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Budget 2020-21: PTI govt to focus on relief for people, business

The government is determined to announce a pro-people, pro-business and no-new-tax budget for the next fiscal year starting July 1

Pakistan downs Indian drone

The Pakistan Army troops Wednesday shot down an Indian spy quadcopter in Rakhchikri Sector along the Line of Control (LoC), says the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement

Major Peshawar hospital refusing new virus patients after reaching full capacity

Hospitals are dealing with an influx of coronavirus patients which has left some health facilities in the province struggling to provide them and others with medical treatment, it emerged on Wednesday

Survey report finds 20 houses, 24 vehicles damaged in PIA plane crash

The city administration finalised a list of the loss of property caused by the May 22 plane crash in the Jinnah Garden area of Model Colony, finding 18 houses partially damaged and two completely damaged as the federal government on Tuesday vowed to bear all financial burden of the compensation to the affected families

Cockpit voice recorder of crashed PIA plane yet to be found

Pakistan's Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that the black box of Airbus 320 that crashed in Karachi had been found within 24 hours, but efforts were under way to recover the cockpit voice recorder

PM’s Corona Relief Fund crosses Rs4bn mark

Amid calls by the opposition parties for auditing of the amount so far spent by the government in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has announced that the Prime Minister Corona Relief Fund (CRF) has swelled to over Rs4 billion

Airbus team reaches Karachi to probe PIA plane crash

A 11-member Airbus team reached Karachi on Tuesday to investigate the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash on May 22 at a residential area in the port city that killed 97 people

Another Pakistani government official tests COVID-19 positive

Kazim Niaz, Chief Secretary of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, has tested positive for COVID-19 and subsequently gone into quarantine, joining a list of government official infected with the virus, it was reported

Pakistan's mango crop ruining for want of labour force

The mango crop in Mirpurkhas district, which produces the pricey Sindhri as well as certain other varieties, is facing a serious threat due to unavailability of properly trained and experienced labourers, according to owners of orchards

Government may reimpose lockdown after Eid if SOP violations continue

Special Assistant to the Pakistan Prime Minister on Health, Dr Zafar Mirza, said on Monday that Pakistan's coronavirus cases and deaths were on the rise and urged citizens to follow government-mandated standard operating procedures (SOPs) against the virus, warning that "strict lockdowns" could be reimposed across the country if the trajectory continued

Traders want 'Made in Pakistan' to be promoted

Businessmen have said that ‘Made in Pakistan approach should be promoted and the slogan should strengthen the manufacturing sector of the country, the media reported

72 percent of COVID-19 patients in Pakistan are 50-plus

While 1,743 new COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths were reported in a single day on Friday, the data of the National Command and Operation Centre on coronavirus shows that as many as 72 percent of total patients are over the age of 50 years

97 confirmed dead in Karachi plane crash, only two survivors

Pakistan's Sindh government on Saturday confirmed that 97 bodies were recovered from the debris of the plane crash that took place a day earlier in a residential area in Karachi near the city's airport

Pakistan restaurant owners warn of reopening eateries

The All Pakistan Restaurants Association has warned the government that it will open eateries across the country if they were not allowed to resume work by May 30, it was reported on Saturday

PakIstan crash survivor related to Kamal Amrohi of 'Pakeezah' fame

The PIA plane which crashed on Friday has only two survivors -- one of whom is Bank of Punjab top executive Zafar Masud