Ruling on GST hike today
ISLAMABAD: The fate of the increase in general sales tax (GST) by one per cent before its passage by the National Assembly will become clear on Friday (today) when the Supreme Court unveils its verdict...
View ArticlePTI lawmaker wants Taseer’s assassin freed honourably
ISLAMABAD: A lawmaker of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) raised many eyebrows in the National Assembly on Thursday by demanding an “honourable” release of the convicted murderer of then Punjab...
View ArticleAsif opposes subsidised gas supply to fertiliser industry
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that supply of 500 million cubic feet of gas per day to the CNG sector and subsidised gas to the fertiliser industry would not be...
View ArticleSenators walk out of house over power tariff hike
ISLAMABAD: The opposition members staged a walkout from the Senate on Thursday to register their protest over the recent hike in electricity tariff and criticised the government for not taking the...
View ArticleRs10bn development plan in Rs55bn AJK budget
MUZAFFARABAD: The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday a Rs55.68 billion deficit budget for 2013-14.Presented by Finance Minister Chaudhry Latif Akbar the...
View Article‘No terrorist hideout in Pakistan’
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Thursday emphatically rejected Afghanistan’s allegations that terrorist sanctuaries exist in Pakistan and said that terrorism was a threat to both Pakistan and Afghanistan...
View ArticleSC declares GST hike unconstitutional; demands withdrawal
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday declared unconstitutional the one per cent increase in general sales tax (GST) and ordered immediate withdrawal of the hike, DawnNews reported. A three-member...
View ArticleJudges detention case: witnesses record statements
ISLAMABAD: Three witnesses of the prosecution on Friday recorded their statement against the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the judges’ detention case in the Islamabad’s special...
View ArticleSecurity forces recover Karachi-bound arms in Khuzdar
QUETTA: Levies force recovered huge quantity of weapons during a search operation on main RCD highway in Khuzdar district of Balochistan on Friday. A levies official who took part in operation, not...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills 14 at Peshawar mosque
PESHAWAR: At least 14 people were killed and several injured Friday in a suicide attack on a seminary and mosque in Peshawar, officials said.Superintendent of Police Rural Shafiullah Khan said the...
View ArticleMQM lawmaker, son gunned down in Karachi
KARACHI: Gunmen on Friday shot dead a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) provincial lawmaker, his son and a passer-by outside a mosque in Karachi, officials said.The outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan...
View ArticleGunmen kill pro-govt tribal elders in Bajaur
KHAR: Militants armed with guns and rockets killed two members of pro-government militia and wounded two policemen in tribal Bajaur district close to the Afghanistan border, officials said Friday.About...
View ArticleGovt withdraws increase in petroleum prices
ISLAMABAD: Complying with the Supreme Court's orders here on Friday, the government withdrew increase in prices of petroleum products.The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources issued a...
View ArticleKarachi violence leaves at least 16 dead; Rangers conduct operation in Lyari
KARACHI: The killing spree continued unabated in Karachi on Friday, claiming lives of at least 16 people, including a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MPA, and injuring at least eight others.According to...
View ArticlePakistani stocks suffer sharp losses
KARACHI: Pakistan's main stock index closed more than 1 percent lower on Friday, dragged downwards by sharp losses in two heavyweights, the Oil and Gas Development Co Ltd and the Pakistan State Oil Co...
View ArticleHyderabad: Five injured following lawmaker’s killing in Karachi
HYDERABAD: Five people received bullet injuries and a government vehicle was partially burnt in separate incidents of violence Friday that erupted in Hyderabad following the assassination of Muttahida...
View ArticleCM calls for donors conference to attract foreign investment in Balochistan
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has announced to convene international donors conference to attract foreign support and investment for development and prosperity of the least...
View ArticleMysterious explosion kills suicide bomber in Killa Saifullah
QUETTA: An alleged suicide bomber was killed in a mysterious explosion in Killa Saifullah district of the violence-ridden Balochistan province on Friday.Levies sources told Dawn.com that an alleged...
View ArticleSwiss refuse to reopen President Zardari graft probe
GENEVA: Swiss prosecutors announced Friday that they had refused to reopen a probe into alleged corruption in the 1990s by current Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his late wife Benazir...
View ArticleMichael takes notice of helicopters hiring by shipping ministry
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Port and Shipping Kamran Michael Friday took serious notice of Transparency International's complaint about hiring of Helicopter services for five-year and fire fighting of...
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