KARACHI: Sindh Cabinet on Monday (3rd February) has approved the Agriculture Tax bill that shall come into effect from January, 2025 and will be collected Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) instead of the Board of Revenue (BOR). While livestock sector has been exempted, in case of natural disasters adjustments will be made to the agriculture tax […]
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KARACHI: The sales of physical tickets for the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 commenced Monday (3rd February, 2025) at 108 designated TCS centres in Pakistan’s 26 cities. General stand ticket prices starts from Rs. 1000, while tickets for premium enclosures are available for minimum Rs. 1500. The championships is slated to kickoff on Wednesday (19th […]
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KP: When Pakistani Security Forces attempted to identify the 4 militants killed during an IBO carried out on 31st Jan 2025 in Kulachi area of DI Khan here last week, it transpired that one of the terrorists killed was son of the deputy governor of an afghan province (Badghis). Though Kabul repeatedly denied allegations that […]
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ADIALA JAIL (Rawalpindi): PTI Supremo Imran Khan (IK), in his open letter to the COAS, on Monday (3rd Jan, 2025), has criticised the establishment’s approach towards National Security and called for a review. According to sources, in his correspondence, penned at Adiala Jail here, IK has expressed his concerns over augmenting distance between the military […]
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ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Bar Council, Islamabad High Court Bar Association, and Islamabad District Bar Association, during a huddle on Sunday (2nd Feb), agreed to protest on Monday seeking withdrawal of notification apropos the posting of 3 judges in the IHC. Lawyers, rejecting the notification said that fresh posting of judges was an attack on the independence […]
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PESHAWAR: PTI (KP) President Junaid Akbar has informed that on the instructions of incarcerated leader IK, party will mark the first anniversary of the last general elections in Swabi on Saturday (8th Feb, 2025). Junaid Akbar, has recently been made President (in lieu of Ali Amin Gandapur), of PTI that alleges 8th Feb polls were […]
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TEHRAN: Irani President Masoud Pezeshkian attended the unveiling ceremony of a new ballistic missile here on Sunday (2nd Feb, 2025) that can hit a target (such as Israel) 1,700 kms away In a televised address to the nation President Masoud Pezeshkian stated: “The development of defence capabilities and space technologies… aims to ensure that no […]
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KARACHI (NPTV/UN): Protecting wetlands for our common future is the theme of this year’s World Wetlands Day that is being observed on 2nd February. A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and marine and coastal ecosystems such as all lakes and rivers, underground aquifers, swamps and marshes, wet grasslands, peatlands, oases, estuaries, deltas and […]
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OTTAWA: Responding to Trump’s move of imposing 25 percent levy on Canadian/ Mexican (and 10% on Chinese) commodities, Canada has announced 25 percent tariffs on American goods. While China stated that it would take necessary countermeasures to defend its legitimate rights and interests, Mexico too is all set to retaliate by soon announcing similar tariffs […]
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KARACHI: The inaugural flight of Saudi Arabian airline Flydeal (FE-661), that took-off from Riyadh, landed here on Saturday (1st Feb, 2025). According to details the low-cost Flyadeal will operate 2 weekly flights to and from the Metropolis: one from Riyadh every Thursday and another from Jeddah every Saturday. Flyadeal, that in 2024 operated charter flights […]
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