Saturday, May 19th, 2018
PTI’s ‘disinfomation’ cell photoshopped my picture, says Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, May 19 (DNA): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) disinformation cell photoshopped my picture by reversing it to create doubts whether the bullet had hit my right or left arm, tweeted Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday. Ahsan Iqbal was referring to a picture doing the rounds on social media in which he could be seen with a bandage draped around his left arm instead of the right, where he had been shot. The interior minister said that the photo had been reversed by PTI’s cell to create doubts whether theRead More
Illegal Construction of Road: NAB likely to lodge reference against Nawaz
LAHORE, May 19 (DNA): The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is likely to lodge a reference against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif if he failed to appear before the anti-graft agency tomorrow (May 20). The anti-graft watchdog had summoned ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on May 20 in a corruption case pertaining to the alleged misuse of authority to get constructed a road from Ada Plot to Jati Umra in 1998. A three-member team of the Bureau is interrogating the former premier with regard to the probe into alleged illegalRead More
FBR submits reply in apex court in Mobile bills tax case
ISLAMABAD, May 19 (DNA): Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), in a reply submitted before Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday said that tax ratio imposed on mobile bills consumers in Pakistan is less than other Asian countries including Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. FBR further added that federal excise duty has been reduced to 17pc. The reply further states that almost Rs4.5 bn are collected in terms of withholding tax every month. In financial year 2016-17 alone, Rs51 bn had been submitted in the national exchequer in terms of withholding tax.Read More
Issuance of visa made easier for Umrah & Hajj Pilgrims: Saudi envoy
ISLAMABAD, May 19 (DNA): Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf Ahmad Al- Maliki has said that the issuance of visa has been made easier for Umrah and Hajj pilgrims. The Saudi government has made special arrangement to give better facilities, provide security and accommodation to Pakistani Umrah & Hajj pilgrims, he said in an interview. He said the Saudi concerned ministry has been directed to take action against those travel agents who create problems or commit fraud with the pilgrims. “That is why actions are being taken to those mafias whoRead More
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle tie the knot as world watches
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry and US TV star Meghan Markle tie the knot today in front of celebrity guests and tens of thousands of fans in a ceremony beamed around the world that will combine traditional pomp and modern twists. Well-wishers camped overnight to secure the best spots to watch the newlyweds, who will marry in Windsor Castle before taking a carriage ride around the picturesque town. Hollywood actor George Clooney and his wife Amal, British singer Elton John, footballer David Beckham and his fashion designer wife Victoria Beckham wereRead More
Uproar in Sindh Assembly as Nusrat Seher points shoe at Deputy Speaker Shehla
KARACHI, MAY 19 (DNA) – A rumpus erupted during an ongoing Sindh Assembly session today (Saturday) when Pakistan Muslim League – Functional (PML-F) MPA Nusrat Seher Abbasi pointed her shoe towards Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza. Getting enraged over this act, Shehla Raza reprimanded the leader and directed her to leave the assembly for disturbing decorum of the honorable House. This is not an appropriate way to put forward your stance, she added. The deputy speaker clarified that it’s not a mistake but crime to raise shoe in the assembly. SheRead More