LAHORE: A senior member of the Board of Revenue has resorted to defying the writ of the Punjab chief secretary by establishing a parallel Secretariat, BOL News has learnt. Apparently, senior member Babar Hayat Tarar desired brushing aside the impression of working under three batch junior officer, Dr Kamran Ali Afzal. “[The] competent authority has … Read more
RIYADH: Bitcoin rallied to a record, topping $66,000 for the first time, amid a wave of excitement about how the financial establishment is increasingly accepting the digital currency’s rise, Arab News reported. Bitcoin was trading at $66,439, up 5.9 per cent, as of 12:40pm Eastern time, after earlier climbing as high as $66,974.77. It has roared back … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that a programme of targeted subsidy would be started soon for the poor section of the society. Speaking during a meeting of the core committee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), he said the targeted subsidy programme would be started with the financial resources of the federal and provincial governments … Read more
Eid Milad-Un-Nabi marks the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It is a day of spiritual significance and is being celebrated across the country and the world today (October 19) with traditional zeal and fervour. It is a public holiday in Pakistan today. Streets and roads in Pakistan, as well as bazaars, shopping centres and … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday warned the opposition-led Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) of consequences if it made any “mistake” at a time when the region was going through a crucial period. The PDM – an alliance of some opposition parties – on October 17 had decided to launch nationwide protests against inflation and the recent … Read more
PARIS: The aviation sector is facing a great dilemma: How can it fulfil its ambition of doubling passenger numbers while meeting its goal of reducing its massive greenhouse gas emissions? Slashing pollution from the industry is among the major challenges facing the world as leaders meet later this month for a key climate summit in … Read more
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s October 10 elections reinforced the parliamentary strength of mercurial preacher Moqtada Sadr and saw a sharp decline in that of his adversaries, the pro-Iran Hashed al-Shaabi alliance, according to preliminary results. A final tally from the ballot, organised to appease youth-led anti-government protests that began in 2019, is expected in the next few … Read more
WASHINGTON: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose departure from the tech giant in 2020 followed revelations of an affair with an employee 20 years before, had already been warned in 2008 over emails to a female staff member that were deemed inappropriate. According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal that was confirmed to AFP by … Read more
SEOUL: North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, its latest in a series of tests with analysts saying it could have been a submarine-launched weapon. The “unidentified ballistic missile” was fired from Sinpo into the sea east of the peninsula, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in … Read more
RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa reiterated on Monday that Pakistan seeks to maintain traditional “bilateral engagements” with Washington and hopes for an “enduring relationship with the United States”. “Pakistan desires to maintain the tradition of bilateral engagement and wishes for an enduring relationship with the United States,” General Bajwa … Read more
TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Monday that Iran and the European Union will discuss nuclear topics in Brussels, capital of Belgium, in coming days. Making the remarks during his weekly press conference, Khatibzadeh said recent talks between Ali Bagheri, Iranian deputy foreign minister, and Enrique Mora, deputy secretary-general of the European External … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Monday said that the government had decided in principle to reduce the edible oil price by Rs45 to 50 per litre. “This will be achieved by reducing taxes on the edible oil. Sales tax on edible oil will be cut from 17 per cent to 8.50 … Read more
KABUL: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as a schoolgirl, has urged Afghanistan’s new rulers to let girls return to school. It has been one month since the Taliban, which seized power in August, excluded girls from returning to secondary school while ordering boys back to class. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has rejected the news regarding the failure of talks between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and said there was not any deadlock with the IMF. Finance Ministry spokesman Muzammil Aslam, in a statement, said that there was no truth in the news about the deadlock, adding that the … Read more
KARACHI: The rupee touched a record low of 172.78 against the dollar in the interbank market on Monday, owing to the high demand for the foreign currency for external payments, dealers said. The exchange rate recorded a decline of Rs1.6 in the rupee value against the greenback, compared with last Friday’s closing of Rs171.18 to … Read more
KARACHI: Famous Pakistani artist, Shahid Rassam, is spending his days and nights these days creating the largest copy of a gold-plated Quranic script crafted out of aluminium on a big canvas. Since 2017, Rassam has been working with more than 200 people at the Karachi Arts Council on his project. The work on the holy … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court, while disposing of a six-year-old petition, directed the provincial government on Monday to remove encroachments from a plot allocated for a park in Taiser Town Scheme 45. Mian Trust, a charitable body that runs a technical education school in the neighbourhood, had filed a petition in 2005. The trust had … Read more
CILEGON, Indonesia: Smokestacks belch noxious fumes into the air from a massive coal-fired power plant on the Indonesian coast, a stark illustration of Asia’s addiction to the fossil fuel, which is threatening climate targets. Asia-Pacific accounts for around three quarters of global coal consumption, even as the region struggles with the environmental and public health impacts … Read more
RIYADH: Jordan’s Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority signed an investment agreement to establish a privately-owned Saudi-Jordanian airline with a capital of $20 million, Arab News quoted Jordan’s PETRA news agency, as saying. This huge investment project was the result of joint cooperation between the two countries, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. “The new airline will operate flights to … Read more
MULTAN: The economic hardships were temporary, as the government was trying its best to strengthen the country’s economy, a senior official said. Talking to people, hailing from his constituency NA-156, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the government was well-aware of the difficulties and problems of the masses. “Poverty alleviation is [the] top … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid is confident that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will not only complete its tenure and but it will also form the next government. Talking to the media on Sunday, the minister criticised the opposition for discussing the military in public. He said that the opposition parties were in a state of … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The 46th National Rehmatul-Lil-Aalameen Conference will commence in the federal capital on Monday (today) to celebrate Eid Miladun Nabi – the birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) – in a befitting manner. The two-day conference titled ‘Role of Masjid, Madaris, Khanqas and Imambargahs for the promotion of unity and harmony in the light … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib has lashed out at Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and its chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for leaving dwellers of Sindh at the mercy of hoarders and profiteers. In a statement in reaction to Bilawal Zardari’s address in Karachi, he said Bilawal Zardari should do something for … Read more
WASHINGTON: Global finance officials are worried about rising inflation pressures but there is little fear that it will become a “runaway train,” IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said. With supply chain bottlenecks growing in the face of surging demand, policymakers have focused attention on rising prices and whether they will linger or fade away in coming … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Aiwan-e-Sadr has become the first presidency in the world that has been awarded with an international certification of ISO 50001 EnMS to run fully on green energy. In a tweet on social media platform Twitter, President Dr Arif Alvi said: “And the best part….. All this was done not at government expense but … Read more
LAHORE: Jazz has been awarded the “Most preferred employer in the telecom industry” at the Best Place to Work Awards Gala 2021, hosted by the Pakistan Society of Human Resources Management (PSHRM) and Engage Consulting, a statement said. This award was based on the BPTW 2021 survey, which was taken by over 40,000 employees across … Read more
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India: At least 25 people have died in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in southwestern India, officials said Sunday, as rescuers scoured for survivors in muddy debris and the military flew in emergency supplies. Residents were cut off in parts of the coastal state of Kerala as the rains, which started to … Read more
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent watchdog body, Sunday called on authorities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) to immediately release arrested journalists, cease detaining and questioning journalists, and commit to allowing the media to operate freely. “India needs to move quickly to improve its shameful record of harassing … Read more
