WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday of inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol last month, sparing him from conviction in his second impeachment trial in a year despite broad condemnation of his role in sparking the deadly siege. The Senate voted 57-43 in favor of convicting the former president, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed …

ISLAMABAD: The local producers and marketing companies of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have asked the government to remove the disparity in General Sales Tax (GST) and the petroleum levy between the locally produced LPG and the imported product. In a letter to the petroleum division, the Pakistan Petroleum Exploration and Production Companies Association has stated that local LPG producers are …

The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial in a year, with fellow Republicans blocking conviction over the former president’s role in the deadly assault by his supporters on the US Capitol. The Senate vote of 57-43 fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection after …

AUCKLAND: New Zealand Sunday reported three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, the country’s first since late January when a returned traveller tested positive after leaving quarantine. New Zealand’s minister for COVID-19 response, Chris Hipkins, said the three cases were a couple and their daughter in Auckland, and that genomic testing was being conducted to see if the family’s infection was …

ISLAMABAD: Twenty products contributed Rs365 billion (33 per cent) to the total revenue proceeds during the first seven months (July-January) of the current financial year. According to data of the Federal Board of Revenue, the top revenue spinners at the import stage are concentrated in 20 items, including POL (petrol, diesel and lubricants), natural gas, palm oil, bituminous coal and …

KARACHI: The 196 per cent hike in imports of completely built-up (CBU) cars to $94 million during the first half of the current fiscal year (1HFY21) has raised doubts in the auto sector if the import of new vehicles by recent market entrants is on the rise or the arrival of used vehicles is increasing. Talking to, auto sector stakeholders …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakh­­tun­khwa government is planning to launch three industrial estates in Chitral, Ghazi (Swabi) and Bannu under its revised Industrial Policy 2020-30. Though initially conceived under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Industrial Policy 2016, these projects are now in final stages and would witness groundbreaking soon, according to officials. An official of the Khyber Pakh­tunkhwa Economic Zones Develop­ment and Management …

ISLAMABAD: The latest update issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday showed that 1,262 more Covid-19 cases and 58 deaths were reported across the country during 24 hours. It said that 17 per cent of the ventilators allocated for Covid-19 patients were occupied in the country. Moreover, 2,143 patients were in hospitals across the country on …

QUETTA: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf central parliamentary board, headed by Prime Minister Imran Khan, has withdrawn the party ticket awarded to business tycoon Abdul Qadir in Balochistan for the Senate election after strong opposition from the PTI provincial leadership and zonal heads. The party high command decided to take back ticket from Abdul Qadir and nominated Zahoor Agha for the Senate …

KARACHI: Cargo handling operations remained active at Karachi port and Port Qasim during the outgoing week. A total volume of 894,017 tonnes was handled at the Karachi port in which the share of imports and exports were 676,689 tonnes and 217,319 tonnes respectively. In the import category, the share of oil and liquid cargo and containerised cargo stood at 298,082 …