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KARACHI: The early mor­ning terrorist attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchan­­ge (PSX) in the country’s commercial hub could not un­­­ruffle investors who ref­used to be distracted by the gunfire outside. For a moment due to early commotion, some nervous participants started to sell-off and quit which pulled the index down to intraday low by 220 points. But those who maintained their sangfroid took it as an opportunity to buy blue chips at attractive levels. The market closed at its usual time with the KSE-100 index recording gains of 242 points (0.71 per cent) and settled at 34,181.80. The index took a turn to the north as the law enforcement agencies in collaboration with the PSX security guards quickly neutralised the last of the four gunmen who only managed to reach the compound. The benchmark hit the intraday high by 267 points. PSX Chairman Suleiman Mehdi, who coordinated in eliminating the attackers, expressed appreciation for the security agencies’ rapid response that foiled t

ISLAMABAD: The government has introduced 30 amendments to the Finance Bill 2020, most of them related to income tax measures. Of all the recommendations, 16 are related to income tax, 10 to sales tax, and four to federal excise duty (FED). These amendments will come into effect from July 1. However, the revised rate of excise duty on cement and cigarettes will come into effect on the next day of assent given by President Dr Arif Alvi. Through the Act, the government has included three institutions in the list of tax exemptions. No one will ask questions about the income of these institutions in the case of government. Through the Act, the government extended this status to the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT) Trust and Society for the Welfare of SIUT and National Endowment Scholarship for Talent. Big incentives for construction, electric vehicles The Shaukat Khanum has emerged as the only private institution which will enjoy

ISLAMABAD: Prime Min­­i­ster Imran Khan on Mo­nday continued his efforts to appease “disgruntled” ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) members of the National Assembly and assured them of fulfilment of their demands. The prime minister spent a busy day before the passage of the federal budget 2020-21 and met around 20 MNAs of the ruling party. Among such meetings, the significant was one in which 13 MNAs from Karachi called on the prime minister and expressed their reservations. Meanwhile, the prime minister cancelled the federal cabinet meeting which takes place on every Tuesday. The apparent reason behind the cancellation is said to be the session of the National Assembly on Tuesday in which supplementary demands for grants are likely to be passed. The lawmakers who met the prime minister on Mon­day were: Shaukat Ali, Nasir Khan, Amir Talal Gopal, Mian Mohammad Shafiq, Sardar Riaz Meh­mood Khan Mazari, Saifur Rehman, Alamgir Khan, Aftab Hussain Siddiqui, Abdul Shakoor Shad, Fahi

• Bilawal asks PM to either apologise to nation or step down • Qureshi says Imran will not resign on anyone’s demand • Opposition faces 160-119 vote defeat on a clause of finance bill ISLAMABAD: Amidst reports of cracks within the ranks of the ruling alliance, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government on Monday managed to get the federal budget for the financial year 2020-21 passed from the National Assembly, comfortably outnumbering the opposition whose members delivered fiery speeches, but failed to make any difference. At the time of final vote on the finance bill, generally known as the federal budget, a triumphant Prime Minister Imran Khan was seen raising his hand in the air like he used to during his cricketing days and then receiving felicitations from the treasury members over his latest political victory. The treasury members raised full-throated slogans in favour of Imran Khan as soon as Speaker Asad Qaiser announced passage of the budget through a voice vote. The

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ISLAMABAD: The country recorded 3,557 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the countrywide tally to 206,511 and casualties to 4,167 with addition of 49 more deaths in the past 24 hours. According to latest data of the National Command and Operation Centre, 3,557 new cases were detected after 23,900 tests were conducted in the previous 24 hours. More than 1.26 million tests have been conducted in the country while 106,938 COVID-19 patients are undergoing treatment and 95,407 patients have recuperated from the disease. Read More: My team amongst first to enforce smart lockdowns: PM Imran Khan 80,446 cases have been detected in Sindh so far, 74, 778 in Punjab, 25,778 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 10,376  in Balochistan, 12, 643 in Islamabad, 1,049 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and 1,442 in Gilgit Baltistan. Worldwide death toll rises to over 500,000 The number of coronavirus infection cases across the world has risen to over 10 million while the pandemic has so far

BEIJING: China reinforced its troops near the Indian border with mountain climbers and martial arts fighters shortly before a deadly clash this month, state media reported. Tensions are common between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in the mountainous border terrain, but this month’s fighting was their deadliest encounter in over 50 years. Five new militia divisions including former members of a Mount Everest Olympic torch relay team and fighters from a mixed martial arts club presented themselves for inspection at Lhasa on June 15, official military newspaper China National Defence News reported. State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of hundreds of new troops lining up in the Tibetan capital. Tibet commander Wang Haijiang said the Enbo Fight Club recruits would “greatly raise the organisation and mobilisation strength” of troops and their “rapid response and support ability,” China National Defense News reported, although he did not explicitly confirm their deployment was linke

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up on Monday the Sindh government’s request for urgent hearing of its appeal against the overturning of Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh’s conviction for the killing of Wall Street Journal (WSJ) bureau chief Daniel Pearl. The apex court at the last hearing on June 1 had asked the Sindh government to furnish complete record comprising all evidence along with its appeal challenging the decision of the Sindh High Court in the Daniel Pearl case. Besides the Sindh government, the parents of the slain journalist, Ruth Pearl and Judea Pearl, had also moved appeals through senior counsel Faisal Siddiqui. A three-judge bench comprising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Yahya Afridi will consider the provincial government’s application in which it had requested the Supreme Court to consider hearing the challenge to the April 2 decision during or soon after the summer vacation, which usually end in the first week of October. Sindh govt tol

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential nominee and former US vice president Joe Biden wants India to restore the rights of people of occupied Kashmir and has expressed disappointment over recent constitutional amendments that specifically target Muslims. In a policy paper — “Agenda for Muslim American community” — posted recently on his campaign website, Mr Biden clubbed Kashmir and Assam in India with the forced detention of over a million Uyghur Muslims in western China, and discrimination and atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority. “In Kashmir, the Indian government should take all necessary steps to restore rights for all the people of Kashmir. Restrictions on dissent, such as preventing peaceful protests or shutting or slowing down the Internet, weaken democracy,” says the paper while outlining the policies Mr Biden will pursue if elected president in November. “Joe Biden has been disappointed by the measures that the government of India has taken with the implemen

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump denied on Sunday he had been briefed on intelligence that reportedly showed Russia had offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing US soldiers in Afghanistan. In a pair of early morning tweets , Trump angrily slammed the report by The New York Times as “Probably just another phony Times hit job, just like their failed Russia Hoax.” “Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence, or Chief of Staff @MarkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians, as reported through an ‘anonymous source’ by the Fake News @nytimes,” he wrote. “Everybody is denying it & there have not been many attacks on us....” “Nobody’s been tougher on Russia than the Trump Administration.” Afghan Taliban, Moscow denounce report On Friday, The Times reported that US intelligence had concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit offered rewards to Taliban-linked militants to kill troops of the US-led coalition in Afghanist

LAHORE: Differences between the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and its ally, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), surfaced on Sunday as the Chaudhrys did not attend the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Imran Khan at his Banigala residence on Sunday to protest against the ‘cold attitude’ of PTI leadership towards its ally. However, the PML-Q has decided in principle to vote for the passage of the federal budget 2021-21. The decision to vote for the passage of the federal budget was taken at a PML-Q meeting, jointly presided over by Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Pervaiz Elahi at their Zahoor Elahi Road residence, on Sunday. The meeting discussed the ‘cold attitude’ of PM Khan towards the PML-Q. Q-League keeps away from dinner hosted by prime minister “The PML-Q leadership refused to attend the premier’s dinner as he did not bother to invite the party leadership directly. There is no point of meeting Mr Khan if he continues to distrust Chaudhrys and not take them onboard on i

SYDNEY/BEIJING: The death toll from COVID-19 reached half a million people on Sunday, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave. The respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus has been particularly dangerous for the elderly, although other adults and children are also among the 500,000 fatalities and more than 10 million reported cases. While the overall rate of death has flattened in recent weeks, health experts have expressed concerns about record numbers of new cases in countries like the United States, India and Brazil, as well as new outbreaks in parts of Asia. More than 4,700 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID-19-linked illness, according to Reuters calculations based on an average from June 1 to 27. That equates to 196 people per hour, or one person every 18 seconds. About one-quarter of all the deaths so far have been in the United States, the Reuters d

ISLAMABAD: The country recorded 3,557 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the countrywide tally to 206,511 and casualties to 4,167 with addition of 49 more deaths in the past 24 hours. According to latest data of the National Command and Operation Centre, 3,557 new cases were detected after 23,900 tests were conducted in the previous 24 hours. More than 1.26 million tests have been conducted in the country while 106,938 COVID-19 patients are undergoing treatment and 95,407 patients have recuperated from the disease. Read More: My team amongst first to enforce smart lockdowns: PM Imran Khan 80,446 cases have been detected in Sindh so far, 74, 778 in Punjab, 25,778 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 10,376  in Balochistan, 12, 643 in Islamabad, 1,049 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and 1,442 in Gilgit Baltistan. Worldwide death toll rises to over 500,000 The number of coronavirus infection cases across the world has risen to over 10 million while the pandemic has so far

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ISLAMABAD: Amid controversies swirling around petroleum crisis and pricing, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has found fault with official handling of the demand and supply mechanism, leading to countrywide shortages, hoarding and black marketing of oil by market players. In a detailed report submitted to the federal cabinet, Ogra also challenged the position of the Ministry of Energy Petroleum Division (MEPD) that as the regulator it was responsible for ensuring 20-day stock at all times. The regulator quoted a series of rules and laws to claim that maintenance of stock and smooth supply throughout the country was the responsibility of the petroleum division and the director general oil under the MEPD. The regulator has also attached a number of its communications to the MEPD, warning and highlighting the build-up to the supply crisis and how chronologically the office of directorate general oil (DGOil) had been changing various decisions. The report also contains an upda

• Govt plans awareness campaign through recovered patients • Over 92,600 of 205,647 patients across the country recover from disease ISLAMABAD: Just a day after the national tally of coronavirus cases crossed the 200,000 mark, Prime Minister Imran Khan praised his team for helping him navigate the country through the Covid-19 crisis and expressed the hope that the worst of the crisis would be over if the masses took all the precautionary measures. Over the past 24 hours, the country reported 56 deaths and 4,233 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the national tally of cases to 205,647 with 4,154 fatalities. In a tweet, PM Khan said: “My team was amongst the first to enforce smart lockdowns. I am proud of it for helping me continue to navigate our country through the Covid19 crisis. InshaAllah, from now onwards if we follow SOPs we will see off the worst of this crisis.” Also as 92,624 of the 205,647 patients have recovered since Feb 26 when the first cases was reported, the government ha

ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has unearthed misappropriation and embezzlement of public funds in various ministries to the tune of over Rs12 billion, with irregularities of government funds amounting to Rs258bn. The AGP’s report covers the fiscal year 2018-19 — the first year of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government — and recommends strict action, including references, to investigation agencies against those responsible. The AGP has finalised its report on Audit Year 2019-20 and it would be submitted to parliament and the president in a couple of days. The report also disclosed that record for a number of entities and accounts was not given to audit teams in violation of rules. A government minister while commenting on the audit report said that such irregularities during the period of past governments used to involve up to Rs1,000bn. Geo TV quoted Minister for Industries Hammad Azhar as saying the graph had come down by 80 per cent but added that the PTI govern

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LAHORE: In an unfortunate incident, a six-year-old girl was killed after her throat was slit by a kite string in Lahore’s Sanda neighbourhood on Sunday morning, ARY News reported. Local police relayed that the minor victim, Hareem Fatima was travelling with her father on a motorbike when the incident took place. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Read More: Kite string slits Dolphin Force personnel’s throat in Lahore Taking notice of the incident, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar expressed grief over the death of the girl and offered condolences to the deceased’s family. Read More: Kite string claims child’s life in Karachi He directed the Lahore police chief to submit a report on the incident and issued directives for strict action against those responsible for the incident. He said those found negligent resulting in the incident will also face legal action without any discrimination. Read More: CM Punjab orders to ensure compl

KARACHI: The workers of Karachi Marriage Halls Labour Union staged protest at Five Star Chowrangi of the city, demanding reopening of marriage halls, ARY News reported on Sunday. The protesters, including women and children, staged sit-in at Five Star Chowrangi against closure of wedding halls during the lockdown, imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The traffic flow from Sakhi Hassan to Hyderi was blockded due to the marriage hall workers’ protest. Protest leaders said that the workers have lost their jobs due to the lockdown and demanded reopening of marriage halls. All Karachi Tajir Ittehad Chief Atiq Mir in the begining of June said that about one million people have lost their jobs due to closure of marriage halls in the city. A large number of people associated with the businesses related to marriage halls are currently unemployed, he said. After reopening of many sectors, including markets, offices and other institutions that were closed after the Covid-19 pandemic, K

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad administration on Sunday de-sealed the two sub-sectors of Sector G-9 and Karachi Company commercial area, which had been sealed after a sharp increase in coronavirus cases, ARY News reported. As per a notification issued by the Islamabad administration late on Saturday, the sub-sectors including G-9/2 and G-9/3 and Karachi Company will be unsealed on June 28. Smart lockdown is being lifted from the localities after a detailed survey, ground surveillance and testing of suspected patients, the notification read. However, the de-sealed areas will remain under strict supervision and section 144 would remain enforced there. Earlier on June 23, the local administration had decided to seal more hotspot areas of Islamabad in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases. Sources said that the administration decided to seal seven phases of Ghauri Town after the emergence of new infections. The district administration said that the decision was taken after the inspec

LAHORE: Punjab has reported 1,322 new coronavirus cases, taking the provincial tally to 74,202, according to the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department. It has also reported 17 additional deaths, taking the total number of fatalities from the virus to 1,673. More than 25,000 people have recovered from the virus in Punjab thus far. 1322 fresh cases were detected after 6,600 tests were conducted in the previous 24 hours. A total of 477,107 tests have been conducted in the province so far. 1/3 28th June | 00:00 PST Positive Cases Today: 1,322 Positive Cases to Date: 74,202 Fatalities in last 24hrs: 17 Death Confirmed: 1,673 Recoveries: 25,162 Tests Today: 6,600 Total Test: 477,107 @UsmanAKBuzdar @GOPunjabPK @BBCUrdu — Primary Healthcare Department-Punjab (@PSHDept) June 27, 2020 According to district-wise details of infections, Lahore has thus far reported a total of Lahore 37,625 cases, Nankana Sahib 280, Kasur, 526, Shiekhupura 940 Rawalpindi 5,692, Jhelum 331

LAHORE: In an unfortunate incident, a six-year-old girl was killed after her throat was slit by a kite string in Lahore’s Sanda neighbourhood on Sunday morning, ARY News reported. Local police relayed that the minor victim, Hareem Fatima was travelling with her father on a motorbike when the incident took place. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Read More: Kite string slits Dolphin Force personnel’s throat in Lahore Taking notice of the incident, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar expressed grief over the death of the girl and offered condolences to the deceased’s family. Read More: Kite string claims child’s life in Karachi He directed the Lahore police chief to submit a report on the incident and issued directives for strict action against those responsible for the incident. He said those found negligent resulting in the incident will also face legal action without any discrimination. Read More: CM Punjab orders to ensure compl

KARACHI: The workers of Karachi Marriage Halls Labour Union staged protest at Five Star Chowrangi of the city, demanding reopening of marriage halls, ARY News reported on Sunday. The protesters, including women and children, staged sit-in at Five Star Chowrangi against closure of wedding halls during the lockdown, imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The traffic flow from Sakhi Hassan to Hyderi was blockded due to the marriage hall workers’ protest. Protest leaders said that the workers have lost their jobs due to the lockdown and demanded reopening of marriage halls. All Karachi Tajir Ittehad Chief Atiq Mir in the begining of June said that about one million people have lost their jobs due to closure of marriage halls in the city. A large number of people associated with the businesses related to marriage halls are currently unemployed, he said. After reopening of many sectors, including markets, offices and other institutions that were closed after the Covid-19 pandemic, K

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad administration on Sunday de-sealed the two sub-sectors of Sector G-9 and Karachi Company commercial area, which had been sealed after a sharp increase in coronavirus cases, ARY News reported. As per a notification issued by the Islamabad administration late on Saturday, the sub-sectors including G-9/2 and G-9/3 and Karachi Company will be unsealed on June 28. Smart lockdown is being lifted from the localities after a detailed survey, ground surveillance and testing of suspected patients, the notification read. However, the de-sealed areas will remain under strict supervision and section 144 would remain enforced there. Earlier on June 23, the local administration had decided to seal more hotspot areas of Islamabad in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases. Sources said that the administration decided to seal seven phases of Ghauri Town after the emergence of new infections. The district administration said that the decision was taken after the inspec

ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved revised standard operating procedures (SOPs) for outbound international passengers and chartered/ private flights. The revised SOPs approved by the aviation regulator will remain in effect until July 31. It said flight operations will be bound to fully comply with the CAA instructions regarding disinfection, passenger, and crew protection measures. In order to further ensure the safety of passengers and crew and to minimise the risk associated with the pandemic, the CAA issued directives for carrying out enhanced health screening with immediate effect. According to the revised SOPs: Ticket will not be issued if a passenger has symptoms of flue or COVID-19, which may include high-grade fever, cough, difficulty in breathing etc. Passengers shall be informed beforehand that they need not come to the airport if such symptoms appear after receiving tickets. Passengers who have undergone COVID-19 PCR test within the last 96 h

ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved revised standard operating procedures (SOPs) for outbound international passengers and chartered/ private flights. The revised SOPs approved by the aviation regulator will remain in effect until July 31. It said flight operations will be bound to fully comply with the CAA instructions regarding disinfection, passenger, and crew protection measures. In order to further ensure the safety of passengers and crew and to minimise the risk associated with the pandemic, the CAA issued directives for carrying out enhanced health screening with immediate effect. According to the revised SOPs: Ticket will not be issued if a passenger has symptoms of flue or COVID-19, which may include high-grade fever, cough, difficulty in breathing etc. Passengers shall be informed beforehand that they need not come to the airport if such symptoms appear after receiving tickets. Passengers who have undergone COVID-19 PCR test within the last 96 h

Tommy Macias, 51, from California contracted COVID-19 at a party about two weeks ago and began to show symptoms a week later. He posted an impassioned message on Facebook, lamenting previously ignoring social distancing and mask-wearing recommendations and expressed guilt for exposing his family. In his Facebook post, Tommy Macias explained how he ignored social distancing and put his family’s health in danger. “Because of my stupidity, I put my mom and sisters’ and my family’s health in jeopardy. This has been a very painful experience,” he wrote. “Hopefully with God’s help, I’ll be able to survive this.” He was dead less than two days later. Macias’ niece, Danielle Lopez, told the foreign news outlet that her uncle began showing symptoms he thought were related to having diabetes last Monday but soon realized the situation was far more severe. Macias was tested for COVID-19 on Tuesday that returned a positive diagnosis on Thursday. At least fourteen other party attendees co

KARACHI: The met office has forecast drizzling in Karachi on Sunday night and the next morning with partially cloudy weather, ARY News reported. Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) in its report predicted humid and windy weather with chances of drizzle in the port city. The maximum temperature in Karachi today will likely to remain between 35 to 37 degree Celsius, while minimum temperature will be 30.5 ºC, the weather report said. Karachi will experience humid and windy weather, as the humidity will be 70 percent in the morning and 50 – 60 % in the evening, according to the weather report. The wind direction will remain Westerly or Southwesterly, the met office said. According to the met office, mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the country today while rainfall with thunderstorm is likely in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, upper and central Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and capital territory of Islamabad. The maximum temperature was recorded yesterday in Dad