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ISLAMABAD: Maulana Fazlur Rehman may be in deep trouble. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has found the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief to be a defaulter for not only filing income tax returns of the last three years in one day but also for forgetting to pay the fee for late filing....

Muzaffargarh—Returning Officer (RO) has declared former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar defaulter and directed her to present clearance certificate by Sunday Hina Rabbani Khar had filed nomination papers from NA-177 and scrutiny of the papers took place on Saturday. During the course of scrutiny, RO declared her defaulter on payment...

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Interior Minister Malik Habib and Director General (DG) Military Operations Major General Ashfaq in a meeting on Saturday decided to deploy the army in sensitive areas across the country. It was, however, the authority of the provincial governments to call out army personnel whenever required. The caretaker interior...

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has directed all the banks to keep the doors of their branches open today (Sunday) across the country to resolve issues pertaining to candidates aspiring to contest upcoming general elections.   The windows of the banks, which deal with credit information, would remain open...

Debating across the political, ideological spectrum India-Pakistan School Debate-2013 saw Pakistani students win the hearts of the audience, and the team prize “We want a more tolerant society in Pakistan. Debating Society of Pakistan is interested in democratic culture, confidence building measures, critical thinking and public speaking. Despite problems at...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Hackers on Friday retaliated massively and hacked over a thousand Indian websites in response to an Indian attack on the website of the Pakistan’s Election Commission. Pakistani hackers calling themselves “True Cyber Army” defaced 1,059 websites of Indian election bodies which are now showing Election Commission of Pakistan’s...

The Federal Board of Revenue has increased sales tax from Rs 250 per set to Rs 1000 per set on smart cellular phones or satellite phones and Rs 250 per set to Rs 500 per set on other mobile phones. In this regard, the FBR has issued SRO.280(I)/2013 here on...

NEW YORK: Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora has dropped out of the current leg of the rock band’s tour because of “personal issues,” but the guitarist, who has done stints in rehab for problems with alcohol, tweeted fans on Wednesday that he was “well.” “Thank you everyone for your concern,” Sambora...

Samsung and Mozilla announced on Wednesday to team up for the future of Web Browsing. Firefox maker is collaborating with Samsung to build a next generation web browser called Servo. The ultimate goal is to bring the technology to ARM and Android devices. The new web engine will take advantage...

Today marks the sad passing of one of the greatest legends in the history of rock music Kurt Cobain. It has been 19 long years since Kurt has been gone. Though he may not be with us physically, his presence is felt through his music in the lives of his...

The Nexus range of Android hardware has always been popular among purists of the platform, but last year even more users got a taste of the benefits of owning devices such as the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7. There have been a number of rumours that other manufacturers may be...

LG's Optimus series continues apace with the L3, a budget smart phone with a distinctive look and a full suite of Android features.The device's 800MHz processor and few hardware demands, the LG Optimus L3 is rather zippy, with the sub-sized smartphone enabling you to freely scroll through the selection of Android...