Saturday, December 26th, 2020
PIA introduces ‘winter special offer’ for domestic flights

KARACHI, Dec 26 (DNA): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Saturday introduced a winter special offer for passengers travelling on its domestic flights. According to the national flag carrier, it will increase the number of flights under the offer, which will remain effective December 25 to 31. The flights will be operated between Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. The PIA announced that it would charge a fare of Rs 7,800 for flights between the three cities while the return ticket would be charged at Rs15,600. In another incentive announced by the nationalRead More
Holding early senate election not in hands of govt: Akhtar Mengal

SEHWAN, Dec 26 (DNA): Balochistan National Party (BNP) chief Akhtar Mengal has said that holding early Senate election is not in the hands of the government. Conducting Senate elections is the responsibility of the Election Commission of Pakistan, not the Prime Minister. Talking to media, Akhtar Mengal said that General Secretary of Functional League Muhammad Ali Durrani was sent by the government to meet Mian Shehbaz Sharif and it is the will of the government to allow prisoners to meet someone or not. Continuing, he said that there were noRead More
Pakistan rejects Indian PM’s preposterous and fallacious claims about ‘democracy’

ISLAMABAD, DEC 26 (DNA) – Pakistan rejected Indian Prime Minister’s preposterous and fallacious claims about ‘democracy’ in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), following the so-called election of “District Development Council.” The RSS-BJP brand of ‘democracy’ only means the muzzling of the Kashmiri voice and will, under the bayonets of Indian army guns. The ‘new chapter’ that the RSS-BJP regime is writing in IIOJK is one marked by brutal military siege since 5 August 2019, egregious violations of human rights in the occupied territory, and untold sufferings forRead More
Mohammad Yousuf reveals secret of Babar Azam’s rise to fame

Former batsman Mohammad Yousuf believes that Pakistan skipper Babar Azam gained popularity with his performances in Test cricket. The right-handed batsman, who is ranked at fifth position in International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings, has scored 2045 runs from 29 games at an average of 45.33. He has scored five centuries and 10 half-centuries in the longest format. Yousuf, in an interview with Cricket Pakistan, stated that his performances in the five-day format have been appreciated more than the limited-overs format. “I don’t think it is difficult for professionals toRead More
Second Indian state to pass law outlawing religious conversion by marriage

The Indian state of Madhya Pradesh (MP), where the Hindu nationalist party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in power, is set to pass a bill that hands out a prison term of up to ten years for anyone found guilty of using marriage to force someone to change religion, Indian media outlets reported. If passed by the assembly, MP will become the second state to approve such legislation after the country’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, where also Modi’s Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is in power, passed a similar bill last month.Read More
FBR collects double income tax amount this year

ISLAMABAD, Dec 26 (DNA): The Federal Board of Revenue has collected double the amount of income tax this year: Rs31 billion. Last year, it was Rs16 billion. “This year there was a two-fold increase in income tax paid with the annual returns,” an FBR spokesperson said. This year, the number of taxpayers who filed their income tax returns went up to 2.19 million people. Meanwhile, the total number of income tax filers in Pakistan has crossed the two-million mark this year. Last year, it was 1.98 million. The number ofRead More