ISLAMABAD: A significant headway was made in the Karak temple attack case on Monday when Advocate General KPK informed the Supreme Court that the reconstruction of the damaged temple has been completed. A three-member bench of Supreme Court is conducting the hearing of the suo moto notice against the burning of karak temple. “We are … Read more
A graduate from the University of Punjab and a business management degree holder from the Career Business College, Sydney (Australia), Mian Attiq-ur-Rehman is the chief executive officer of Pak Shalimar Carpets, one of the leading handmade carpet exporters of the country. This multi-million-dollar enterprise is exporting a variety of carpets to the United States, Australia, … Read more
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Monday increased the valuation of steel products for the collection of sales tax. The FBR increased the values up to 9.28 per cent on various products of steel. To implement the revised valuation, the revenue body issued SRO 1465 (I)/2021. The FBR has revised the values of … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court means business. It has been passing orders of demolition of illegally constructed buildings in the city on daily basis which has been causing a storm in the city, especially with the builder mafias. SHC’s incessant probe has brought to fore several multi-storied residential and commercial complexes that have been raised … Read more
LAHORE: Engr Manzoor Ahmad has taken charge as the acting managing director of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC), a statement said on Monday. During 36 years long career, Ahmad has served in NTDC in key positions, including deputy managing director (P&E), general manager (project delivery/GSC) South and general manager (design and engineering). He has … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The current government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), along with its allies, have failed quite miserably in its bid to legislate on various issues in the National Assembly during its three years term so far. According to the facts and figures obtained by Bol News, a total of 755 bills were tabled in the National … Read more
ABU DHABI: The UAE, one of the world’s top crude exporters, said a recent UN climate summit in Glasgow was a ‘success’ but that the world needs to keep investing billions in oil and gas. Nearly 200 countries at the COP26 summit pledged Saturday to speed up the fight against rising temperatures, after two weeks … Read more
KARACHI: Building upon its initiative of end-to-end digitalisation of the regulatory approval process, known as the Regulatory Approval System (RAS), a statement said on Monday. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has now achieved another milestone by launching a module pertaining to the banking policy and regulations. With the launch of this module in RAS, … Read more
DUBAI: Airbus came out strongly at the Dubai Airshow with a group order for 255 single-aisle A321 aircraft, marking the first major deal of its kind since the pandemic began. The European plane-maker’s announcement came shortly after its American rival Boeing said it would fulfil an order to convert 11 single-aisle 737s into cargo aircraft, and … Read more
KARACHI: At least 250 shops were gutted in a fire that erupted in the Cooperative Market of Karachi’s Saddar area in the early hours of Monday. Karachi Commissioner Iqbal Memon said that the cause of the fire is yet to be determined, adding that the blaze was “third grade”. People would be informed about the … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has introduced the 5th weekly frequency to Toronto with direct flights from Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, the airline tweeted. PIA resumed direct flights to Toronto, Canada in June this year, as the Canadian officials had allowed air traffic between the two destinations. #PIA now introduces 5th weekly frequency to … Read more
BEIJING: Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, rose 17.8 per cent on a year-on-year basis to 943.15 billion yuan, or $142.01 billion, in the first 10 months of the fiscal year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. During the January-October period, FDI into the service sector increased 20.3 per … Read more
KARACHI: Unity Foods Limited will sell 200 million right shares at Rs27/share to raise Rs5.4 billion to meet the increased working capital requirements of the company, a bourse filing said on Monday. “The right issue has been announced at a price below the current market price; hence, there is a minimal investment risk associated with … Read more
KARACHI: The rupee recovered 44 paisas against the dollar in the interbank exchange market on Monday, owing to the recent measure taken by the central bank to increase the average cash reserve requirement. The exchange rate closed at Rs175.29 against the greenback. The local currency ended at Rs175.73 on Friday. A day ago, The State … Read more
LAHORE: Another bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) was dissolved on Monday after a judge recused himself from hearing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jamshed Iqbal Cheema’s petition against the rejection of his nomination papers. It is the second time that an LHC judge has refused to hear the case of PTI leader Cheema and … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday allowed PPP leader Sharjeel Memon to travel to the UAE for a festival in Dubai, where he is representing the provincial government as its focal person. Sharjeel, facing several National Accountability Bureau (NAB) inquires, had approached the SHC for the removal of his name from the federal … Read more
LAHORE: Ahead of the December by-polls in Lahore and Khanewal, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Monday that it would place CCTV cameras at all the sensitive polling stations in PP-206 and NA-133. The by-polls in Lahore and Khanewal are scheduled to be held on December 5 and December 16, respectively. The decision … Read more
KABUL: A well-known Afghan journalist was killed and at least four other people injured Saturday when a suspected bomb destroyed a minibus near a Taliban checkpoint in Kabul, a media watchdog and officials said. The incident happened in Dasht-e Barchi, a Kabul suburb dominated by members of the mostly Shia Hazara community, who for years … Read more
KHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces killed at least five demonstrators Saturday in a crackdown on anti-coup protests, medics said, after the military tightened its grip by forming a new ruling council. The pro-democracy protests come nearly three weeks after top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ousted the government, detained the civilian leadership and declared a state of … Read more
RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen said on Saturday that its air strikes over the previous 24 hours killed 186 Houthi fighters in the battleground provinces of Marib and Al-Bayda. The Saudi-led coalition has been reporting high death tolls in almost daily strikes since October aimed at repelling a rebel offensive on the … Read more
NEW DELHI: New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a “pollution lockdown” to protect citizens from toxic smog. “Schools will be shut so that children don’t have to breathe polluted air,” Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal told reporters. Delhi is ranked one of the world’s most polluted … Read more
At least three Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred in separate incidents in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said the military’s media wing on Saturday. According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the security forces launched an intelligence-based operation in the Hoshab area, Balochistan. “On November 13, based on intelligence about the presence of externally supported … Read more
LAHORE: Amid reports of a rift between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi alleged on Saturday that the ruling party has been “mistreating” their “workers in every district”. The Punjab assembly speaker was quoted in a press issued by the party stating that the PML-Q’s parliamentary committee will … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidates Jamshed Iqbal Cheema and his wife Musarrat Cheema have approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the returning officer’s rejection of their nomination papers for the NA-133 by-polls on December 5. Cheema and his wife’s nomination papers were rejected by the returning officer (RO) after they were submitted to him. … Read more
KARACHI: A team of Italian experts led by Prof Valeria Fiorani Piacentini has resumed excavation work at the ancient site of Bhanbhore located in Thatta district. Prof Piacentini, head of the Italian team and scientific director of joint Pakistani-Italian archaeological mission of Bhanbhore, and Mr Simone Mantellini, field director of the mission, recently met Sindh … Read more
WELLINGTON: Pacific Rim leaders agreed to cut tariffs on Covid-19 vaccines at a virtual summit Saturday, but failed to deliver meaningful movement on climate change and reacted coolly to US efforts to re-engage with the region. The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit brought together leaders from 21 member economies, including US President Joe Biden and … Read more
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates accepts that oil is not its future despite being one of the world’s top exporters, a visiting delegation of US politicians told AFP on Friday. The UAE’s leaders “recognise that their future is not going to be in oil”, Senator Ben Cardin said at the end of a trip that also included the … Read more
BEIJING: In March this year, China-Pakistan Trade Online (CPTO), a platform for Pak-China online trade, was launched. However, many merchants have not yet put their products on the website, because there are too many products. Now our chamber of commerce is busy helping put the introductions of member companies and information of their products on … Read more
