Ramiz Raja unveils Rs15 billion PCB budget, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja announced on Friday that the Board of Governors (BoG) has approved a Rs15 billion budget for the Board for the upcoming fiscal year. During a news conference in Lahore, Ramiz Raja revealed the budget details, stating that approximately 78 percent of […]
Day: June 24, 2022
Rs5.27 per unit hike in electricity tariff for Karachiites
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) announced a Rs5.27 per unit increase in electricity prices on Friday. The NEPRA announced the increase as part of the April fuel adjustment. Except for those on life support, the decision will apply to all Karachi-Electric (K-Electric) customers. K-Electric had requested a price increase of Rs5.31 per unit. […]
ASF foils money laundering attempt at Peshawar Airport
The Airport Security Force (ASF) foiled a money-laundering attempt at Peshawar’s Bacha Khan International Airport on Friday by seizing foreign currency worth 10.6 million Pakistani rupees from a Dubai-bound passenger. According to airport sources, the currency was hidden in the bag of the accused, Izharul Haq. The total value of the currency was 179,100 Saudi […]
SHC rejects MQM, JI challenges to LB elections
The Sindh High Court (SHC) ruled on Friday that local bodies’ (LBs) elections would be held in Sindh on schedule, rejecting the petitions submitted by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P). The petitions were heard by a two-person SHC bench, presided over by Justice Junaid Ghaffar. Justice Ghaffar questioned why the LB elections had […]
CM Hamza denounces Pervaiz Elahi, PTI for Punjab crisis
Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Hamza Shehbaz claimed on Friday that the constitutional crisis in the province was unprecedented. Speaking at Aiwan-i-Iqbal in Lahore, he charged the main opposition party in the assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), and Punjab Assembly (PA) Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi with violating the constitution. He continued, “The Speaker kept calling and calling […]