‘KPRA collects Rs 34bn in tax revenues’PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) has generated Rs 34 billion in tax collections since its inception in 2013. In the year 2016-17, KPRA contributed 56% to the total provincial tax...
National Youth Carnival starts on 9thPESHAWAR: The final round of the National Youth Carnival (NYC) Mega Challenge-2017 featuring 2,000 male and female students and youth would commence from December 9. Arrangements to hold the carnival...
PPP will form next govt in centre, provinces: ZardariISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said that Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) public gathering at Parade Ground had proven that the party was the greatest political forc...
Parliament key to sustainable development: MarriyumISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage on Thursday said that the human development indicators plunge into a nosedive during dictatorship, wh...
US embassy move targets entire Muslim world: Khawaja AsifKARACHI: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday said the United States, by means of its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, targeted not only Palestinians, but the entire Muslim world. P...
‘Poor man’s court’ fails to provide relief to its own workersLAHORE: Office of Ombudsman Punjab, established to extend justice and relief to the public and called "poor man's court", has failed to provide justice and relief to the employees, working under its o...
NAB chief seeks details of adjudicated casesISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice Javed Iqbal has sought complete details of inquiries, investigations and under-trial corruption references filed in the respective acco...
Sports event organised for physically impaired peoplePESHAWAR: More than 400 sports persons and children with disabilities got together at the Hayatabad Sports Complex for a sports meet organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), F...
Shifting US consulate to Jerusalem tantamount to disturbing world peace: AshrafiLAHORE: Pakistan Ulema Council announced to observe December 8 as "Youm-e-Al-Quds" to express solidarity with people of Palestine. Central leadership of Pakistan Ulema Council headed by Hafiz Muhammad...
Three senior govt officers held for graft chargesGUJRANWALA: Anti-corruption authorities have arrested three senior officers allegedly involved in a corruption case, while the court send all the three accused to jail on judicial remand. It was told...
Hearing of NA-125 rigging case adjournedISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of NA-125 rigging case without any proceedings. A three-member bench headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal was to conduct hearing in the case aft...
Canada reiterates support for polio eradication in PakistanISLAMABAD: Prime Minister's Focal Person for Polio Eradication Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq appreciated and reinforced Canada's commitment to support polio eradication in Pakistan as well as its continu...
Women empowerment key to poverty eradication: KP CMPESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Wednesday said that women empowerment was key to poverty eradication, building resilient societies and promoting sustainable development....
Khasadar seize 231kg hashishKHYBER AGENCY: A bid to smuggle a huge cache of narcotics from Afghanistan to Pakistan was foiled by the Khasadar Force when they recovered 231kg hashish and 13kg heroin from a truck at Torkham border...
PPP expresses concern over US embassy move to JerusalemISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Vice-President Senator Sherry Rehman voiced concern over the possible decision by the Trump administration to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Rehma...
Marvi Memon asks organisations to use BISP data for researchISLAMABAD: "Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), being the premier social safety net programme of the country and the custodian of multidimensional precious data of 27 million households, has the...
Rabbani discusses bilateral cooperation with Jordanian king, prime ministerISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani along with a delegation of Pakistan Senate held high-level meetings with the monarch of Jordan, King Abdullah II and the Jordanian Prime Minister Dr Hani A...
Week-long diabetes awareness campaign concludes in capitalISLAMABAD: To promote health awareness under their corporate social responsibility program, Hashoo Group, owners of Pakistan's leading luxury hotel brands Pearl Continental and Marriott Hotels, organi...
Companies’ incorporation increases 40% in one year: SECPISLAMABAD: Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Wednesday released figures of companies' incorporation showing 40 per cent increase compared to same month last year with 881 new co...
Minister seeks assistance of provinces against power theftISLAMABAD: Power Division Minister Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari on Wednesday wrote a letter to chief ministers of all four provinces seeking cooperation and assistance in bill recoveries and agains...
Civil judge pays surprise visit to hospitalKHAIRPUR: Naushahro Feroze Judge and Judicial Magistrate Ghulam Madani Memon, under the direction of District and Sessions Judge Ghulam Shah, visited Civil Hospital Naushahro Feroze and checked attend...
Artists play traditional musical instruments during concertHYDERABAD: A youth based social network arranged a programme on 'Pakistan Leadership Conference' highlighting artistic and musical talents of youth, at Sindh Museum. A number of artists played various...
SC annoyed over dearth of clean drinking water in SindhKARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar has expressed dissatisfaction over prevalent conditions of availability of clean drinking water in Sindh. A three-judge bench is hearing a...
Pakistan shares with Afghanistan proposals for joint working groupsISLAMABAD: Pakistan has formally shared proposals with Afghanistan for joint working groups that will enable both uneasy neighbours to address each other’s concerns on all key issues, officials famili...
A triple whammy hard to absorbA triple whammy is defined in some dictionaries as three simultaneous deleterious blows with compounded effect. On Tuesday the Sharif family politics faced something even worse. On the legal front the...
SC issues notice to NAB on Sharjeel Memon’s bail pleaISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the pleas of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader and former information minister Sindh Sharjee...
Pir Sial Sharif announces to part ways with PML-NSARGODHA: Pir of Sial Sharif Khawaja Hamiduddin Sialvi on Wednesday announced to end his support for the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for not fulfilling the demand of Punjab Law Ministe...