Nha: Toll tax via mobiles, credit card
ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) is devising an innovative plan for commuters on motorways and highways to pay the toll tax via mobile phones and credit cards, which would help reducing...
View ArticleMishap: Trailer drivers injured in road accident
GUJAR KHAN: Two persons were injured when a trailer skidded off the GT Road and hit a private hospital across the service road in Gujar Khan. Trailer drivers Ashfaq and Inayat suffered...
View ArticleGrid station in F-9 Park: Ombudsman summons ministry secy, EPA officials
ISLAMABAD: Federal Ombudsman has summoned climate change ministry and environment protection agency officials for allowing construction of a grid station in the capital’s largest public park.The...
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Contempt plea: Supreme Court orders removal of FDE head
ISLAMABAD: The country’s top court on Monday directed the federal government to immediately remove the head of the federal capital’s educational institutes regulatory authority.A Supreme Court bench...
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Against corruption: NAB officials told to redouble anti-graft efforts
ISLAMABAD: The country’s top anti-graft body chief has asked his subordinates to redouble their efforts in eliminating the menace of corruption from society.National Accountability Bureau (NAB)...
View ArticleEnforced disappearance case: IHC seeks reply from govt’s top lawyer
ISLAMABAD: A local court on Monday issued a notice to the top government lawyer in a petition challenging the regulations that empower security agencies to detain suspected terrorists in internment...
View ArticlePOF bombing case: Would-be bomber’s appeal dismissed
RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) here on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by Hameedullah Khan, who was given death sentence on 69 counts for involvement in two suicide bomb blasts outside the...
View ArticleBenazir assassination case: Testimonies of all police officials recorded
RAWALPINDI: The last member of a police joint investigation team recorded his testimony in the long-running Benazri Bhutto assassination case.SSP Waqar Chohan gave his testimony before an...
View ArticleMedicine standards: SC seeks PAEC response in ‘contamination’ case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has sought reply from chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) over a petition dealing with contaminated injections used for diagnosing cancer.The...
View ArticleRental power case: Remand of former AJK president’s son extended
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court extended on Tuesday physical custody remand of the son of former Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) president for six days to the national anti-graft body.Raja Babar Ali...
View ArticleParliament’s role in foreign policy stressed
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday called for a continued, constructive engagement of parliament in foreign affairs and enhanced collaboration between legislature and the Foreign Office.They...
View ArticleRule of law: Pildat proposes reform agenda for better implementation
ISLAMABAD: A reform agenda on rule of law was presented to parliamentarians at a briefing session titled ‘Strengthening Rule of Law in Pakistan’ on Tuesday at a local hotel.The session was organised by...
View ArticleKatchi abadis: CDA official arrested from court
ISLAMABAD: An enforcement inspector for the capital’s civic agency was arrested on Tuesday in a case pertaining to illegal settlements in the city.Bilal Zafar, an enforcement inspector for the Capital...
View ArticlePIA strike: Great people to be grounded with
RAWALPINDI: A protest and strike was held by employees of the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) on Tuesday, which disrupted flights and created problems for passengers at the Benazir Bhutto...
View ArticleKhanzada case: Four months on, police yet to file challan
RAWALPINDI: Police are yet to file a challan against a suspect believed to be involved in the attack on slain Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada more than four months after he was arrested.Special...
View ArticleCurrency: Rupee stable against dollar
KARACHI: The rupee remained stable against the dollar at 104.5/104.7 in the inter-bank market on Tuesday compared to Monday’s close of 104.5/104.7. The currency market has fluctuated regularly in...
View ArticleFreight Services : PR to generate over Rs12b revenue
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways would generate more than Rs12 billion in revenue through freight trains during the current financial year. The organisation was hoping to cross the set revenue generation...
View ArticleFuel Price Comparison : Minister says consumers enjoy lowest cost
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that Pakistani consumers were receiving the lowest prices for fuel compared to global standards. The minister said...
View ArticleNailed: Rangers present Nine-Zero security in-charge in court
KARACHI: Rangers have arrested the security in-charge of MQM headquarters Nine Zero. The paramilitary force said that Minhaj Qazi has confessed to have killed KESC managing director Shahid Hamid and...
View ArticleNA-89 Jhang: Apex court refuses victory to ASWJ chief
ISLAMABAD: The top court has declared the ruling party’s MNA Sheikh Muhammad Akram the returned candidate from NA-89 (Jhang-IV), setting aside the Faisalabad election tribunal’s verdict.“The impugned...
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