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PKR 30 bn taxes to be imposed to save Pakistan State Oil from default: Rep
Updated : 3 years, 7 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, 7 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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3 killed, 12 injured in car-truck collision in Northern Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 1 (ANI): Three people were killed and 12 others were injured after a loaded truck collided with a car in Balkh province of northern Afghanistan, local media has reported.
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Sri Lanka to implement QR Code system-based fuel distribution from today
Updated : 3 years, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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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5.6 magnitude earthquake hits parts of Balochistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], July 31 (ANI): Several parts of Balochistan's Makran division on Sunday were hit by an earthquake, according to local media.
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US: 7 people hospitalized in Orlando mass shooting
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Florida [US], July 31 (ANI): A mass shooting in downtown Orlando, Florida left 7 people hospitalized on Sunday (local time), while the assailant is still at large.
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People protest in Pakistan's KP against police action during Kabaddi match
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], July 31 (ANI): Hundreds of people blocked the road in Lakki city to protest against the police for disrupting a sports event in a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, according to local media.
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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami protests against arrest of MPA Abdul Rasheed
Updated : 3 years, 7 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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Govt needs to set up dedicated fund for capacity expansion of local shipya
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): The government needs to set up a dedicated fund for capacity expansion of local shipyards which may help local shipyards increase the scale of operation and become globally competitive, said MVIRDC World Trade Center Mumbai after conducting a study to ident
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Pakistan: Over 50 villages of Sindh submerged in flash floods
Updated : 3 years, 7 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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