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SLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to impose taxes on those sending remittances abroad via credit, debit and pre-paid cards, ARY News reported on Friday. The decision was announced by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail while presenting the Budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) in the National Assembly. Miftah Ismail said …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has summoned special federal cabinet meeting to be held today (Friday) in Islamabad. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will preside over the federal cabinet meeting to be held at the Prime Minister s office at 11:00am during which approval will be sought to present the Budget 2022-23 …

ISLAMABAD, Jun 9 (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi  approved the conferment of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz on three Chinese teachers who were killed in a suicide blast took place in Karachi. On April 26, a female suicide bomber targeted a vehicle carrying faculty members of Karachi University’s Confucius Institute, killing three Chinese nationals …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Railways has outsourced commercial management of three more passenger trains including Tezgam Express to the private sector in order to provide better facilities to passengers, According to well-placed sources, Pakistan Railways has outsourced three train services, which would now be run under the public-private partnership later this …

Karachi: Sindh Police have written a letter to the morgue in charge of Chippa to not hand over Aamir Liaquat’s dead body to anyone, ARY News reported.  According to details, the police have barred the Chippa welfare association to hand over Aamir Liaquat’s body to Police officers from the Brigade …

ISLAMABAD: A majority of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders have opposed leaving the government before the completion of tenure after a recent consultation between the top leaders in London. According to sources privy to the discussion within the party, it has been decided that the party will not leave the …

KARACHI: The national carrier, Pakistan International Airline (PIA), on Wednesday announced to restore flight operations to Kuala Lumpur. PIA had suspended flight operations to the Malaysian capital as a measure to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the national airline flag carrier spokesperson, the PIA will start …

GUJRANWALA: A sessions court in Gujranwala on Wednesday issued notices to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and others on a petition over rising inflation in the country. The petition was filed by advocate Manzoor Qadir in Gujranwala sessions court. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, secretary finance, secretary petroleum and secretary water and …

SHEIKHUPURA: Unidentified armed men on Wednesday opened fire on a vehicle near Sheikhupura at GT Road, killing four people. According to police, the incident occurred near Kala Shah Kaku in Sheikhupura and the suspects intercepted the vehicle and opened fire on it. Four people have died in the incident, the …

Islamabad: The Federal government on Tuesday announced its austerity measures and banned the procurement of cars, overseas tours and treatments of government officials and buying of furniture and machinery for government offices. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcast Maryam Aurangzeb along with PPP’s Qamar Zaman Kaira and JUI-F’s Amin-ul-Haq and …