Nausheen Javed Amjad appointed FBR chief

ISLAMABAD: Nausheen Javed Amjad was on Monday appointed as chairperson of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). In the absence of the former FBR...

Government launches hunt to trace Tableeghis who attended Raiwind Ijtima

ISLAMABAD: Government has launched a massive hunt to track down Tableeghi Jamaat followers who attended Raiwind Ijtima, a large religious congregation in suburban area...

ECC approves Rs 1.2tn relief package in wake of COVID-19 epidemic

ISLAMABAD: ECC on Monday approved the fiscal stimulus package of Rs 1.2 trillion with main components of Supplementary Grant of Rs 100 billion for...

Poultry sales, prices decline by 50% amid coronavirus lockdown

KARACHI: Poultry industry has lost millions of rupees amid coronavirus lockdown across the country, denting sales and nearly halving the prices, people affiliated with...

Prime Minister of AJK announces Nishan-e-Kashmir award to Dr Usama posthumously

MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister of AJK Raja Farooq Haider Khan has announced Kashmir’s highest official award “Nishan-e-Kashmir” for Dr. Usama Posthumously, who embraced martyrdom while...

Pakistani, Afghan nationals seeking to leave Iran are screened: Harirchi

TEHRAN: Iraj Harirchi, Iran's deputy health minister, visiting the al-Ghadir camp in the city of Zahedan said that Afghani and Pakistani sisters and brothers...

Lahore High Court asks NAB to submit response in plea against Mir Shakeel’s arrest

LAHORE: Lahore High Court asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday to submit clause-wise response in the plea against the arrest of Jang...

Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

LONDON: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest son and heir to Queen Elizabeth II, is showing mild symptoms of the new coronavirus but...

Coronavirus outbreak: Shehbaz says now not time for politics

ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus pandemic is a test for entire nation and this is not a time for politics, Shehbaz Sharif, Leader of Opposition and President...

COVID-19 death toll jump13,000 mark as one billion confined to homes

ROME: COVID-19 claimed more than 13,000 lives and more than one billion people across the globe were put under confinement in their homes on...