On duty: Not so joyous celebrations
RAWALPINDI / ISLAMABAD: Eid — three days full of festivities — are mostly celebrated in the traditional way with family get-togethers and bonding over food. But for some, Eid is just another day at...
View ArticlePatriotic duty: Peoples Party backed Nawaz to save democracy, says Zardari
LAHORE: Former president Asif Ali Zardari, Co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), said on Saturday he and the party had supported the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in the...
View ArticleSecurity check: More than 17,000 police, 5,000 Rangers to be on duty
KARACHI: The police and Rangers finalised the security plan for Eidul Azha on Sunday. It was decided that around 17,000 policemen and 5,000 Rangers would be on duty throughout Eid. More than 17,000...
View ArticleIn the line of duty: Two police personnel, as many robbers killed in encounter
HYDERABAD: Two police personnel were killed and two others wounded in an alleged encounter with dacoits in village Burhan Brohi, Sanghar district, on Thursday. Two of the robbers were also killed in...
View ArticleIn the line of duty: BDS official injured as grenade explodes in his hands
HYDERABAD: The disregard for safety measures, while defusing a bomb, left a senior bomb disposal squad official, sub-inspector Saleem Vistro, severely injured. The incident occurred while he was...
View ArticleKohistan’s health woes: 47 technicians absent from duty
KOHISTAN: At least 47 health technicians, including several female employees of Kohistan health department, have been absent from duty for a long time, insiders familiar with the matter revealed on...
View ArticleJudge dismisses ex-dictator’s ‘Call of Duty’ lawsuit
A California judge has dismissed former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega’s lawsuit against the creators of the “Call of Duty” video game franchise.
View ArticleIn the line of duty: Rangers personnel dies, another injured in Lyari raid
KARACHI: A paramilitary trooper of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, lost his life and another was injured during an encounter with alleged criminals in Lyari’s Nawa Lane area on Thursday morning. The...
View Article‘Ethical duty’ to cut NHS waste
Doctors across the UK are being told they have an ethical duty to prevent waste in the NHS.
View ArticleDo your duty: Senators irked by officials skiving off meetings
ISLAMABAD: Senate chairperson Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari assured disgruntled senators on Thursday that he will call a joint meeting of chairpersons of all senate standing committees to decide a...
View ArticleECC allows 0.5m tons sugar export, slaps import duty
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Wednesday allowed millers to export 500,000 tons of sugar and slapped 20% regulatory duty on its import aimed at discouraging overseas purchases as prices in...
View ArticleImplementing arrest warrants is the duty of police: Pervaiz Rashid
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (IB&NH) Senator Pervaiz Rashid said on Friday that it was the job of the police to implement the arrest warrants issued by...
View ArticlePrisoners of duty: Janitors confined as Bannu jail inmates manage to break free
DI KHAN: One of the four central prisons of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Central Prison Bannu employs 13 janitors (Class IV employees). While high-profile criminals can break free as witnessed in the...
View ArticleMisusing official perks?: Health department billed Rs3.8m as travel and duty...
PESHAWAR: Officials of the provincial health department have claimed a whopping Rs3.8 million as transport and duty allowance for participating in a two-day monitoring campaign, following a measles...
View ArticlePunjab demands payment of electricity duty from Pepco
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has requested the federal minister for water and power to direct the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) to pay the Punjab outstanding dues of Rs9.575 billion...
View ArticleBoko Haram: ‘Killing will be our religious duty’
A new chilling video shows Boko Haram executing dozens of hostages, who are non-Muslims, with a new message that no one is safe. CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports.
View ArticleGovt abolishes regulatory duty on export of potatoes
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Wednesday abolished 25 per cent regulatory duty on export of potatoes as it claimed that higher domestic production of the commodity had ended the price-crisis in...
View ArticleModels off duty
Might be time for a day off! When it comes to off-duty chic, these models pretty much have it down. From Alessandra Ambrosio and her sleek city ensembles, to Cara Delevingne and her urban essentials,...
View ArticleGSP Plus scheme: No end to duty concessions on export to EU, says diplomat
KARACHI: A Pakistani diplomat in Europe has held out assurance that the country is not going to lose concessions in export duty it enjoys in the European markets under the Generalised System of...
View ArticleDifferent views: PSMA hails; FPCCI fails 15% regulatory duty
KARACHI: The Pakistan Steel Melters Association (PSMA) welcomed the 15% regulatory duty on all steel billets, bars and wire rods, a move that protects the local industry and is meant to garner...
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