July 12, 2021

Minister orders KPT to shut down old Keamari Jetty

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi on Sunday ordered Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to immediately shut down the old Keamari Jetty and divert all boats to the new one. In a tweet, he said that “It is dangerously old, without any maintenance can have a fatal accident,”. A Cricket

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E&T Dept Islamabad amasses record Rs11.2 bln tax in 2020-21

ISLAMABAD:The Excise and Taxation (E&T) Department Islamabad has amassed Rs.11.2 billion tax during fiscal year 2020-21 against set target of Rs 5.8 billion, registering around 80 per cent increase in revenue collection as compared to last three years. Of the total Rs11.2 billion collection, the excise revenue was Rs 7.98

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A cup of coffee a day may keep Covid away: Study

ISLAMABAD:Drinking one or more cups of coffee per day was associated with about a 10 per cent decrease in risk of Covid-19, compared to less than one cup daily, claimed a study. The study, led by researchers from the Northwestern University in the US, also found that the consumption of

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