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[ The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has reported a 19 per cent increase in tax collections from wedding events across Pakistan. The board has attributed the rise to stricter monitoring and enforcement of withholding tax measures targeting the country’s thriving event industry. According to official documents, the FBR collected Rs2.02 billion in withholding taxes … Read more
Investigators do not expect to find any survivors at the scene of a massive blast at a Tennessee military explosives company that left 18 people missing, officials said on Saturday. The explosion, which was felt for miles, leveled a building at the 1,300-acre (5 square km) headquarters of Accurate Energetic Systems early Friday morning in … Read more
“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.
Pakistan made a blistering start to their Sultan of Johor Hockey Cup campaign on Saturday, outclassing hosts Malaysia 7-2 in a one-sided group-stage encounter in Johor Bahru. Forward Sufyan Khan led the charge with a superb hat-trick, striking in the 3rd, 21st, and 34th minutes to give Pakistan a commanding lead. Captain Hannan Shahid netted … Read more
Scientists who focused on other infectious diseases, like Ebola, now spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also were let go.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has been summoned to meet on the morning of October 13 at 10 a.m. to elect a new chief minister following the resignation of Ali Amin Gandapur, on the instructions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. According to an official notification issued by the Assembly Secretariat, Speaker exercised powers under Rule 31(b) … Read more
Hamas’s disarmament as part of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza is “out of the question,” a Hamas official told AFP on Saturday. “The proposed weapons handover is out of the question and not negotiable,” the official said. The US president has indicated the issue of Hamas surrendering its weapons would be addressed … Read more
MIAMI: Argentina shrugged off the absence of Lionel Messi to ease to 1-0 victory over Venezuela in a friendly international in Miami on Friday. A well-worked 31st-minute goal from Giovani Lo Celso secured the win for the reigning world champions in a match played before just 15,000 fans at the 65,000 capacity Hard Rock Stadium. … Read more
Notorious Punjab gangster Teefi Butt was killed in an alleged police encounter during his transfer from Dubai to Lahore. His death sparks hope that the 35-year gang war between the Butt gang and the Truckanwala gang in Lahore will finally end. According to the Crime Control Department (CCD), a gun battle broke out between police … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Democrats for his decision to lay off thousands of workers across the US government as he followed through on his threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown. Job cuts were under way at the Treasury Department, the US health agency, the Internal Revenue Service and the … Read more