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ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered collection of toll tax from everyone, including politicians, judges and generals. Exemption will be given to on-duty personnel of the armed forces and police only. “No one should be exempt, including judges and generals visiting their homes and taking private trips,” said PAC Chairman Noor Alam Khan on Tuesday. The PAC chief …

Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam slammed half-centuries as Pakistan powered past New Zealand by seven wickets and into the Twenty20 World Cup final Wednesday, moving within one win of a second title. The 2009 champions will meet either England or India — who play on Thursday in Adelaide — in the November 13 decider at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In front of …

ISLAMABAD: Politicians and media bodies have demanded investigations into the killing of Arshad Sharif at the hands of the Kenyan police. Expressing condolences, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AMEND), Punjab Union of Journalists, Karachi Union of Journalists and other media bodies termed the killing a loss for the …

Chance Nash came face to face with his mortality after an overdose. His wake up call was three doses of Narcan, a life-saving opioid reversal medication. “I always expected and wanted more out of life and thought I had found it in drugs,” the 18-year-old, who is now in recovery from a fentanyl addiction at Phoenix House, said at a …

Political parties, student unions and members of civil society continued to express solidarity with protesting journalists outside Parliament House in Islamabad on Monday, joining them in raising their voice against the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) bill. The protesting journalists had marched on Sunday from the National Press Club and reached outside the Parliament House. They have been staging …

PESHAWAR: Leaders of political parties have expressed dissatisfaction over the financial package announced by the federal government to cope with the challenge posed by coronavirus and said it should have taken more steps to give maximum relief to the poverty-stricken people. However, the business community hailed the PM’s financial relief package and demanded to extend the same benefits to the …