By News Desk
The illicit cigarette market has experienced a staggering surge in growth during the last fiscal year, raising concerns that it may soon surpass the legitimate industry in the current fiscal year of 2023-24.
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Pakistan’s population rises to 249.6 million in first digital census
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s population has increased by 24 percent to 249.6 million people, according to the preliminary results of the first-ever digital census conducted in the country, the chief statistician said on Monday.
Justice Isa says suo motu power of Supreme Court not solely for chief justice
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Qazi Faez Isa, said the Constitution gave the top court the power to take suo motu notice, and this power was not exclusively for the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP).
Mountaineer Sadpara makes history by climbing 10th highest peak without supplemental oxygen
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani mountaineer Sajid Ali Sadpara has accomplished the impressive feat of scaling Mount Annapurna, the 10th highest peak in the world, without the use of supplementary oxygen, officials from mountaineering clubs said on Saturday
Top lawyer shot dead at high court barroom in Peshawar
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A top lawyer and a human right activist has been murdered in the bar room of Peshawar High Court by a junior colleague in northwestern Pakistan, police said on Monday.
Pakistan’s 20 million flood victims need urgent humanitarian assistance
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s climate change minister on Monday said the fate of the country’s 20 million flood-affected people was still dependent on humanitarian aid but the wealthy nations who bear most responsibility for causing climate change have yet to deliver all the funds they have promised, let alone enough funds to cover the damage done.
IHC rejects Imran Khan appeal on disqualification
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court on Monday rejected a request by former premier Imran Khan to immediately suspend a decision by the Election Commission to disqualify him as a lawmaker after he was found guilty in Toshakhana case.
Malala Yousafzai arrives in Pakistan to meet flood-hit victims
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday, her first visit to her home country in more than four years, to visit areas devastated by cataclysmic floods and meet flood-affected people.
UN chief says ‘never seen climate carnage’ like Pakistan floods
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated that the needs in flood-ravaged Pakistan are enormous and called for urgent financial support, as he wrapped up a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the climate-driven disaster with flights over some of the hardest hit areas.
Court declines to let Khan off the hook over contempt
The court took apart Khan’s preliminary reply to the show cause notice for contempt of court over inflammatory remarks, and gave him seven days to file his supplementary reply. By Naveed Naqvi.