The Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) judgment prohibiting the federal government from blocking the SIM cards of tax non-filers till May 27 was sought to be dismissed by the federal government on Friday. The appeal was heard by Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan before IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq. On May 12, it […]
A bill that would compel President Joe Biden to provide weapons to Israel was passed on Thursday by the Republican-led House of Representatives in an effort to criticize the Democrat for delaying bomb shipments while pressuring Israel to take additional precautions to safeguard civilians during its conflict with Hamas. By a vote of 224 to […]
The legal dispute in India regarding the origins of the well-known butter chicken is about to heat up due to fresh photographic and video evidence. Since January, two Indian restaurant chains have been engaged in a legal battle in the Delhi High Court about who invented the dish. The litigation has garnered international attention from […]
On Thursday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif touched down in Azad Jammu and Kasmir (AJK) for a full day of meetings with the local political leadership and cabinet members. The region was shook by violent protests over high energy rates and wheat prices, and this is the premier’s first visit there. As Shehbaz arrived at the […]
The federal government has petitioned the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) for a Rs6.51 increase in the base price for the financial year 2024–2025. According to the publication, the government plans to raise the power purchase price from the current Rs20.60 per unit to Rs27.11 per unit. This comes after the regulatory board last […]
Two government ministers have announced that SpaceX owner Elon Musk will visit Indonesia on Sunday to launch the space agency’s satellite unit, Starlink. President Joko Widodo’s close supporter, Minister Luhut Pandjaitan, reportedly disclosed that Musk, 52, would join the nation’s leader on the vacation island of Bali to introduce the service. This information was reported […]
Although dust storms and thunderstorms are expected in the country’s upper regions from May 16 to 19, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast that the current heatwave conditions could turn into a “severe heatwave” between May 23 and May 27. According to the Met Office’s daily weather forecast, heatwave conditions are expected to develop […]
Mahira Khan, the well-known actor from Pakistan, received an invitation to the Pakistan Literature Festival in Quetta as a special guest. The May 15 event served as a cultural and educational center that encouraged stimulating conversation between the celebrity and her audience. But in a startling change of events, she was thrown an unidentified object […]
As the government prepares to move survivors to safer regions, the number of people killed by the weekend’s flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province has increased to 67, and 20 are still missing, according to authorities on Thursday. The national disaster management organization BNPB announced in a statement that five of […]
In a message posted on X, the minister labeled news of an increase in power tariff as “misinformation”. The minister also issued a clarification regarding the government’s plans to impose taxation on the solar net metering. Speaking at a private news channel, the minister ruled out any plans of the government to impose taxation on […]
