Consultants will be hired next month for complete digitalisation of FBR: PM

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed the resolve to bring macroeconomic stability and steer the country towards gradual growth. Addressing the Tax Excellence Awards ceremony in Islamabad today (Tuesday), he said ensuring export-led growth through collective efforts was the only way to rid the country of loans. He said the government would undertake efforts to […]

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PCB constitutes seven-member selection committee sans a chairman

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday announced formation of a seven-member selection committee to pick national cricket team. Addressing a press conference here at the PCB headquarters, Naqvi said there would be no chairman of the selection committee. “There will be no chairman. All committee members will take unanimous decisions,” he added.  […]

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Oath-taking delay: Opposition in KP Assembly moves PHC

The opposition parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday filed a petition against delay in administering oath to members elected on reserved seats.  The petition was filed by the Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Peoples Party (PPP) and minority candidates.  Advocate Tariq Afridi submitted on behalf of petitioners that the assembly session should be convened immediately and […]

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IHC to hear PTI founder, Qureshi’s appeals against conviction in cipher case today

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear appeals filed by PTI founder and Shah Mahmood Qureshi against their conviction in the cipher case today. A two-member bench headed by Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamir Farooq will conduct the hearing. It maybe recalled that the court had sought a response from the advocate general regarding […]

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Court orders PTI founder to be produced on April 4

District and Sessions Court of Islamabad Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra on Monday issued production orders for PTI founder and former prime minister. The court ordered the superintendent of Adiala Jail to produce the PTI founder in the court on April 4. A petition was filed by the PTI founder’s lawyers to issue a production order […]

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Books can be written on what happens to journalists in Pakistan: CJP Isa

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa said that books can be written over what happened to journalists in Pakistan.  He gave these remarks during the hearing of a case related to the FIA notices issued to journalists.  A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa conducted the hearing.  At the outset […]

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Ogra holds public hearing on massive gas price hikes

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Monday held a public hearing in Lahore on the suggested increase in gas tariffs – the third in the current fiscal year – after the Sui Northern requested for up to a whopping 147% hike. With the next hearing scheduled for Wednesday (March 27) in Peshawar, the […]

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Israel says 170 Gaza gunmen killed in hospital raid

Israeli forces fighting in Gaza have killed more than 170 gunmen during their days-long raid at the Palestinian enclave’s main hospital, the military said on Saturday. Israeli troops entered Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in the early hours of Monday morning and have been combing through the sprawling complex, which the military says is […]

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Trial begins for US rancher accused of killing migrant

The trial of a rancher accused of killing a Mexican migrant on his property in Arizona began Friday, as tensions mount in the United States over an inflow of migrants across the southern border. George Alan Kelly, 75, is charged with second-degree murder for the death of Mexican Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, on his property in […]

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