The opposition parties attacked the PTI-led government on Friday for passing the “mini-budget” and the SBP Amendment Bill, as well as the rise in the power tariff, in order to meet essential conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “Yesterday [Thursday] was a black day in the country’s parliamentary history as the government pushed […]
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Businessmen express reservations on Finance supplementary bill
KARACHI: Business leaders have expressed strong reservations about the Finance Supplementary Bill 2021-22, claiming that it will have serious implications for trade and industry. They believed the bill should be revised with input from all significant parties. The businesses said in an united statement that the finance law, which was submitted on the “dictation of […]
CPEC transforms economic landscape of Mansehra’s town
ISLAMABAD: The rapid expansion of business and commercial activity in Qalandarabad, a small town in the Mansehra district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, is an example of how the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is changing the economic landscape of the areas it passes through. The M-15 (CPEC’s Hazara Motorway) connects with the historic N35 near Qalandarabad, a town […]
Reporter caught Pope Francis visiting old friend’s record shop in Rome
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has congratulated the reporter who caught him visiting old friends who run a Rome record shop this week, joking that it was his “bad luck” that the news got out. The visit on Tuesday night was to have remained secret but Javier Martinez-Brocal of the Rome Reports television news agency was […]
Unexpected change in weather condition resulted in disorientation of pilot: Inquiry
NEW DELHI: A pilot disoriented by a sudden change in weather conditions crashed the helicopter carrying India’s defence chief General Bipin Rawat last month, killing all 14 people on board, an official inquiry found on Friday. The 63-year-old Rawat was travelling with his wife and other senior officers in the Russian-made Mi-17 chopper, which crashed […]
Earthquake jolts Islamabad, northern parts of Pakistan
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, an earthquake struck Islamabad and northern Pakistan on Friday night (PMD). The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.6, according to the PMD, and it struck at a depth of 100 kilometres around 9:13 p.m. in the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region. According to report, tremors were felt in the federal capital […]
Report shows Murree tragedy ‘incompetence’ of administration
RAWALPINDI: A team appointed up to investigate the Murree tragedy has discovered that when a blizzard hit the hill station last week, 20 of the 29 available snow clearing vehicles were idling near Sunny Bank. The four-member inquiry team has recorded the testimony of local administration, operational officers, and Rescue 1122 authorities, according to sources […]
Fawad tweets Saraiki couplet to show humiliating defeat of opposition
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain tweeted a couplet from Saraiki poetry and a photo of opposition leaders and members on Friday to highlight their “humiliating defeat” in the National Assembly the day before. The couplet was taken from the poetry of Shakir Shuja Abadi, a well-known Saraiki-language poet. “You, Shakir, […]