ISLAMABAD: Sindh leads with a 45 percent share in the total income tax collected nationally by the FBR whereas Punjab follows with 35 percent, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3 percent, and Balochistan 2 percent. The federal capital beats KP and Balochistan in tax collection by contributing 15 percent of the total share, three times more than the […]
Oman has sent an ambassador to Syria, becoming the first Gulf Arab state to do so after they downgraded or shut missions in Damascus in 2012 over the government’s brutal response to protests at the start of what turned into a war. Oman is one of the rare Arab countries that maintained diplomatic relations with […]
A first information report (FIR) has been registered against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for inciting a criminal conspiracy through his “provocative speeches” made in London to “defame Pakistan’s institutions”, it was reported on Monday. The First Information Report (FIR) registered against Nawaz on October 1 was lodged by a citizen in the Shahdra Police […]
The brazen killing of a Toronto-area mosque caretaker points to rising of far-right groups in Canada, experts say. Canadians in Toronto gather around a local mosque to show solidarity with the victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks in New Zealand. Toronto in Canada Mohamed Aslim Zafis was sitting outside a mosque in Toronto’s west end […]
LAHORE: The Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Political Communication, Shahbaz Gill, alleged on Saturday that former premier Nawaz Sharif held a secret meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kathmandu Nepal while keeping the Foreign Office away from it. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he said he did not say […]
The prime minister was addressing a PTI meeting on Friday where he spoke about the upcoming protest movement to be launched by the country’s opposition parties. The meeting reviewed the ongoing political situation, measures taken to bring back absconding Nawaz Sharif, and other issues. In a reference to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, PM Imran […]
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump is in a military hospital today for treatment after testing positive for COVID-19. This is an extraordinary development that upended the presidential race a month before the Nov. 3 election. Roughly 17 hours after he made his diagnosis public, Trump walked slowly from the White House to a waiting helicopter […]
Small rivals of Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL.O Google say signs are emerging of more benevolent behavior from the online advertising leader. It is because of accusations by the U.S. government and states that the company uses its dominance to thwart competition. Among the dozens of software companies who rely on Google as an intermediary to ad […]
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz categorically rejected dialogue with the current government. Saying that she did not recognize it or the “fake” government of PM Imran Khan. Flanked by PML-N leaders Javed Hashmi and Pervaiz Rashid. Maryam said that for the first time over the past 72 years of Pakistan’s had not surrendered to the […]
FO refutes reports Pak Army fighting alongside Azerbaijan. Foreign Office has refuted media reports claiming the Pakistani army fighting alongside Azerbaijani forces against Armenia. FO refutes reports Pak Army fighting alongside Azerbaijan. “The reports are speculative and baseless”, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said while answering queries of the media. Reiterating Pakistan’s position on […]
