KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed banks and development finance institutions (DFIs) to open accounts on the basis of National Database and Registration Authority’s (NADRA) receipt, or token in case of expired Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs), a statement said on Monday. The central bank said that it had been decided to […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has given five days to the government to clarify its position with regard to former Sindh home minister Zulfikar Mirza’s statement that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was behind the killing of GEO reporter Wali Khan Babar. In a statement issued here on Monday, the PFUJ expressed concern over the […]
KARACHI: All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) Secretary General Sarmad Ali has announced that all the APNS member publications will not be published for two days on account of Eid-ul-Fitr. In a statement issued here on Monday, the APNS secretary general said that all the morning newspapers would not be brought out on September 1 and […]
LAHORE — Two persons including an 18-year-old girl were gunned down by their relatives over matrimonial issues in separate parts of the City on Monday. Baghbanpura Police investigators believed a girl namely Asma, daughter of one Muhammad Ishtiaq and a resident of Mominpura, was killed by her father over her anti-social suspicious activities. Police said […]
SWABI: Another government school for girls was blown up and five shops were destroyed in two separate sabotage acts in the district here on Monday. Police said that suspected militants planted improvised explosive devices at a primary school for girls in Sherin Banda that exploded with a big bang at 2:30am early in the morning. […]
KARACHI: The Supreme Court rejected on Monday the government`s report on targets killings in Karachi and asked the attorney general to place on record reports from intelligence agencies on investigation into the matter. As a five-judge special bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry took up the suo motu case, Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul […]
Tauseef-ur-Rahman PESHAWAR: The unofficial moon sighting committee at the historic Qasim Ali Khan mosque here late on Monday night declared that Eidul Fitr would be celebrated today (Tuesday) as the Shawwal moon had been sighted in several places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Unlike previous years, the Awami National Party-led provincial government neither endorsed nor rejected the […]
By: Imran Ali Kundi ISLAMABAD – Apart from introducing austerity plan, the government is seriously contemplating several options of revenue generation including imposition of new taxes, increasing tax rates, and administrative reforms in order to meet the tax collection target of Rs 1952 billion set for the ongoing fiscal year after the figures-fudging episode of […]
HYDERABAD: Senior journalist and broadcaster Muhammad Esa Nizamani passed away on Saturday night at the age of 92. He was laid to rest in the graveyard of Tando Soomro village of Tando Allah Yar district. He leaves behind five sons and three daughters. His son Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani is serving with the foreign affairs ministry […]
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