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President releases Rs 5b for peace in Karachi: Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has announced that President Asif Ali Zardari has released Rs 5 billion targeted at ending terrorism lawlessness and disorder in...

Weak internal controls in army cost govt Rs 3b

The auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) has pointed out that weak internal financial controls in Pakistan Army, like other public sector institutions, resulted in...

Target killers now worth Rs 1m each

The Sindh government on Friday announced a reward of Rs one million for anyone arresting or providing information leading to the arrest of notorious...

Rs 3.8m bank heist in Orangi

Robbers looted Rs 3.8 million from a private bank in the wee hours of Friday. The incident occurred at 9:03am in a bank situated near...

CIA busts three gangs, recovers items worth Rs 1.95m

The Criminal Investigation Agency (CIA) of Islamabad Police has busted three gangs and arrested 12 notorious criminals besides recovering looted items worth Rs 1.95...

Rs 154b tax recovery cases in courts: FBR

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Salman Siddique informed the Monitoring and Implementation Committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday that tax...

2 salesmen killed, Rs 5m robbed in Pindi

At least four unidentified armed robbers on Friday shot dead two salesmen of a money exchange shop at Raja Bazaar while injured four others...

Rs 450,000 taken in Allied Bank robbery

Five armed robbers looted a private bank in the city’s Tarlai area and made away with Rs 450,000 on Wednesday. A police official said the...

Who will bridle the Rs 400b circular debt?

A subtle turf war is continuing between four key ministries in the ongoing ministerial committee on energy crisis, with the ministries shying away to...

Remaining Rs 5b for FATA projects to be released soon

The Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) was told on Monday that remaining Rs 5 billion, out of total Rs 15...

Valuables worth Rs 1m robbed from MPA Saima Aziz’s house

Three armed robbers looted valuables worth Rs 1.0 million from the house of PML-N Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) Saima Aziz on Friday. Saima Aziz...

LPG price surges by Rs 9 per kg

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) increased the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) price by Rs 9 per kilogramme on Friday. The LPG Distribution...

‘SESSI spending Rs 1.87bn on medical facilities’

The Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution (SESSI) is spending an amount over Rs 1.87 billion on the provision of medical facilities, provincial Labour Minister...

Rs 3m bank heist in Gulshan-e-Iqbal

A gang of robbers looted over Rs 3 million from a private bank in Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Friday and made a clean getaway. Five armed...

Rs 25 million bank robbery in Islamabad

Four unarmed dacoits looted a bank within the limits of the Sihala Police Station on Friday. The police reported that the four dacoits took...

Cabinet okays Rs 2b Ramzan Package for poor

The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 2 billion-subsidised Ramzan Relief Package of essential food items to be distributed through the Utility Stores...

Rs 23.56 billion approved for highways network

Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved PC-1 of Rs 23.566 billion for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the highway network, which was...