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The Government of Pakistan has finally made available the list of National Reconciliation Ordinance aka NRO beneficiaries to the public. The list is not yet complete and the one available to media contains only 248 politicians and bureaucrats. I must remind our readers here that the original list comprises of thousands of people and...

At least 10 persons including five security men were injured when militants attack Pakistan Air Force Engineering Centre in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday. Islamabad, Dec 18/Nationalturk – Unknown attackers, suspected to be Taliban militants, attacked Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Engineering Centre  in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan on...

Islamabad : The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday issued contempt of court notice to the chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain. According to the Sources, the contempt notice was issued during the hearing of case pertaining to Karachi unrest case. The court said that Altaf Hussain used...

 ISLAMABAD: The report states that 67% of parliamentarians and 62% of ministers in the Federal Cabinet did not file their income tax returns.It has been authored by Umar Cheema, an investigative reporter of The News and co-founder of the newly-registered Center for Investigative Reporting in Pakistan (CIRP).Another non-government organisation, the...

ISLAMABAD: Chairman NAB Admiral (retired) Fasih Bokhari said Thursday that Rs 10-12 billion in corruption was being committed in Pakistan on a daily basis. During a news conference, Bokhari clarified that he was not the only one who had raised the issue of the high amount of corruption. The Public...

ISLAMABAD : An additional about 231 billion are required to ensure compulsory education to all children at the primary and secondary level in Pakistan, as enshrined in Article 25-A of the constitution, during the next five years This was stated during the launch of two papers “Mapping the scope of work, roles...

The Letter  Email By Jasmine Manzoor she has mentioned clearly the reason for all to know. Dear friends,  just to let you know personally I have resigned from Samaa ! God bless you all No other channel ! I raised my voice for the hindu community but my show has...

Recently there was an incident of people dying because of consuming a syrup with the trade name of Tyno-SF. The incident raised some very important issues which have been deliberately sidelined by the concerned authorities for years. According to preliminary reports some people were reported dead after consumption of a...

ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court ordered on Thursday to freeze CNG prices till Dec 17, allowing consumers CNG at the existing prices. The apex court Thursday resumed the gas pricing case and directed Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to complete CNG stations’ audit in a “legal and transparent manner”. A two-member bench...

Three minors — two boys and their sister — died when the room of a mud-house caught fire late Monday night at Gokina Talharh located near Daman-e-Koh on Margalla Hills, the police spokesman said. All victims were under 10. Neither their parents nor villagers noticed the eruption of fire in...

BANGALORE: A belligerent Pakistan Tuesday mauled West Indies by 200 runs in the league tie of the T20 World Cup for the blind, with its star batsman Mohammad Akram setting a record in the tournament by scoring 264 runs off just 85 balls. Winning the toss and opting to bat, Pakistan piled...

Providing relief to a large number of citizens working outside the country, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday announced to withdraw the tax on incoming international telephone calls. According to a report, the PTA has issued a letter regarding the withdrawal of the tax. Earlier, the Lahore High Court (LHC)...