Demand for Pakistani chilli in international market dropped due to aflatoxin and fungus
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is one of the top 10 chilli producing nation endowed with a rich organic and sandy loam and humid yet dry weather...
5.3-magnitude earthquake jolts parts of KP
PESHAWAR: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday. Tremors were felt in Peshawar, Swat, Lower Dir, Swabi, Nowshera, Chitral, Bajaur, Malakand,...
Rs27.8 tax on every Rs100 mobile phone recharge after mini budget
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has proposed a 10% to 15% advance tax on telecom services in the mini-budget it presented in the...
China defends renaming 15 Arunachal Pradesh places
BEIJING: China has defended the renaming of 15 more places in Arunachal Pradesh by its Ministry of Civil Affairs, claiming that the state is...
Eye on Pakistan: India deploys S-400 air defence missile system at five bases in...
CHANDIGARH: India has deployed the first unit of S-400 Triumf, the air defence missile system it bought from Russia, in Punjab with an eye...
Inflation skyrockets to 12.3pc in December: PBS
ISLAMABAD: December 2021 once again saw a double-digit increase in the prices of consumer items as inflation edged up to 12.3 per cent from...
South Africans bid heroic farewell to ‘national conscience’ Tutu
CAPE TOWN: President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu as "our moral compass and national conscience" as South Africa bade farewell in...
Finance ministry spokesperson admits higher inflation in country
KARACHI: Finance Ministry has admitted high inflation in the country but claimed that the prices of food items have decreased in November and December.
Talking...
In new spike Pakistan sees highest Covid-19 cases in over 6 weeks
ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus pandemic seems to see yet another spike in Pakistan with 556 new cases-highest in more than 6 weeks, reported on Saturday.
National Coronavirus...
Mini budget effects: Government hikes petrol price by Rs4 per litre
ISLAMABAD: Federal Government announced another hike in prices of petroleum products and raised the price of Petrol by Rs4 on the eve of New...
