FBR addresses Rs250bn worth claim funds this year on June 6, 2021FAISALABAD: Despite some minor system-related discrepancies, the FBR has paid unprecedented refund claims to the tune of Rs. 250 billion during this year, said Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmad, Member Inland Revenue (Operations). Addressing the business community in Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI) along with Faiz Ullah Kamoka, chairman of the National Assembly Standing […]
Farmers, PPP workers protest water shortage in Sindh on June 6, 2021BADIN: A large number of the PPP workers and farmers from different areas of Badin district on Saturday gathered in Badin town where they staged the demonstration outside Badin Press Club after marching on different roads to register their protest against the nagging water crisis in the district. MPA Taj Mohammad Mallah, MPA Dada Mohammad […]
Govt committed to expediating economic growth: Minister Farrukh Habib on May 28, 2021FAISALABAD: Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Farrukh Habib has said the government is fully committed to expediting the growth of commerce to the maximum possible level by using all available means. He assured full support and enabling the environment to increase exports, besides creating sustainable jobs to alleviate poverty. Addressing the members of […]
Badin farmers vow to keep water crisis resisting on May 28, 2021BADIN: The farmers and growers of the district have launched the decisive movement against the nagging water crisis and the reluctance of the officials to fortify the breached and weak dykes of the drains and irrigation canals of the district. The farmers on the call of the Save Badin Action Committee took out rallies and […]
PIA offers 10pc concession to FCCI members on May 27, 2021FAISALABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will offer a 10 % concession in airfare to the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI) members and their families who will prefer to travel through the national flag carrier. In this connection, the FCCI and the PIA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during a special function […]
Fire erupts at Sialkot coronavirus vaccination centre on May 24, 2021SIALKOT: An anti-coronavirus vaccination center’s room was gutted on Sunday, in which 15 children admitted to the adjacent children’s ward were affected Government Sardar Begum Memorial Teaching Hospital. The hospital management said that the fire erupted there due to short-circuiting due to which the centre and the adjacent ward were filled with toxic smoke. Rescuers […]
Journalists condemn Israel for Palestinians’ massacre on May 20, 2021SIALKOT: Journalists belonging to print and electronic media took out a Palestine solidarity rally in Sialkot here on Wednesday. The rally began near the Sialkot Press Club and ended at congested Allama Iqbal Chowk after marching on various inter-city roads. The journalists were carrying placards, and they chanted slogans against Israel besides burning the effigies […]
Faisalabad Khidmat Markaz is ISO certified on May 20, 2021FAISALABAD: The Electronic Khidmat Markaz (Facilitation Center) has obtained ISO 9001 2015 certification from an international public service quality testing company. The certificate has been issued after strict scrutiny and assurance that the facilities provided to the public were in line with International Standards. Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali visited the facilitation center and handed over […]
Cop held for taking bribes on May 20, 2021FAISALABAD: The Faisalabad Anti-Corruption Police, along with a magistrate, arrested on Wednesday the CIA Iqbal Town Moharrar, who received Rs 400,000 from a citizen after threatening him with killing him in a police encounter. Abdul Rehman, a resident of 106 GB Jaranwala, in his application to Anti-Corruption Magistrate Muhammad Saghir, stated that a resident of […]
Man accidently shots himself while filming tiktok video on May 20, 2021SWAT: A young man shot himself while making a Tiktok video in the Kabal area of Swat on Wednesday. According to sources, 19-year-old Hameedullah, son of Allauddin, shot himself while making a video for social media app TikTok in Qalagay area of Kabal Tehsil of Swat. He died at the scene. He put the pistol […]