Pakistan

ATTOCK (Kashmir English): The Deputy Commissioner of Attock has declared a district holiday on Thursday, August 28, to celebrate the Urs of the holy Sufi saint Hazrat Sakhi Sultan. Following the government notification issued by the Deputy Commissioner, all government offices and schools throughout the district will be closed except for essential services. The Urs of

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General and senior lawyer Salman Akram Raja has decided to step down from his party position, saying he would request party founder Imran Khan tomorrow. In a post on X, Raja said, “Today, an incident has occurred that now demands a clear-cut decision from me. My life is

JHELUM (Kashmir English): Police on Monday arrested renowned Islamic scholar Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza from Jhelum and sealed his academy. As per details, Jhelum Police has taken Mirza into custody under the 3MPO and shifted him to jail. Police said that this action was taken on the orders of Deputy Commissioner Jhelum Syed Maisam Abbas.

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with three shepherds, Wasit Khan, Ansar, and Muhammad Khan, who saved 300 lives in the Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan with timely measures. While grazing goats in Ghizer, the three noticed a dangerous accumulation of water at a glacier located at a high altitude. Aware of the

LAHORE (Kashmir English): The Punjab government has levied new garbage taxes throughout the province under the ‘Suthra Punjab‘ (Clean Punjab) program, after getting approval from the Cabinet Division. The tax has been levied, to begin with, on high-end residential and commercial sectors, with collections in Lahore to be made by the revenue and operations department of

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has suspended the condition for taxpayers to log in to the Information Returns Intake System IRIS system through a QR code. The FBR informed the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Regional Secretariat, Peshawar, to resolve a complaint against the board. As per a tax professional, the grievance

  BAHAWALNAGAR (Kashmir English): At least two persons were killed as the water released into the Sutlej River by India turned catastrophic for Bahawalnagar on Sunday, also submerging thousands of acres of crops, and threatening nearby populations. The water reached villages, breaching protective embankments and cutting off access to settlements near Baba Farid Bridge and

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English):  The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Sunday announced that the moon of Rabi-ul-Awal has not been sighted in the country. The Chairman of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Moulana Abul-Khabir,  chaired the meeting after which he announced that the Rabi-ul-Awal moon for 1447 Hijri has not been sighted and the Islamic Month will start