Tribal areas exempted from provincial taxes
-Sales tax on the service sector from 15 to 5 per cent on chartered accountant firms to be slashed
--Rs10 billion requested from federal government for...
IHC reserves ruling on plea against disqualification of KP MPA
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reserved its ruling on a petition challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision of disqualifying...
Sigh of relief for litigants as IBA calls off strike
ISLAMABAD: The legal fraternity of Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) on Wednesday called off their strike after almost forty days and appeared before the courts...
Similar names, different patients: Abbottabad doctors perform wrong surgery
ABBOTTABAD: Negligence doctors of Abbottabad on Wednesday operated on the stomach of a woman instead of her foot despite her repeated pleas to not do...
ATC adjourns hearing of Barrister Fahad murder case till February 6
ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a case pertaining to the murder of Barrister Fahad Malik which...
Lawyers and traders call for early completion of IHC building
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) led by its President Ahmed Hassan Moughal said that delay in the completion of...
Five day exhibition of 20 young artists’ work concludes at RAC
RAWALPINDI: A five-day exhibition of 20 young artists organised by the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) concluded here on Wednesday.
Renowned intellectual Sardar Khan Niazi was...
Drug pusher held after recovery of 190kg hashish
SWAT: The police on Wednesday foiled a bid to smuggle a huge quantity of hashish and arrested a drug pusher in connection with the case.
Police...
Govt plans mass deworming of children in Capital
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Planning Development and Reforms Kanwal Shauzab on Wednesday announced that the government has decided to inaugurate the first-ever 'Islamabad...
PHC receives petition seeking eviction of FC from Fort Saloop
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday admitted a petition seeking the eviction of Frontier Constabulary (FC) from a fort in the Bara tehsil of...
PHC acquits four in PML-N leader Amir Muqam attack case
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) Abbottabad bench on Wednesday acquitted four accused of attack on former advisor to prime minister Amir Muqam in...
One transperson killed, two injured in car firing in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: In what seems to be another incident of persecution of the local transgender community, one transperson was killed and two injured as unknown assailants opened fire...
Harasser fined, demoted after female colleague files complaint
ISLAMABAD: A private company in Islamabad has fined and demoted a man, Nadeem Ahmed, who had ‘physically’ harassed his female colleague.
The victim had reported one...
City managers fail to retrieve illegally occupied QAU land
ISLAMABAD: The anti-encroachment operation at Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) has lost all its steam as the city managers were only able to retrieve 237 Kanals...
Citizens of Islamabad to be able to get driving license within a day
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi has said that the citizens of Islamabad will be able to get a driving license within...
IHC disposes off FIA plea in Imran Farooq murder case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday disposed of a petition of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking to halt the Imran Farooq murder case...
Experts urge businesses to fight systematic bribery, corruption during anti-corruption summit in Capital
ISLAMABAD: CRI Group, a leading risk management company held the 3rd Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Summit, 2019, at a local hotel in Islamabad.
The main aim...
