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One of the world's weakest economical and infrastructural country Pakistan which is already facing energy crisis on massive level, may face one of the biggest disaster by over ruling Supreme Court's decision on Natural Gas Prices. Dawn Published Today :- ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle to raise the...

ISLAMABAD, Jun 26 : Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that Pakistan’s huge alternative energy potential held the key to overcome acute energy crisis being faced by the country.  “All avenues need to be explored and every effort be put to tap in the alternative energy potential of the...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has submitted a challan in the anti-terrorism court (ATC) Tuesday, formally declaring former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf as accused in Benazir Bhutto murder case. The anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi headed by Judge Habibur Rehman heard the Benazir Bhutto murder case today during which the...

ISLAMABAD: As many as seven universities of Pakistan have made it to the list of top 250 Asian universities while three other universities among the top 200 world universities in agriculture and forestry. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), United Kingdom-based universities ranking agency issued the ranking for the year 2013. According to QS,...

Tax is money that people of a democratic country pays to their government. Taxes are of 2 types Direct taxation and Indirect taxation. Direct Taxation : is simply the tax that levied on income/wealth of individual's & Organisation's Indirect Taxation : Taxes that are place on Goods and services. E.g GST general sales Tax. In...

Pakistan Budget 2013 - 14 , PMLN mentioned in its manifesto that no new taxes but what it appears they are going just opposite of what they mentioned in it, here are some of the points which effects entire Pakistan directly. Average Inflation which is 13 % from past 5...

ISLAMABAD - United States (US) Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Pakistan this month for the first time since taking office, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday. “US Secretary of State John Kerry will be visiting Pakistan in the last week of June,” FO spokesman Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said in...

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced the federal government's budget for 2013-14 in the National Assembly with a record outlay of Rs3.5 trillion. It reflected a difficult and ambitious fiscal adjustment of about Rs580 billion — 2.5 per cent of the GDP (gross domestic product) — by reducing subsidies and introducing...

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was formally arrested by a police team from Balochistan in the Akbar Bugti murder case. Subsequently, an anti-terrorist court ordered a two-week-long judicial remand of the former army strongman. Musharraf is to remain at his farmhouse for the duration of the remand. The farmhouse at...

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly session on-going right now where the Federal Budget for the fiscal year 2013-14 will be presented. Federal Minister for Finance Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar will present the Budget 2013-14. Federal cabinet  approved the federal budget and Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented 3.5 trillion  budget to...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said in categorical terms on Monday that the dual policy of issuing public statements against drone attacks while (secretly) giving a go ahead to the US to carry on with the strikes will not be allowed to continue under his rule. “The US government will...

Sheesha is a water-pipe in which fruit-scented tobacco is burnt using coal, passed through an ornate water vessel and inhaled through a hose. Many of them whom do not smoke enjoys sheesha which comes in various flavor when they socializing. As you know smoking is bad for health and same goes to the sheesha...