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Pakistan government transfers 21 senior FBR officials in major reshuffle
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 2 (ANI): The Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government on Tuesday transferred 21 senior officials of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to the Inland Revenue Service (IRS), as per the local media reports.
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Sri Lanka: 3 arrested for setting Ranil's private residence ablaze
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 2 (ANI): Three suspects were arrested on Tuesday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sri Lanka for allegedly setting ablaze President Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo on July 9, according to local media reports.
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PKR 30 bn taxes to be imposed to save Pakistan State Oil from default: Rep
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan has decided to impose additional taxes totalling Pakistan Rs (PKR) 30 billion as it struggles to arrange PRK 100bn in emergency funds to prevent an international default on oil and gas payments and sustain its staff-level agreement with the Inte
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Pakistan: Floods, rain-related death toll in Balochistan reaches 130
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): With torrential rains and flash floods continuing to wreak havoc in different parts of Pakistan, the death toll from flood- and rain-related incidents in Balochistan province has gone up to 130, according to local media reports.
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Sri Lanka to implement QR Code system-based fuel distribution from today
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lankans have been urged not to overcrowd fuel stations in the country as the fuel distribution process for vehicles as per the QR code system which was delayed earlier, will be implemented from Monday at fuel stations across the island nation, loca
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Pakistan govt increases diesel prices amid oil rates fluctuation in global
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan government on Sunday increased diesel prices by Rs 8.95 per litre amid the fluctuations in petroleum prices in the international market and exchange rate variation, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Six people drown at Karachi's beach despite ban on swimming
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 31 (ANI): Despite the ban on swimming, Pakistan's Karachi has witnessed six people dying over the weekend by drowning at various points on Hawke's Bay, local media reported on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami protests against arrest of MPA Abdul Rasheed
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 31 (ANI): Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged a demonstration outside the Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) City office to protest against the registration of a case against the member of the Provincial Assembly Syed Abdul Rasheed, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Over 50 villages of Sindh submerged in flash floods
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], July 31 (ANI): As many as 30 villages submerged in Sindh province in Pakistan after flash floods from Balochistan entered the province, taking the total number of drowned villages in the hilly region to 50, local media reported.
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Heavy rains continue to create havoc in Balochistan, family including 7 ch
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], July 31 (ANI): Balochistan in particular has seen uncharacteristically heavy rains during the monsoon season this year. In the last 24 hours, nine of a family drowned after they were swept away by the floods, a local media reported citing Pakistan's disaster managemen
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Russia logs over 12,000 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 30 (ANI): The COVID-19 cases in Russia increased by 12,248 in the last 24 hours against 11,422 the day before, local media reported citing the federal centre for combatting coronavirus on Saturday.
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Pakistan: Protesters vandalise Multan police station against fake encounte
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Protesting against the killing of a man and the injuring of another person in an encounter, scores of people vandalised a police station in Multan city of Pakistan's Punjab province, local media reported.
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