JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities demolished a Palestinian man’s shop in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on Tuesday. The development triggered scuffles between police and the protesters who accused authorities of discriminatory enforcement of building permits in the holy ...

ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday rejected appeals filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against verdicts by an accountability court in corruption references. IHC division bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani reserved the verdict ...

ISLAMABAD – The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has ruled out the new amnesty scheme for the construction sector. It was proposed to slash the withholding tax on contractors from 7.5% to 1% during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance. Another proposal, suggesting that a ...

ISLAMABAD – The federal government has approved the appointment of a veteran aviation professional and a former MD PIA Aslam R Khan as the new board chairman of the national carrier. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, said Federal Information Minister ...

PESHAWAR – The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tuesday took formal custody of the ancestral houses of legendary Bollywood actors Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor located in the Qissa Khwani Bazar area in Peshawar. Reports said the Department of Archeology and Museums has taken ...