dam
Islamabad: The Government of Pakistan will acquire financing of Rs. 827 billion from various donor agencies and banks for establishing 4,500 MW power generation facilities...