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The federal government has ordered the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to initiate a probe against sugar mills based on the Sugar Inquiry Commission report, Geo News reported. The directions to launch an investigation come after the Sugar Inquiry Commission report released last month […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan may see a “spike in cases” of the deadly coronavirus if people failed to follow the predetermined standard operating procedures (SOPs) on the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha and the holy month of Muharram, Prime Minister Imran Khan warned on Monday. PM Imran’s cautionary comments came almost three weeks after he advised people not to repeat […]

The third spell of rain Monday wreaked havoc in Karachi as most areas in the city’s northern areas remained inundated with rainwater, causing citizens to suffer due to urban flooding, prolonged power outages, and traffic jams. Heavy downpour in Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Ayesha Manzil, Baldia, Power House Chowrangi, Orangi Town and Haideri caused roads and […]

PESHAWAR: After much controversy, the federal government on Monday transferred the services of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s brother Zia-ur-Rehman, back to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Rehman had been appointed to a key post in Karachi, which caused a hue and cry from opposition parties who blamed the Sindh government for favouring the JUI-F to make the […]

Rawalpindi Police announced on Monday that they had arrested the main accused and his co-conspirators in the murder of nine people, mainly women and children. According to the police, Danish, the main accused, said that he committed the murders to take ‘revenge’ for his mother’s murder. The police also said it arrested six people accused […]

Pakistan reported its lowest number of deaths in the last 24 hours after hitting a peak on June 20, said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza. “Today, we have the lowest number of deaths in Pakistan due to COVID-19 in last three months,” tweeted Dr Zafar Mirza, adding that the […]

LAHORE: The chief of Punjab’s books and curriculum regulatory authority said Sunday there was an “obvious attempt at character assassination” after inappropriate online activity on his Twitter account was pointed out by social media users, days after he banned almost a 100 books for being “anti-Islam” and “anti-Pakistan”. In a statement on Twitter, Punjab Curriculum […]

ISLAMABAD: Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Sunday Islam in Pakistan was not under threat from either TikTok or books, a few days after the Tahaffuz-e-Bunyad-e-Islam Bill 2020 was passed by the Punjab Assembly. In a series of tweets, Chaudhry underlined how “at present, an atmosphere has been created in the parliament, especially in […]

United Nations General Assembly’s President-designate Volkan Bozkir announced on Sunday that he would visit Pakistan soon after his scheduled trip got cancelled due to “some technical flight problems”. “We had to postpone my visit to Pakistan, originally scheduled for 26-27 July, upon invitation by HE Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, due […]

LAHORE: At least nine people were killed in Punjab in two separate road accidents on Sunday, reported Geo News. Four members of a family were killed after a trawler collided with a motorcycle in Lahore’s Sundar area on Sunday. According to rescue sources, the motorcycle collided with the trawler near Maraka, killing the four riders on […]