Marine biologists were planning the rescue of around 270 whales stranded on a sandbar off the remote west coast of the Australian island of Tasmania on Monday. Government scientists said it appeared that at least 25 of the animals, believed to be pilot whales, had already died. Pilot whales are a species of oceanic dolphin […]
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ISLAMABAD: Of the total 2.743 million individual taxpayers, around 1.004m or 36.6 per cent taxpayers paid no income tax in the tax year 2018, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) data showed. Even though all of these individuals filed their income tax returns, they fall under the non-tax bracket where their declared annual incomes are […]
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KARACHI: With the passage of anti-money laundering bill unlicensed money changers disappeared from the markets which increased the counter selling of US dollars by 30 to 40 per cent, currency dealers said on Saturday. They said that since the move started for the passage of the bills against the money laundering, the illegal currencies traders went underground. […]
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he United States unilaterally proclaimed on Saturday that United Nations sanctions against Iran were back in force and promised to punish those who violate them, in a move other major countries — including its allies — said lacked legal basis. The so-called snapback — announced last month — also drew a sharp rebuke from Tehran, […]
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Britain is at a tipping point on Covid-19, health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday, warning that a second national lockdown could be imposed if people don’t follow government rules designed to stop the spread of the virus. Covid-19 cases have risen sharply in recent weeks to more than 4,000 per day, with Prime Minister […]
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LAHORE: All players and player support personnel of the six provincial cricket association First XI sides participating in the National T20 Cup, which starts in Multan on Sept 30, have tested negative in their second Covid-19 tests. “They will now enter the bio-secure zone today in which they will be able to roam and interact […]
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ROME: World No.1 Novak Djokovic and defending champion Rafael Nadal welcomed the decision to allow a limited number of fans to watch the Italian Open as the top men’s seeds advanced to the quarter-finals on Friday. Italy’s government has said that 1,000 spectators can be present at the Foro Italico from Sunday’s semi-finals, with matches […]
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The multiparty conference, hosted by the PPP and attended by almost all major opposition parties in the capital on Sunday, attracted the ire of the PTI leaders and government members, who termed it an attempt to “put pressure on the government […] for personal gains”. The conference was held at a five-star hotel in Islamabad and was […]
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PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Sunday, while addressing the much-hyped PPP-hosted multiparty conference in Islamabad, said that the opposition’s struggle was not against Prime Minister Imran Khan but those who brought him into power through the 2018 elections. He was addressing the conference, aimed at devising a strategy to oust the PTI-led coalition government, via […]
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ISLAMABAD: With Punjab’s reluctance to finance subsidy, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Thursday allowed cancellation of a tender for import of 150,000 tonnes of wheat over suspicious activities of the bidders and ordered the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to go for small tenders in a gradual manner. A meeting of […]
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