Frenchman Given 4 Months in Jail For Slapping Macron
PARIS: A court on Thursday sentenced to four months in prison a man who slapped President Emmanuel Macron across the face after being angered by...
Govt Imposes Federal Excise Duty On Mobile Phone Calls, Internet Data And SMS
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has made a reduction in withholding tax rate for mobile services from 12 per cent to 10 per cent in the...
Budget 2021-2022 In Regard To Different Sectors and Incentives
POVERTY ALLEVIATION The Finance Minister said Prime Minister Imran Khan wants to change the course of the history by uplifting four to six million low...
Salient Features of Budget 2021-22
No new taxes on salaried persons 10 percent increase in salaries and pensions of the government employees Rs260bn for Ehsaas Program Tax collection target set...
Govt Presents Budget Having Total Outlay Of 8, 478 billion
All eyes are on the Parliament as Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin presents the budget 2021-22. He announced that the total outlay of the budget had...
PPP And PML-N Decide To Give Govt Tough Time In Budget Session Of NA
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has decided to protest in and outside the parliament on the occasion of the budget session. Posters have been prepared for...
Load Shedding Ends Across The Country: Claims Hamad Azhar
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy Hamad Azhar has claimed that load shedding has ended across the country and said that 1500 MW has been added...
Court Disposes Of Bails Petitions of Jehangir And Ali Tareen
LAHORE: A banking court directed on Friday the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to give a seven-day notice to PTI estranged leader Jahangir Tareen before arresting...
Quetta Gladiators To Face Islamabad United In Abu Dhabi Today
Abu Dhabi: Former champions Quetta Gladiators will be aiming to keep their hopes of winning PSL 6 alive when they take on two-time champion Islamabad...
Passenger Bus Overturns Near Khuzdar Kills 19 People Injuring 50 Others
Khuzdar: At least 19 pilgrims were killed and over 50 injured after a passenger bus overturned near Khuzdar’s Ghori area Friday morning. The coach en...
NCOC Decides To Further Accelerate Vaccination Process In AJK, GB
Islamabad: National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) at its meeting in Islamabad on Friday decided to further accelerate the vaccination process in Azad Kashmir and...
200 Cochlear Implant Completion, Achievement of Army Medical Corps
Rawalpindi: A special ceremony was held at Army Medical College Rawalpindi to mark completion of 200 cochlear implants. Surgeon General of Pakistan Army Lieutenant General...
Two Terrorists killed in District Kharan, Balochistan
Quetta: Two terrorists have been killed in an intelligence based operation conducted by security forces in Hulmerg area of District Kharan in Balochistan. According to...
Pakistan To Continue Sensitize World About Islamophobia: FM
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says Pakistan will continue its efforts to sensitize the world about Islamophobia and hate speeches and their adverse impacts....
All Economic Indicators Are Positive: Fawad
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain says Pakistan is moving towards economic stability after a long time under the leadership of Prime Minister...
Third Budget Of PTI Government Will Be Presented Today
Islamabad: Federal Budget 2021-22 will be presented in the National Assembly today (Friday). Earlier, the Federal Cabinet met in Islamabad today with Prime Minister Imran...
Solar Eclipse 2021: ‘Ring of Fire’ Sweeps Across the World
A solar eclipse is visible over the Earth’s northern hemisphere with parts of Canada and Siberia privy to the best view of the celestial event....
Polling Schedule For Election in AJK Announced
MUZAFFARABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Azad Kashmir on Thursday announced schedule for the regional election to be held on July 25. “In the election 32,20,546 Kashmiris...
Maryam Nawaz Meets Senator Chaudhry Jaffar
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz called on Senator Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal and discussed in detail the current political situation in the country. Vice President PML-N...
Syed Fahad Ali Shah Founder and M.D of ABBTAKK News Network Announced Jobs For Special Skilled Persons
KARACHI: Physically challenged persons in Pakistan do not get a fair deal. Their basic needs remains unfulfilled and society at large ignores them as if...
LQ Beat Islamabad United
ABU DHABI: Lahore Qalandars’ Rashid Khan smashed three consecutive fours in the last over to guide his side to a five-wicket win over Islamabad United...
Dacoit Killed in Lahore Encounter
lahore: A dacoit who martyred Constable Qaiser during a robbery in Sundar area of Lahore has been killed in a police encounter. Three accomplices of...
Pakistan Desires For Peace in Afghanistan: FM
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says peace in Afghanistan is inevitable for economic progress in Pakistan and other countries of the region. Talking to...
Remittances Increase to Near $2.5b in May
Islamabad : Remittances from overseas workers increased 34% year-on-year, amounting to $2.49 billion in May 2021, said the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday....
COVID-19 Claims 76 More Lives
ISLAMABAD: Seventy-six more deaths due to Coronavirus infection and 1303 new positive cases have been reported in the country. According to the National Command and...
Chinese Envoy Calls on COAS General Bajwa
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong called on Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Rawalpindi. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, progress on CPEC...
Bilawal Expresses Reservations on NEC Decisions
KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday expressed reservations on decisions of National Economic Council (NEC) and demanded more funds for...
Session Court Approves Bail Of PML-N MNA Javed Latif
LAHORE: A sessions court on Wednesday granted post-arrest bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Mian Javed Latif in a case pertaining to anti-state statement...
Hearing Of Pleas Against Panama Verdict By Sharif Family Prorogued Till June 23
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on pleas submitted against the sentences of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, Maryam...
Remaining Matches Of PSL 2021 To Resume Today
ABU DHABI: The sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 2021) will resume today with the opening match between Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars...
UN Security Council Backs Guterres For Second Term
NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council backed Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a second term, recommending that the 193-member General Assembly appoint him for...
Air Bases Can’t Be Given To The USA Through Secret Talks: Maryam Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz has clarified that there are no differences in opposition parties’ alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). The...
Islamabad: 25 Schoolchildren Fainted Due To Intense heat
ISLAMABAD: At least 25 children were rushed to a hospital after they fainted due to the sweltering heat on Wednesday. Students of a school in...
Procurement Of COVID vaccines Worth Of Whopping US$1 bn Approved
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has approved a grant of US$1 billion for procurement of COVID vaccine to be administered to seven million people. The...
SC Orders Farrukh Shah To Appear Before AC Within Three Days
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Syed Farrukh Shah son of PPP leader Syed Khursheed Shah to surrender before the Accountability Court (AC) within...
Pakistan Achieves Target Of Administering 10 Mln Doses Of Anti-Covid Vaccine
Islamabad: Pakistan has achieved a major milestone of administering ten million doses of anti-Covid vaccine. A ceremony marking the achievement was held at the National...
SC Rejects NHA Report Over Dilapidated Condition Of N25 Road
ISLAMABAD : Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Wednesday rejected the National Highway Authority’s (NHA) report on dilapidated condition of N25 highway and sought a...
Coronavirus Cases Continues To Decrease As 1, 118 Cases Reported Across The Country
LAHORE : Pakistan has reported 77 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 936,131....
Azerbaijan’s Naval Commander Calls on COAS General Bajwa
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that Pakistan values its brotherly relations with Azerbaijan and offered all possible assistance...
PM Khan Meets Delegation of Farmers
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan says the country’s socio-economic progress is linked with enhanced development of agriculture and industrial sectors. He expressed these views while...
Rs2100bn Reserved For Development in Upcoming Budget: Umar
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Tuesday said that the government has decided to increase the national development budget...
President Calls For Discouraging Culture of Fake News
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has called for discouraging the culture of fake news as it created chaos in the society and misled the people....
Will Treat Sharif Family According to Pain: Firdous
LAHORE: Special Assistant for Information Punjab Firdous Ashiq Awan criticized the Sharif family and said that fleeing the country was their family disease. We keep...
Three Robberies in a Day in Pakpattan
PAKPATTAN: In three different incidents of robbery, citizens were deprived of millions of rupees in cash. CCTV footage of the incidents have been received by...
Saudi Cinemas to Release Saudi-Japanese Animated Movie ‘The Journey’ on June 17
RIYADH: Cinemas across Saudi Arabia are preparing to release “The Journey” the first Saudi 4DX animation film on June 17. Manga epic “The Journey”, which...
World Oceans Day Observed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy along with other nations of the globe celebrated the World Oceans Day today. According to the spokesperson of PN, Pakistan Navy celebrated...