Vancouver Knights, who got knocked out by champions Montreal Tigers in the playoff, bolstered their squad for the 2024 season by signing Amir and Babar in the GT20 Draft. Meanwhile, Rizwan was retained after representing the franchise in the 2023 edition. The inaugural champions also acquired the services of Pakistan’s aggressive middle-order batter Asif Ali […]
A district magistrate on February 3 convicted Bushra and Imran and sentenced them to seven years in prison for contracting marriage on January 1, 2028, without Bushra first observing the mandatory waiting—iddat—period. The couple had challenged the judicial magistrate’s order in the court of Islamabad District and Session Judge Shahrukh Arjumand. However, the judge on […]
Out of the Rs70 billion, an amount of Rs30 billion will be the impact of increase in property valuations and the remaining Rs40 billion is estimated to be collected through a higher withholding tax on the revised valuations and the new withholding tax rates. The statement about property valuation was made during a meeting of […]
A shooter opened fire at an Arkansas supermarket on Friday, killing three civilians and wounding 10 other people, including two police officers, Arkansas State Police said. The suspect was also wounded in a shootout with police, Arkansas State Police Director Mike Hagar told reporters. The shooting occurred at the Mad Butcher grocery in Fordyce, a […]
The CTD spokesperson stated that the law enforcement officials are checking the criminal record of the arrested terrorist – identified as Mohammad Zaman alias Adil – hailing from Waziristan. The CTD officials claimed that the arrested terrorist was trained in Afghanistan and was allegedly engaged in anti-national activities in Pakistan Earlier this month the CTD […]
Secretary Ministry of Economic Affairs Dr Kazim Niaz and Country Director ADB Yong Ye signed the loan program. Kazim Niaz thanked the ADB for its continued support of Pakistan’s critical development needs and rehabilitation efforts in a post-flood context. According to the ADB official ‘X’ handle, the agreement aimed at assisting Pakistan drive sustainable investment […]
According to sources, Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have made significant progress in virtual negotiations. Sources revealed that the IMF expressed satisfaction over the tough economic decisions taken in the budget, acknowledging the positive role of political parties in the budget. Sources further added that the monetary fund also appreciated the limitation of […]
In a statement, the Health Ministry in Gaza reported that the death toll from the Israeli attack on tents in Al-Mawasi had risen to 25 with 50 others injured. Earlier medical sources told Anadolu that rescue teams recovered the bodies of 18 victims and treated 35 injured people after Israeli tanks targeted the displaced persons […]
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 […]
