KARACHI: It’s that time of the year again when millions of salaried Pakistanis are busy filing their tax returns. Alongside this annual ritual, an important debate has surfaced on social media – how much of Pakistan’s total tax revenue actually comes from the salaried class? The debate, though emotional, should be seen as a healthy…
25,000 schoolchildren had already joined the agency’s “temporary learning spaces” Gaza children. Photo: AFP NUSEIRAT: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced this week that following the start of the ceasefire Gaza, it was reopening some schools in the territory, with children gradually returning to classes. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said on X Tuesday…
MULTAN: In the narrow streets of Multan, once alive with the laughter of little girls playing with dolls dressed in hand-stitched frocks, a quiet transformation has taken hold. The familiar scene of daughters combing their dolls’ hair or arranging miniature weddings has nearly vanished, replaced by the blue glow of mobile screens. Games and toys…
Sirajul Haq. PHOTO: FILE LAHORE: Former Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has said Pakistan can only progress once the PPP, the PML-N, and the PTI are eliminated from the political scene. “We want to see Kashmir liberated and Dr Aafia Siddiqui released. This will only be possible when Pakistan is free from the PPP, the…
Fawad claims Qureshi, Ejaz, Yasmin and Rasheed urged easing tensions with establishment PTI leader Chaudhry Fawad Hussain talking to the media in Islamabad on December 5, 2022. SCREENGRAB Former PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday claimed that four senior PTI leaders had written a joint letter around three months ago, urging a lowering of the…
LAHORE: All arrangements for the 556th birth anniversary (Gurpurab) celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the spiritual founder of Sikhism, have been finaliSed under the supervision of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony. Sikh pilgrims from around the world are arriving in Pakistan, while the…
Human intrusion and retaliator killings have pushed Pakistan’s rare caracal cat to critically endangered states Camera-trap footage shows an adult male caracal in Kirthar National Park. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY KARACHI: In the dry hills west of Karachi, a caracal moves silently across rocky terrain, its long, black-tufted ears twitching at every sound. A hidden camera…
Police officers, NADRA workers check the ID cards of Afghan citizens in an Afghan Camp on the outskirts of Karachi, November 21, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS RAWALPINDI/PESHAWAR: A day after the repatriation resumed, authorities on Sunday intensified their crackdown on illegally residing Afghan nationals and other foreign citizens across Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, registering dozens of…
. President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. PHOTO: Express News/ File ISLAMABAD: President Asif Zardari will attend the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha, Qatar, from Nov 4 to 6, where he will reaffirm Pakistan’s commitment to working with development partners and multilateral institutions to mobilise financing for social protection and green employment…
LAHORE: With the onset of November, Punjab has once again plunged into the grip of severe air pollution and smog. On Sunday, Lahore’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reached a hazardous level of 394, placing the city among the most polluted in the world, according to international standards. Air quality remained dangerously high across various…
