Breathing in Karachi comes with a warning as air quality deteriorates – Pakistan
KARACHI: Raising serious concern over the rapid environmental degradation the metropolis has experienced in recent years, speakers at a conference held on Tuesday at Karachi University (KU) said that the city’s air quality index has reached alarming levels, seriously threatening public health. They questioned the authorities’ silence as the city continues to lose its trees […]
Syed Babar Ali and Sardar Harcharan Singh Brar : A lifelong school friendship that transcended borders, faiths – Pakistan
LAST week, Syed Babar Ali dedicated a classroom in memory of his best friend, Sardar Harcharan Singh Brar, at their alma mater Aitchison College in Lahore. Babli Brar, the daughter of Harcharan Brar, came from India to attend this special gathering. Babar Ali and Brar came from very different backgrounds. Brar, born in 1922, was […]
BUDGET 2026-27 : NA panel proposes 30 major changes to Finance Bill – Newspaper
• PTA to collect tax on imported mobile phones in instalments• Digital monitoring mandatory for manufacturers• Tax stamps, barcodes required for goods clearance• Duty waiver on aircraft, parts import• Zero duty on electric vehicles under $75,000, 92pc above 3000cc• SBP to create tax data repository ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance approved the […]
5.4-magnitude earthquake jolts parts of KP, Islamabad, Punjab – Pakistan
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Islamabad on Monday. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the earthquake was recorded at 3:22pm at a depth of 215 kilometres with the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan as its epicentre. It was felt in Peshawar, Islamabad, Mansehra, Swat, Battagram, Abbottabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Attock, […]