IHC’s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani heard the plea for the recovery of AJK resident Khawaja Khurshid who has been missing for the last 18 days. Police and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted their reports to the court. The government lawyer told the court that the police had not registered any case against Khurshid. Justice […]
The death toll from this year´s Haj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The new deaths reported on Thursday included 58 from Egypt, according to an Arab diplomat who provided a breakdown showing that of 658 […]
Pakistani Rupee on Friday gained 09 paise against the US Dollar in the interbank trading and closed at Rs 278.51 against the previous day’s closing at Rs 278.60. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of the dollar in the open market, however, were Rs 277.8 and Rs 280.7 […]
The Ministry of Industries and Production has sought a reversal of a proposed hike in sales tax on electric and hybrid vehicles in the new budget, saying that the tax increase is a violation of the government’s policies aimed at promoting new technologies. In a letter written to the Finance Division and the Federal Board […]
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan) leader Muhammad Farooq Sattar, while participating in the budget debate, termed the budget for 2024-25 as traditional, reflecting a continuity of policies from the past 77 years. “The country’s current debt servicing issues, noting that most budget allocations are used for this purpose,” he highlighted. He said, “It is the government’s […]
Masood, who is also the captain of Yorkshire, played a swashbuckling innings of 61 runs from 41 deliveries to help his side post 173/8 while batting first. The aforementioned incident occurred on the first ball of the 15th over, bowled by Jack Blatherwick when Masood was playing on 58. The left-hander stepped on his stumps […]
Australian pacer Pat Cummins claimed the first hat-trick of the T20 World Cup 2024 to restrict Bangladesh to 140-8. He bowled Mahmudullah, who was playing on 2, on the penultimate ball of the 18th over, followed by Mahedi Hasan’s wicket on the next delivery. The right-handed pacer completed his hat-trick on the first ball of […]
The order has also affected the position of Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, who is not endorsing the superior court judges’ concerns regarding the interference of executive agencies to manipulate judicial functions in political cases. In his 12-page written order, LHC Chief Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan has directed the registrar’s office to […]
The regulatory authority has sent its proposal of fixed charges of Rs200-1,000 a month in the electricity bills to the government, which will give the final nod to impose the fixed charges. According to the proposal, the domestic consumers using 301-400 units a month will pay from July 1, 2024, the fixed charges of Rs200 […]
In an update dated Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration’s change in recommendation comes even as Moderna and Novavax makers of two of the three COVID vaccines submitted their applications to the agency for updating the fall 2024 season shots with the JN.1 strain. Novavax had said its manufacturing is underway for a JN.1 vaccine […]
