Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Thursday that the prime minister’s meeting with candidates for the appointment of the Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is a “routine matter”.The information minister, in a tweet, claimed that a “certain section” wanted to “play games” on the appointment of the new DG ISI but “failed”. “Now it is being […]
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KARACHI: The online returns filing system of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) witnessed numerous glitches, computational errors just ahead of the last date, i.e., September 30, 2021. The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) in a letter to the FBR chairman sent on Tuesday highlighted various computational errors and glitches on the IRIS portal.The tax […]
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RAWALPINDI: A Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander was killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday. “Security Forces conducted IBO in Mir Ali North Waziristan. During the IBO, TTP terrorist commander Safiullah was killed,” the military’s media wing said.Safiullah belonged to Mir Ali and was involved in […]
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Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry Thursday said that the nation stood with the Kashmiri brethren of Indian occupied Kashmir in their struggle for the right to self-determination. In his message on the occasion of Youm-e-Istehsal, he said the Pakistani nation stands with Kashmiris like rock and the Indian action of Aug 5 […]
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At least 27 people were killed and over 40 were injured on Monday when a passenger bus collided with a truck on the Indus Highway in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, officials said. The bus was travelling from Sialkot to Rajanpur. Commissioner Dera Ghazi Khan Dr Irshad Ahmed confirmed that 29 people, including women and children, […]
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FAISALABAD: An air traffic control (ATC) complex equipped with the latest technology as per international standards has been established at the Faisalabad airport. According to the airport manager, the newly established ATC complex has become operational at the Faislabaad airport. The complex has been completed in six months with a cost of Rs40 million.The new […]
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Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved an increase of Rs5.40 per litre of petroleum products prices against the summary moved for price hike up to Rs11 per litre. The premier also approved an increase of Rs2.54 in the price of high-speed diesel.Prime Minister Khan okayed a hike of Rs1.39 in the prices of Kerosene oil […]
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suspended its flights to and from Swat’s Saidu Shrif airport, rendering it non-operational again. The national flag carrier cancelled Islamabad-Saidu Sharif flights due to lack of the required number of passengers. In March, the Saidu Sharif airport was made operational on a request by the airline. PIA’s inaugural flight had landed […]
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ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday notified 26 paisas reduction in the power tariff for May under the monthly fuel cost adjustment mechanism. The Central Power Purchase Agency (CPPA) had sought reduction of 12 paisas in the tariff, having Rs1.5 billion benefit to the consumers for the period. However, the authority […]
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Dushanbe: Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi is in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe to represent Pakistan at the meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). During the three-day visit, the Pakistani foreign minister will speak at the ministerial council and attend meetings of SCO foreign ministers contact group on Afghanistan.FM Qureshi will […]
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