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Rs1.45tr likely to be allocated for armed forces in next budget
Defence Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The armed forces are likely to be allocated Rs1.453 trillion in the budget for the next fiscal year, which would be about Rs83 billion higher than the outgoing year’s allocation of Rs 1.37tr, an increase of…
Pakistan at forefront of global environmental emergency: Sherry
Speaking on the World Environment Day, Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman highlighted the challenge Pakistan faces at the behest of climate change and global warming.
"As Pakistanis, we stand at the forefront of a…
PM calls for air support to extinguish Swat forest fire
SWAT: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday has ordered to provide two helicopters "immediately" for extinguishing fire in Patnai area of Swat, following a request by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
The request…
‘Political dialogue’: Rana Sanaullah rules out possibility of…
ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the opinion of PML-N senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi about ‘political dialogues’ aimed at steering the country out of the ongoing economic crisis, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has ruled out the possibility of…
Heatwave alert: Country to witness temperature hike in next five…
ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday issued an alert advising the federal capital and provincial authorities to take preventive measures against another heatwave likely to hit the country for the next…
Petrol price jacked up by Rs30 to whopping Rs209.86
The federal government has increased petrol prices by Rs30 to a whopping Rs209.86 per litre in less than a week after it announced an Rs30 hike on May 27.
The price of high speed diesel (HSD) has also been increased by Rs30 per litre to…
Seventh polio case confirmed in country
PESHAWAR: The government claim of eradicating polio from the country seems to be misleading as another case of the crippling disease emerged in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa bringing the total number of children hit by the virus this year to…
NEPRA hikes power tariff by Rs7.91 per unit
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved a massive increase of Rs7.91 per unit in the electricity tariffs.
With the new hike, the one-unit price of electrifying has gone up from Rs16.91 to Rs24.82.…
SC seeks reports from ISI, others on whether court orders were…
The Supreme Court (SC) Wednesday directed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and other relevant authorities to submit a report before the court explaining whether the judiciary's orders were violated on May 25 Islamabad riots.
The…
1st Meeting of TA & AG held at HSA
A high-level working group of public health specialists was formed and named as “Technical Advisory & Accountability Group” (TA&AG). The major area of work of TA&AG is Maternal Newborn Child Health (MNCH) and it will focus…