Blinken, on a four-country swing around the Middle East to push Hamas to accept the truce proposal, will meet the top leadership of Qatar, which has transmitted messages to the Palestinian group. Hamas, responding to the plan laid out on May 31 by President Joe Biden, proposed amendments late Tuesday including a ceasefire timeline and […]
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb will present the budget on the National Assembly floor. The budget will be aimed at mitigating the people’s sufferings, transforming the agriculture sector, promoting information technology (IT), and boosting exports the government sources said The government also claimed that in addition to fiscal management, revenue mobilization, […]
The first-of-its-kind training was jointly organized by the Turkish Naval Forces and the Pakistan Navy. The purpose of the training was to train the ship’s crew for various naval operations and to further strengthen mutual relations between the two navies. During the training, Commander Golcuk Naval Base, Commanding Officer Istanbul Naval Shipyard visited PNS Babur. […]
The Supreme Court bench led by CJP Justice Qazi Faez Isa while rejecting the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) report, ordered the administration to close all restaurants including Monal in Margalla Hills National Park within 90 days. SC in its verdict said National Park cannot be used for commercial activities. The apex court also said to […]
Pakistan Railways has announced a reduction in fares for three days of Eid ul Adha 2024, which will be applicable on all passenger trains except for Eid special trains. We are delighted to announce this significant fare reduction as part of our commitment to serving the people of Pakistan Pakistan Railways spokesperson stated. The discount […]
The price of a cement bag witnessed an increase of Rs115 in a month. The price of a cement bag is up by Rs10, taking the rate of cement bag to Rs1,060 in Sindh including Karachi. In Punjab and KP the price of a cement bag has reached Rs1,260 after a rise of Rs15 per […]
The PML-N-led coalition government will present the budget 2024-25 tomorrow (Wednesday). Sources privy to the development said direct taxes worth Rs3452 billion and custom duty worth Rs267 bln will be slapped in the budget 2024-25. New taxes are proposed for income tax, capital value, sales, services, FED, and others. Sugar, rice, flour, and milk prices […]
Tragic incident off #Yemen coast Boat with 260 migrants sank yesterday 39 dead, 150 missing, 71 survivors, the International Organisation for Migration said on X, referring to Monday’s sinking. Each year many tens of thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa set off across the Red Sea in a bid to reach the oil-rich […]
A 73-year-old British man died and several other passengers and crew onboard flight SQ321 from London suffered skull, brain, and spine injuries during the terrifying high-altitude ordeal. The pilots diverted the Singapore-bound Boeing 777-300ER carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew to Bangkok, where the injured were taken to hospitals. In a statement on Tuesday, the […]
A statement said the Sukhoi-34 jet crashed in a mountainous zone and added that there was no damage on the ground. It did not specify when the accident happened. It said a technical problem appeared to have caused the crash adding that an investigation had been launched to ascertain the reason behind the accident. North […]
