President of Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Thursday that his party wholeheartedly supported the federal budget after the government accepted its demand to exempt income tax for employees earning RS100,000 and reducing VAT on solar panels. The income tax on the annual income of RS1.2 million is exempt from the PPP demand, […]
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Pakistan’s Noor Zaman and Nasir Iqbal secured a silver medal at the Asian Doubles Squash Championship despite a brave effort in the final on June 26. The Pakistani duo fought hard, but eventually lost to the defense masters, Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar from India, who prevailed 9-11, 11-5, 11-5 to preserve their title. The
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Listen to article Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari have repeated their unwavering obligation to remove drug abuse and strengthen collective efforts to tackle the threat and emphasize the importance of a unified front to fight this pervasive question. In their separate announcements of compliance with international day against substance abuse
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Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly on Wednesday approved a supplementary budget of RS192.74 billion for the current financial year (2024-25), which cleared 62 financing requirements covering additional departmental expenses. The move triggered a setback from opposition parties that staged a fiery protest and a walkout that dechumbled the move as evidence of the provincial government’s
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Peshawar: The provincial capital witnessed a complete traffic that was quiet on Wednesday when thousands of government employees took the streets, staging a massive protest and sit-in at the Chowk assembly that blocked Khyber Road and other key arteries, including access routes to hospitals for over 10 hours. The protest, which was arranged under the
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Karachi: Pakistan has become the second largest country with the highest number of children with zero doses of vaccines in South Asia after India, says a media report quoting a new study of the British medical journal Lancet. The study found that Pakistan had 419,000 children who fell into the zero vaccine category. Pakistan is
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Quetta: The Balochistan Assembly approved RS896,474 billion for the budget for the financial year 2025-26. A total of 94 requirements were presented, including 53 for non-development expenses and 41 for progress expenses. Speaker (R) Abdul Khaliq Achakzai President of the Session with the Balochistan Assembly here on Wednesday. The house rejected 9 out of 10
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Islamabad: The federal capital is currently lacking any operational state hostel for working women, a situation that has added the challenges facing female professionals are in need of safe and affordable accommodation. According to an official source, Nusrat Hostel in Sector G-6, which previously served as a dwelling for working women, was transformed into a
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Islamabad: A Responsibility Court (AC) Wednesday canceled the non-accessible arrest warrants on Wednesday to the Deputy Commissioners (DCS) in Islamabad and Haripur in Bankers City Housing Scheme case while maintaining the Warrant against Rawalpindi DC. In a separate connection case, a civil judge rejected a request to extend the physical custody of the former CEO
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Listen to article KHAIRPUR: The general inspector of prisons has suspended 15 prison officials, including superintendent and assistant superintendent in Khairpur Central Prison, following a deadly shooting attack on prisoners returning from court. An inmate was killed and two were injured in the incident. According to prison officials, unidentified assailants opened fire on Tuesday in
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