Month: August 2024

Austerity measures: PM Shehbaz directs ministries to save ‘each penny’ of taxpayers

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the country cannot afford that the bureaucracy and the elite enjoying luxuries at the expenses paid in taxes by the poor as the federal cabinet greenlighted the continuation of austerity drive. “In view of the larger national interests, all ministries and institutions should take all possible decisions and initiatives that could save each penny of the nation,” the premier said while chairing a meeting of the federal cabinet. He said that steps were being taken, on a priority basis, to further improve…

$5m meth disguised as 12,000 melons caught in US

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United States border agents pulled over a produce-laden tractor-trailer only to find out that the watermelons loaded on it were actually bundles of methamphetamine worth $5 million worth wrapped in coloured paper.  Smugglers disguised more than 4,500 pounds (2,000 kilograms) of the addictive drug as melons, hid them amongst other cargo and tried to truck them across the border from Mexico.  The paper used to package meth was painted to look like the juicy fruit.  Border agents pulled over the produce-laden tractor-trailer at Otay Mesa in California on Friday and got…

Terror attack on police checkpost in Central Kurram martyrs cop

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KURRAM: Terrorists on Sunday attacked a police checkpost in Central Kurram, leaving one policeman martyred and injuring another, police told Geo News. The terrorist, according to  District Police Officer Ahmed Khan, set fire to the checkpost after the gun attack. The martyred policeman was identified as Qoowat Khan, while Constable Shahzad has been injured in the attack. He has been shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Sadda in Central Kurram for treatment. Funeral prayer of the martyred policeman has been offered in the wake of the attack. The region has witnessed multiple…

Govt to unveil five-year homegrown economic plan soon

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ISLAMABAD: In a bid to boost the national economy, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that he would soon roll out a five-year homegrown economic programme. Addressing the launching ceremony of the Buna-Raast connectivity project during a ceremony in Islamabad, the premier said the ‘Home-Grown Economic Programme’ would envisage measures to revive the country’s economy by beefing up information technology, agriculture and other untapped sectors. After discussions and mulling with the stakeholders for months, he said, a wide range of parameters for the programme had been finalised. “Great work…

Republicans launch Biden impeachment report

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WASHINGTON: Congressional Republicans lodged a formal case Monday for the impeachment of US President Joe Biden, using the opening day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to launch a political assault unlikely to gain serious traction. The report from three powerful committees in the Republican-led House of Representatives accuses Biden of corruption linked to his son Hunter’s foreign business affairs. Jim Jordan, head of the Judiciary committee, said the probe showed “conclusively” that Biden had “abused his public office for the private financial benefit of the Biden family and Biden…