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Finance minister urged to increase tax on cigarettes
ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has welcomed the appointment of the new Finance Minister and urged him to consider tobacco taxation as a potential avenue for bolstering the economy.
Aligning…
Election on six vacated seats of Senate underway
ISLAMABAD: The election on the six seats of the Senate of Pakistan that fell vacant after resignation of the members is being held today.
The senators tendered their resignation after being elected to provincial and national assemblies in…
Obscure trust links India’s top businesses with Modi’s election war chest
NEW DELHI: Behind the doors of a small, non-descript office in the heart of New Delhi lies the headquarters of an electoral trust run by just two men that is the largest-known donor to India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), according…
My meeting with PM Shehbaz was positive: Gandapur
ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Khyber Pakthunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here on Wednesday after taking charge in his province.
Talking to media after the meeting along with Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and others,…
Committee formed for reforms and austerity in govt depts
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a seven-member committee to suggest austerity measures in the government departments.
The seven-member committee headed by deputy chairman Planning Division has been directed to…
India assailed for rights abuses in occupied Kashmir
GENEVA: At a meeting with a Kashmiri delegation, the special rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Agency expressed concerns over denial of the right to peaceful assembly by India in the occupied Kashmir.
The delegation, comprising…
Biden, Trump clinch nominations, kicking off presidential rematch
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both clinched their parties' nomination on Tuesday, kicking off the first U.S. presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years.
Biden…
Meetings with prisoners banned for two weeks
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government on Tuesday put a two-week ban any visit, meeting with or interview of any prisoner in the Adiala jail Rawalpindi.
In this regard, the home department issued a notification banning the visit and meeting…
Palestinian footballer killed by Israeli forces
GAZA: A 23-year-old Palestinian footballer was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to media reports on Tuesday.
Ahmed Daraghmeh was among over six Palestinians who were shot and…