The trader community in Pakistan voiced strong opposition towards the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) team visiting a Lahore market to collect advance tax under the Tajir Dost Scheme, ARY News reported.
The Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari encouraged the political parties to join forces for a "New Democratic Charter," reported ARY News.
The owner of the illegal petrol pump in Karachi had 'bribed' the authorities for its set-up in a residential area, where one person was killed after massive fire broke out in the building where the unauthorised petrol station was located, reported ARY News.
At a time when Karachi is already facing a severe gas crisis, Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) announced that gas supply will be temporarily suspended in certain areas of the port city, ARY News reported on Thursday.
Amid a drastic surge in electrocution cases, the power regulatory authority of Pakistan imposed a PKR10 million fine on K-Electric (KE), according to ARY News.
A petition challenging the government's decision to "close" the utility stores was dismissed by the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday, according to ARY News.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader, Hafiz Hamdullah, vehemently denied any "impression" that his party is going to join the Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government, according to ARY News.
One killed and several were trapped inside a residential building after a massive fire broke out at an illegal petrol pump in Karachi on Wednesday, reported ARY News.
PTI Chairman Barrister Ghar Ali Khan filed a petition on Monday in the LHC against the ECP for conducting an inquiry into the party's elections, as per ARY News report
Pakistan's Islamabad administration will block internal and external routes of the capital city by midnight on Saturday and Sunday ahead of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) public gathering on September 8, ARY News reported, citing sources.
As per the directive, members have been asked to form convoys from their constituencies instead of gathering directly in Islamabad. Leaders from Rawalpindi, Murree, Hazara, Attock, Chakwal, and Jhelum are expected to bring additional workers to the event, ARY News reported.