by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, November 1st, 2023ISLAMABAD / QUETTA: Although the government-mandated deadline for foreigners illegally residing in Pakistan to leave the country, voluntarily, technically expired at Tuesday midnight, officials across the country suggested that action against those who refused to leave would begin in earnest within the next 24 hours. Talking to reporters in the capital, caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said on Tuesday that the government’s crackdown against stragglers would begin…
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by Atika Rehman in Dawn, Sept 23, 2023• Mystery still surrounds ex-PM’s abrupt visit• Says Nawaz will unveil plan to tackle poverty, improve economy at a rally upon return LONDON: A day after arriving in London on a visit seen as sudden and rushed, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif met with his brother Nawaz Sharif and other N-league representatives at Stanhope House, and later said the meeting was called to discuss Mr Nawaz’s next legal and…
By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Sept 18, 2023 at 8:50 PMThe Ministry of Information and Culture said that nearly 30 media organizations have been established since the Islamic Emirate came to power. The MoIC said that efforts are underway to increase efforts to solve the challenges of the media across the country. “After the Islamic Emirate came to power, between 25 to 30 various media organizations resumed their activities. Most of them are radio stations…
Report in Dawn, Sept 17th, 2023PESHAWAR: A court has sentenced a man here to life imprisonment after convicting him of desecrating the Holy Quran in Khazana area around five years ago. Additional district and sessions judge Mohammad Sher Ali Khan ruled that the prosecution had proved the charge of Quran burning against the accused “without any shadow of doubt.” He extended the benefit of Section 382-B of the Code of Criminal Procedure to the convict…
report in The Daily Starm Aug 26m 2023Around five lakh people might have been scammed by the cyber ponzi scheme Metaverse Foreign Exchange (MTFE), losing several thousand crores of taka, suspect the Criminal Investigation Department of police. Most of the victims are from Dhaka, Barishal, Rajshahi, Cumilla, Naogaon, Kushtia, Brahmanbaria and Satkhira, said CID following primary investigation. The aggrieved are advised to contact the CID Cyber Support Center to inform and report the fraudsters, said…
report in The Daily Star, July 14, 2023Bangladesh’s domestic and external debt stands at around Tk 16.14 lakh crore, according to the latest report of Bangladesh Bank. As a result, the per capita debt of people stands at Tk 95,019. But income is still higher than per capita debt. The current annual per capita income of the people of the country is USD 2,793, which is around Tk 3.3 lakh in Bangladeshi currency. Though Bangladesh…
By Sardar Shafaq IN TOLOnews, June 23, 2023 at 9:43 PMThe head of the press directorate of the Khost educational department said that around 13,000 students, both boys and girls, lack access to schools in many districts of the province. The press director for the provincial education department, Abdul Kabir Sangin, said that deteriorated economic conditions caused thousands of children who are eligible for school to be deprived of education. “Nearly 13,000 girls and boys…
by Dipankar Roy/Jagaran Chakma in The Daily Star, Feb 20, 2023Tomato farmers, particularly those in the southwest division of Khulna, are facing steep losses as prices for the fruit have come down drastically due to oversupply, as is the case around this time each year. As a result, many growers are being forced to sell their tomatoes for less than Tk 2 per kilogramme (kg) at the field level while the crop is going for…