Dar assures PPP of incorporating its tax-related proposals in upcoming budget, say sources – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar assured on Sunday a PPP delegation, led by party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, that their proposal related to tax would be incorporated in the upcoming budget for FY-2026-27, sources told Dawn. Dar gave the assurance during a meeting with Bilawal and other PPP leaders at the Zardari […]
Polling concludes for GB elections on 24 seats; PPP accuses federal govt of trying to influence results – Pakistan
Polling for 24 seats of the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly concluded peacefully on Sunday amid tight security arrangements. The general elections for GB took place after a four-month delay, which was attributed to harsh winter weather. The voting process in the region began at 8am on Sunday and concluded at 5pm. What we know so far: […]
Iran fires missile barrage at Israel
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN: Iran fired missiles at Israel late on Sunday night, the first since a fragile truce went into effect in April, Iranian Revolutionary Guards confirmed. The Guards said that the missile attack on Israel was a “warning” after the Israeli strike on Beirut earlier in the day, threatening wider strikes in the event of new […]
Naqvi delivers ‘special letter’ to Iran’s supreme leader
. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi delivered a “special letter” on behalf of the country’s civil and military leadership addressed to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, amid Islamabad’s ongoing diplomatic efforts to help break the deadlock between the United States and Iran, officials and Iranian media said on Sunday. Naqvi, who arrived […]
Bilawal says will meet PM Shehbaz over AJK situation; state media reports JAAC head office sealed – Pakistan
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, whose party holds the majority in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, said on Sunday he would meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over the current situation in AJK, asserting that issues would be resolved through talks. He said this while presiding over a meeting of the PPP AJK parliamentary […]
27 terrorists killed in North Waziristan IBOs: ISPR – Pakistan
Security forces killed 27 terrorists in operations conducted in the Miran Shah area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district over the past 72 hours, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. “In continuation of a series of intelligence-based operations, security Forces engaged multiple khawarij locations in the general area Miran Shah, North Waziristan District,” […]
Balochistan CM announces civil award to be conferred on man who helped female doctor after acid attack – Pakistan
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti on Sunday announced that a a civil award would be conferred on a man who came to the assistance of a female doctor at Quetta’s Civil Hospital after an acid attack on her. On Saturday, a female doctor, Mahnoor Nisar, was seriously injured at the Civil Hospital when an employee […]
Polling concludes for GB general elections on 24 seats; PPP accuses federal govt of trying to influence results – Pakistan
Polling for 24 seats of the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly concluded peacefully on Sunday amid tight security arrangements. The general elections for GB took place after a four-month delay, which was attributed to harsh winter weather. The voting process in the region began at 8am on Sunday and concluded at 5pm. What we know so far: […]
OPEC+ raises production quotas for July
. VIENNA: OPEC+ ministers decided Sunday to increase oil quotas by a total 188,000 barrels per day for July, in a move analysts said would be unlikely to have an impact on prices sent higher by the Mideast war. Jorge Leon, analyst at Rystad Energy, said ahead of the expected increase that it “means very […]
Ouedraogo gets late WC call
LONDON: Midfielder Assan Ouedraogo was on holiday in Marbella when he received the call to join the Germany World Cup squad following Lennart Karl’s injury, and the 20-year-old said on Saturday ?that it was a childhood dream come true. Karl sustained a muscle tear in training ahead of Saturday’s friendly game against the United States […]