Sunday, June 27th, 2021
COVID-19 deaths lowest since June 1
ISLAMABAD, June 27 (DNA): The national tally on Sunday of total active COVID-19 cases was recorded 32,241 with 901 more people testing positive for the deadly virus and 1,347 people recovering from the disease during the last 24 hours. Twenty-three corona patients have died during past 24 hours, 19 of whom were under treatment in the hospitals and four out of the hospitals had perished in their respective quarantines or homes, according to the latest update issued by the National command and Operation Centre (NCOC).Most of the deaths occurred inRead More
NAB seeks access to tax record of politicians
Khayam Abbasi ISLAMABAD: In a major development, the National Accountability Bureau has asked the government to give it access to local and offshore tax records of all politically exposed persons, bureaucrats and their families by introducing new legal amendments before approval of the budget. The bureau has recommended four major amendments in the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 through the Finance Bill 2021, which the National Assembly is expected to approve next week on Tuesday. These proposals, if accepted by the government, will allow NAB to even reopen the past andRead More
Indian base at Jammu reports ‘drone attack’
The blasts, as per Indian media, were caused by drones while another IED explosive, meant for use in a possible strike at a “crowded place”, was thwarted News Desk JAMMU: Two blasts took place at an Indian Air Force base in Jammu airport during the early hours of Sunday, according to various Indian media reports. The blasts, as per Indian media, were caused by drones while another IED explosive, meant for use in a possible strike at a “crowded place”, was thwarted, reports quoted Indian police as saying. Two IAFRead More
Bilawal oblivious to PPP position in AJK: Fawad
Says PM Imran’s OBL statement a slip of tongue Shujaat Hamza ISLAMABAD, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Sunday said Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Zardari was even oblivious to his party position in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) as only eight candidates were contesting the upcoming elections of AJK Legislative Assembly on PPP tickets. In a tweet, he said the speech of Bilawal Zardari has clearly revealed the reality that he (Bilawal) does not know about his party’s position in AJK. He recalled that Bilawal ZardariRead More
Qureshi slams FATF’s decision to keep Pak on grey list
Bureau Report MULTAN, June 27 (DNA): Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has once again raised fingers on FATF’s decision against removing Pakistan from the grey list and said that if it was a technical decision then the country would have been added to the white list. “Now FATF members and the world has to decide if it is a technical or a politically motivated forum,” he said while addressing media in Multan. The foreign minister said that even FATF members have admitted that Pakistan has shown compliance on 26 outRead More
Fate of TAPI project hangs in the balance
The PTI government has seriously objected to this agreement and asked Turkmenistan that the existing agreement is not in the interest of the country Special Report ISLAMABAD: The Turkmen Gas Company on the much touted trans-nations (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) TAPI gas pipeline project of worth $10 billion even after the lapse of 5 years has so far failed to achieve financial closure as earlier it was scheduled to be attained in December 2016. (TAPI) pipeline will be a 1,814km trans-country natural gas pipeline running across four countries. Designed to serve for 30Read More