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Pay 100, get 100 on every mobile phone charge from midnight today
Pay 100, get 100 on every mobile phone charge from midnight today

ISLAMABAD: Complying with the Supreme Court orders, the cellular companies have announced to provide relief to their consumers by not  charging tax on pre-paid mobile cards and easyload, Geo News reported citing the sources.

The FBR sources said consumers...

Jawad Ahmad calls out PTI over Zulfi Bukhari&s Saudi visit
Jawad Ahmad calls out PTI over Zulfi Bukhari’s Saudi visit

KARACHI: Singer-turned-politician Jawad Ahmed took a dig at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday after Sayed Zulfi Bukhari was allowed to travel with Imran Khan to Saudi Arabia despite his name featuring on an exit control list (ECL).

British national and...

ECP accepts nomination papers of Noor Jahan
ECP accepts nomination papers of Noor Jahan

PESHAWAR: Election officials have accepted the nomination papers of Noor Jahan, a cousin of Boolywood icon Shahrukh Khan, to contest elections on general seat from Peshawar due for July 25 this year.

The scrutiny of nomination papers will continue till June 19.  June 11 was the...

Federal cabinet approves transfer of chief secretaries, IGPs
Federal cabinet approves transfer of chief secretaries, IGPs

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Justice (R) Nasir-ul-Mulk on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the caretaker federal cabinet at his office and approved posting and transfer of top provincial officials.

According to a statement issued by the PM office, in order to...

MML can´t contest election, rules ECP
MML can´t contest election, rules ECP

Islamabad: Muslim Milli League (MML) was denied permission to register as a political party just weeks before national polls, officials said.

The MML was launched last August to contest the July 25 elections, which will be only the second democratic transfer of power in Pakistan´s...

Bannu&s 97-year-old Hazrat Bibi out of election race
Bannu’s 97-year-old Hazrat Bibi out of election race

BANNU: A 97-year-old female politician, who wanted to challenge PTI chairman Imran Khan and former chief minister Akram Khan Durrani in the coming general elections, dropped out of the race.

Hazrat Bibi hailing from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district submitted her n...

PM Office gets report on Zulfi Bukhari&s foreign visit
PM Office gets report on Zulfi Bukhari’s foreign visit

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday forwarded its report to Prime Minister Office about Syed Zulfi Bukhari’s visit to Saudi Arabia despite his name being on the Exit Control List (ECL).

Geo quoted the ministry saying that it had placed Bukhari, a...

New Islamabad airport to be the first in Pakistan to host world's largest passenger aircraft
New Islamabad airport to be the first in Pakistan to host world's largest passenger aircraft

The Islamabad International Airport will become first facility in Pakistan to host Airbus A380 aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said on its Twitter account on Wednesday.

In the twitter post, the CAA also announced...

PMLN women workers protest in Lahore over party tickets
PMLN women workers protest in Lahore over party tickets

LAHORE: A group of women workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) gathered outside the Central Secretariat of the party in the provincial capital to record their protest for not being awarded ticket to contest the upcoming general election.

They were...

SC asks Musharraf to appear till Thursday afternoon
SC asks Musharraf to appear till Thursday afternoon

LAHORE: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday asked former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf to appear before it till Thursday  afternoon.

The orders came as an SC bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar resumed hearing of high treason case against the...