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Sat, 04 Sep 21 07:00:47 +0500
Govt levies Rs1 tax for lottery scheme
Also decides to enhance penalties by 300% against those unwilling to integrate system with FBR

Sat, 04 Sep 21 07:25:20 +0500
SSGC refuses to allow Engro to utilise excess capacity
Company board not willing to take risk of NAB investigation

Sat, 04 Sep 21 05:59:54 +0500
IHC clubs pleas against FIA’s ‘misuse of authority’
Court reissues notice to agency, seeking its reply in journalist case by Sept 20

Sat, 04 Sep 21 07:44:37 +0500
COAS assures AJK premier of full support to Kashmir cause
AJK premier appreciated Pakistan Army's contribution towards the security and development of AJK

Sat, 04 Sep 21 05:22:17 +0500
AGP challenges workplace harassment verdict
Petition states that SC judgment gave ‘narrow and restrictive’ meaning to the term

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:29:19 +0500
Public hospitals staff to be tested across Sindh
Health department to restart contact tracing for coronavirus

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:29:02 +0500
MQM-London ‘hitman’ apprehended
Police claim he was involved in over 100 murders

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:50:45 +0500
2,179 people diagnosed with coronavirus in Sindh
CM Murad says province's daily testing capacity has been stretched to 12,000

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:39:33 +0500
Youngster killed while shooting TikTok video in Karachi
Faraz lost control of car due to speeding, rammed into tree

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:56:28 +0500
Illegal plasma sale thrives in Lahore
First Covid-19 patient recovered through trial treatment last month

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:41:58 +0500
Woman commits suicide with two daughters
Victim’s husband wanted to marry off girls against their wish

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:45:21 +0500
Letter to Punjab IGP seeks ban on PUBG video game
Official says excessive violence in game triggers aggressive behaviour among youth

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:51:06 +0500
NGO offers transgender people foreign scholarships
Programme will allow selected persons to attend month-long training in host country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:52 +0500
‘Pakistan’s progress linked to Balochistan peace’
NA speaker chairs parliamentary committee meeting to discuss issues facing province

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:38:28 +0500
Balochistan collects Rs2.5b from mineral sector
Computerised weighing scales have been installed

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:07 +0500
First phase of HingIaj road construction completed
Project was approved at a cost of Rs120 million

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:50:02 +0500
Bilawal, Mengal agree on joint strategy for budget
Both leaders express concern over spread of coronavirus in country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:37:34 +0500
K-P wants revival of tourism hit hard by Covid
CM Mahmood Khan orders early opening of provincial tourism authority

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:14:06 +0500
Poor internet access for students echoes in K-P assembly
Debate on Rs55.42b supplementary budget completed

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:02 +0500
K-P up in arms against custodial torture
Govt asks PHC to probe yet another instance of police high-handedness

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:42 +0500
Another case of police excesses surfaces
The report further showed that the additional SHO had been previously found guilty of framing a man in a fake case

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:11:02 +0500
Virus cases in Indian Occupied Kashmir top 7,000
2,700 infections, including 41 virus-linked deaths, confirmed in last 2 weeks

Sun, 28 Jun 20 22:27:03 +0500
AJK president lauds Joe Biden for urging India to restore people’s rights in IOJ&K
US former vice president has said restrictions on dissent, such as preventing peaceful protests, weaken democracy.

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:33:43 +0500
Hinduism being masqueraded as secularism in India, says AJK president
Masood says 13,000 Kashmiri boys have been abducted and kept in prison houses where they're being subjected to torture

Fri, 26 Jun 20 21:06:07 +0500
World leaders urged to help end Indian atrocities against Kashmiris
On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, AJK president condemns BJP-RSS regime

Fri, 03 Sep 21 13:49:38 +0500
US ships 6.6 million doses of Pfizer vaccines to Pakistan
Doses to arrive in time to assist Pakistani government in mitigating the fourth Covid-19 wave, says US embassy

Fri, 03 Sep 21 10:48:27 +0500
US embassy announces additional 700 scholarships for Pakistani women
Graduate-level scholarships will be provided in partnership with HEC

Fri, 03 Sep 21 19:38:35 +0500
First G-B human rights policy to be announced next month
CM Khurshid says govt will make every effort to reflect voices, concerns of people

Thu, 02 Sep 21 18:00:44 +0500
Ataullah Mengal: a rare breed
Mengal, who passed away on September 2, 2021, had sought to abolish the tribal system

Thu, 02 Sep 21 19:51:41 +0500
Malik Ahmed Khan appointed Shehbaz’s spokesperson
PML-N president praises MPA for his remarkable job as special assistant to Punjab CM on information and culture

Thu, 02 Sep 21 15:50:28 +0500
China a role model for developing countries in poverty alleviation: PM Imran
Neighbouring country's stellar growth brought 800m people out of poverty over the past four decades, says premier

Tue, 31 Aug 21 18:27:49 +0500
Pakistani microfinance pioneer wins Asia's 'Nobel Prize'
PM Imran congratulates Dr Amjad Saqib for winning Ramon Magsaysay Award

Tue, 31 Aug 21 08:12:23 +0500
NCOC allows 25% crowd for NZ series
Black Caps to arrive in Pakistan for 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is after 18 years

Thu, 02 Sep 21 06:02:20 +0500
PPP will make next govt: Bilawal
The Bhutto scion urges women to join PPP and start working on all levels

Sat, 13 Jun 20 15:20:13 +0500
Over 300,000 put under 1,291 smart lockdowns
Punjab, Sindh cross grim mark of 50,000 cases

Wed, 01 Apr 20 17:32:30 +0500
Tales of survivors: ‘Isolation, not coronavirus, was my worst nightmare’
I was convinced that if my time is not up, this virus can never kill me

Mon, 23 Mar 20 06:55:24 +0500
'We honour his sacrifice': Dr Usama's fight against COVID-19
It is a national tragedy and we will award him the status of national hero, says G-B CM

Wed, 11 Mar 20 09:27:47 +0500
New coronavirus case emerges in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan's tally rises to 20
The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was held at an isolation centre where he tested positive for COVID-19



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