Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman, former Chairman of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, has declared that the minimum sum for Sadqa-e-Fitr is Rs. 320 per individual. This obligatory charity enables Muslims to help the less fortunate during the joyous occassion of Eid-ul-Fitr. The number is decided by Shariah by the market price of essential products such as wheat, dates, raisins, cheese, or barley. Fitrana is Rs. 320 per head for wheat, and Rs. 480 and Rs. 2,800 per head for barley and dates, respectively. Muslims who have excess food must pay Sadqa-e-Fitr before Eid services, and the breadwinner must also pay for…
Author: Faizan Ahmed
Dr. Birbal Genani, a former assistant head of health for the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), was shot and killed in the port city on Thursday by unidentified attackers. According to the authorities, Dr. Genani and his female medical aide were travelling from Ramswamy to Gulshan-e-Iqbal when an unknown armed individual attacked their vehicle near Garden interchange on the Lyari Expressway. The former KMC head of health passed away instantly, and his aide was shot. The body and the wounded were moved to the hospital after the police and emergency personnel were alerted and sprang into action. Dr. Genani’s vehicle could…
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Karachi will likely see moderate rain in the evening or night on Wednesday. (today). The Met Office predicts that the weather will be partially overcast in the next 24 hours. Maximum temperatures in the coastal city are anticipated to range from 31 to 33 degrees Celsius. The weather service also reported that the humidity in the air is 76% and that winds from the west are flowing at 14 miles per hour. Earlier on Monday, the PMD forecasted more rain and thunderstorms with rare breaks across the nation from March 28 to March…
Petroleum product prices in Pakistan are anticipated to fall beginning April 1 due to a drop in worldwide crude oil prices, according to Geo News. According to oil marketing companies’ (OMCs’) projections, the price of diesel is likely to fall by Rs15-20 per litre, while the price of petrol is anticipated to fall by Rs4-5 per litre. However, well-placed industry insiders have stated that the Finance Division may leave the price unchanged. The federal government increased the price of fuel to Rs272 per gallon in its most recent fortnightly bulletin. The Finance Division ascribed the price rise to the depreciation…
After the departure of incumbent CJ Qaiser Rasheed, Justice Musarrat Hilali will become the first female chief justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on April 1. She would be the second woman to serve as Chief Justice of a high court, following Justice Tahira Safdar of the Balochistan High Court. Justice Musarrat Hilali was one of the PHC’s most senior justices and would serve as chief justice until her departure. She was born in Peshawar on August 8, 1961, and earned a law degree from Khyber Law College Peshawar University before enrolling as a district court advocate in 1983,…
After accepting the resignation of Shehzad Ata Elahi, President Dr Arif Alvi appointed Mansoor Usman Awan as the new Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) on Monday. According to a statement issued by the Aiwan-i-Sadr, the president accepted Elahi’s resignation — who left the top law last week for “personal reasons” — and appointed Awan as the AGP on the advice of the prime minister under Article 100 of the Constitution. Following that, the Ministry of Law and Justice appointed Awan as the new AGP. According to the notification, a copy of which is available to Dawn.com, Awan will be given…
Kia Lucky Motors Corporation (KLMC) has announced another increase in car prices in Pakistan without providing an explanation. The increase comes just a few days after the company raised prices to implement the General Sales Tax (GST) increase from 18% to 25%. According to the details, the company has increased the price of the Kia Picanto, Kia Sportage (except Alpha), Kia Stonic, and Kia Sorento in Pakistan by up to Rs. 622,000, while the price of the Kia Picanto in Pakistan will remain unchanged because the vehicle is exempt from the 25% GST. It is worth noting that only two…
According to the most recent weather forecast, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicts another round of rain and thunderstorms across the country. According to the Met Office, a westerly wave is expected to enter western parts of the country on March 28th, while it is expected to grip upper and central parts of the country on March 29th and remain in upper parts of Pakistan until March 31st. The weather is expected to bring rain-wind/thunderstorm with isolated heavy falls and hailstorm in Nokkundi, Dalbandin, Quetta, Zhob, Barkhan, Harnai, Qila Saifullah, Qillah Abdullah, Chaman, Pishin, Sibbi, Loralai, Kalat, Khuzdar, Lasbella, Panjgur,…
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecasted more rain and thunderstorms with occasional gaps across the country from March 28 to March 31. On March 29 and 30, rain with isolated heavy falls and hailstorms is expected in Sindh, including Karachi, Sukkur, Larkana, Jacobabad, Shaheed Benazirabad, Mirpurkhas, and Hyderabad, according to the Met Office. Meanwhile, rain is expected in Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Bhakkar, Layyah, Multan, Sahiwal, Okara, Pakpattan, Khanewal, Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, and Rahim Yar Khan on March 29 and 30. “Rain-wind/thunderstorm with isolated heavy falls and hailstorms is expected in Nokkundi, Dalbandin, Quetta, Zhob, Barkhan, Harnai, Qila Saifullah, Qillah Abdullah,…
Despite the interim Punjab government’s “threat alert” that terrorists might target political functions in the provincial capital, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) jalsa at Lahore’s monumental Minar-e-Pakistan ground is underway. PTI Chairman Imran Khan has arrived at the venue and will address the crowd, but from a bulletproof container that has been placed at the jalsa ground to ensure his security. Imran Khan was ousted as Prime Minister in April last year and is embroiled in dozens of cases. The government stated in the alert that terrorists carrying explosive material have arrived in Lahore and will either target political rallies or…