KARACHI/LAHORE: The export-oriented industry and trade on Saturday strongly rejected the government’s announcement of a five-day Eidul Fitr holiday from May 10 to 15, claiming that the break would cause a loss of over $300 million in exports. Talking to Dawn, trade and industry leaders said the long Eid holiday – which is likely to spill over to nine days starting …

ISLAMABAD: As part of broadening of tax base, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received 2.9 million income tax returns for tax year 2020 as against 2.6m returns in the previous year, showing an increase of 12 per cent. The tax deposited with income tax returns from salaried, non-salaried individuals, the association of persons and companies for the tax …

RAWALPINDI: After a fire incident in the office of the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) on Friday, the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has, as a precautionary measure, handed over the security of the land acquisition data of Ring Road Project to the police. The offices of the RDA land acquisition branch and Wasa are located in different blocks but on …

American singer DJ Khaled snubbed the rumours that the picture of Kanye West that he shared on his social media triggered, saying it was an old picture hence there is no such mystery around the Gold Digger singer’s wedding band. It was a normal picture captured in DJ Khaled’s studio where the two singers were sharing their music with each …

American music sensation Billie Eilish has a massive fan following as a new single Your Power released by her jumped to the number one spot on the US Spotify Streaming Chart on the first day of its release. risen to great prominence over the years as everything coming from the 19-year-old superstar attracts a lot of media and public attention. …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has allowed fixing for hearing of a pro bono publico petition by a former minister seeking a directive for the government to reduce the central bank’s policy rate and scaling down of interest payments being paid out of public money to finance deficit. “The petition reflects serious thought and presents an analysis that invites judicial consideration of the …

ISLAMABAD: April saw a double-digit increase in prices of consumer items as inflation edged up to 11.1 per cent from 9.1pc in March, showed data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Saturday. Inflation entered a double-digit figure after a gap of 12 months though it fell to 5.7pc in January 2021. It is mainly driven by double-digit growth …

American singer Bruno Mars, who leads the music shows after the pandemic lockdown,  has proved himself a ‘hot boy’ after all his six shows were sold out within minutes. The 35-year-old hot boy sold out all six of his Park Theater dates in July after the shows went on sale merely hours ago on Friday. The Grammy Award-winning artist sold …

Singer Rita Ora seems to be have found new love as eagle-eyed fans noticed her getting cozy with Taika Waititi. In Rita’s past Instagram posts, she could be seen her arms wrapped around the Thor: Love and Thunder director. “Good times, memories, random things on my phone and the ones I love..” she captioned the post. The rumours fueled even more as …

Olympia Dukakis, a character actress who won an Oscar for her role as an overbearing mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck, died Saturday at the age of 89. The passing of the theater veteran, who made a name for herself in film late in her career, was confirmed on Facebook by her brother Apollo. “My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away …