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London mayor Sadiq Khan, Paris Olympics gold medalist Keely Hodgkinson and former England football coach Gareth Southgate were among hundreds named in King Charles’ published New Year’s honors list on Monday. The full list includes more than 1,200 people in politics, sport, the arts or community service who will receive honors ranging from Member, Commander…
BRUSSELS: Widely popular among young people for their dizzying array of flavours, including apple, watermelon and cola, time is up for disposable e-cigarettes in Belgium, the first EU country to ban them. From January 1, the sale of single-use vaporizers will be banned in Belgium, in a bid to protect the health of young people…
• Ahsan Iqbal urges civil servants to play a role in shaping the country’s future• Says Chashma-5 project reflects strong bond between Pakistan and China ISLAMABAD: The federal government will unveil the National Economic Transformation Plan 2024-29 today (Tuesday), Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal announced during a ceremony on Monday. The five-year plan aims to address…
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) has opposed restricting public facilities to citizens ineligible for failure to file tax returns, saying the proposed law appeared to go against fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution. In a statement, the PBF, a nationwide nonprofit trade and industry association, instead proposed that tax returns be simplified to a…
• Industrial contraction affects general growth in July-September• NAC revises economic expansion downwards to 2.50% for FY24 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy grew a modest 0.92 percent in the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal year, a sharp drop from 2.3 percent recorded in the same period last year. The PML-N-led coalition government claims the economy…
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal announced on Monday that the government will launch the National Economic Transformation Plan for the next five years tomorrow. Radio Pakistan reported. During a 2022 briefing, Iqbal presented the previous government’s four-point plan to revitalize the economy, which included increasing exports, encouraging foreign investment, improving the tax-to-GDP ratio and addressing loss-making…
US President Joe Biden on Monday announced $2.5 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine as he uses his final weeks in office to increase military aid to kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. “At my direction, the United States will continue to work tirelessly to strengthen Ukraine’s position in this war for the…
The death toll from a traffic accident in southern Ethiopia rose to at least 71 after a vehicle carrying a wedding party veered into a river, a local official said. The truck fell into the water around 5:30 pm local time on Sunday, about 300 kilometers south of the capital Addis Ababa, in Sidama state….
Karachi Traffic Police on Monday released the metropolis’s traffic plan for New Year’s Eve. On New Year’s Eve in Karachi, citizens conduct aerial firing and use fireworks that have caused injuries in the past. Section 144 will now be imposed for 48 hours from December 31 to January 1 on carrying/displaying weapons, aerial shooting and…
National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will chair a closed-door meeting between the negotiating teams representing the federal government and the PTI on January 2, a notification from the NA secretariat read out on Monday. This will be the second meeting between the negotiating parties, in which the PTI’s demands for the release of imprisoned…
