Monday, December 30th, 2019
Russian FM says Western partners purposefully creating tension in Persian Gulf
Moscow, Dec 30, DNA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here on Monday that he is confident that the Western partners are purposefully creating crisis and tension in the Persian Gulf, south of Iran. Lavrov made the remarks in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif who arrived in the Russian capital on Sunday night. In the meeting, Lavrov said Russia and Iran have already presented proposals on ensuring security and stability. Elaborating on those proposals, Lavrov said Russia follows peace initiative while Iran pursues Hormuz PeaceRead More
Six-storey building collapses in Karachi’s Old Haji Camp Timber Market
KARACHI, DEC 30 (DNA) – A six-storey dilapidated building located at the Old Haji Camp Timber Market in Karachi collapsed on Monday. Reportedly, the tumbledown building that had 21 flats was already vacated on being informed by the concerned authorities. The residents were shifted to other places. Earlier today, police had closed the road for traffic movement citing risks that the building could be collapsed anytime. The footage available with the media shows that the front portion of the building owned by Timber Market President Salman Soomro had already bentRead More
Locals-diplomats nexus misusing luxury car import facility
ISLAMABAD: As the government is striving hard to fetch more and more taxes by expanding the tax net, it is being cheated out of billions of rupees in duty under a scam involving misuse of the facility of duty-free import of luxury vehicles by some foreign diplomats, representatives of international non-governmental organisations and armed forces personnel of a few countries, according to sources. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has taken up the matter with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mofa), asking it to write a letter to allRead More
Opposition seeks parliamentary debate on new NAB law
ISLAMABAD: Assailing the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for promulgating the controversial National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Amendment Ordinance, the country’s major opposition parties have asked the government to bring the newly-introduced ordinance to parliament for debate. The leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) are alleging that the government has introduced the ordinance to stop NAB from probing mega-corruption cases involving the present government. PML-N’s information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb said in a statement on Sunday that her party had rejected Prime Minister ImranRead More
Production of electric cars to start in Fergana region in October 2022
Target list of investment projects for the development of industry, services and agricultural products processing in Margilan and Kokand cities of Fergana region in 2020-2022 has been announced. According to the document, the organization of production of electric cars by “Shaffof omadli sanoat” LLC is set for October 1, 2022. The production capacity of the plant is 2,000 electric cars a year. The total project cost is $40 million, including $24 million of foreign direct investment. Reportedly, the plant will create 300 jobs. It should be recalled that in mid-SeptemberRead More
PM Imran to distribute health cards among transgender community today
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday will distribute Sehat Insaf card among the transgender community to facilitate them with this project. According to details, a special ceremony will be held in PM House today to hand over the cards to the members of transgender community. In May, the transgender community members in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) had also got their health cards in a bid to end discrimination. The premier had maintained that the rich do not visit government hospitals for treatment due to their dire condition. InRead More