Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday he was satisfied with talks with the United States but warned they could ultimately prove fruitless. Saturday’s talks were “well carried out in the first steps”, Khamenei said, quoted by state television. “Of course, we are very pessimistic about the other side, but we are optimistic […]
Jordan said on Tuesday it had arrested 16 people linked to the Muslim Brotherhood who were trained and financed in Lebanon and had plotted attacks on targets inside the kingdom involving rockets and drones. Authorities said at least one rocket was ready to be launched as part of an operation that had been under surveillance […]
At least 10 people lost their lives and nine others sustained injuries early Tuesday morning when a speeding trailer ran over a Peshawar-bound passenger van on the Indus Highway in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district, police and rescue officials confirmed. According to Rescue 1122 spokesperson Muhammad Asif, multiple passengers were trapped inside the mangled van following […]
The Sindh government and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday launched a strong criticism against the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) for opening a link canal in Punjab, amid ongoing water shortages in the Indus River system. Sindh Irrigation Minister Jam Khan Shoro, PPP spokesperson Shazia Marri, and PPP Senator Sherry Rehman, in separate […]
A judge on the Constitutional Bench (CB) of the Supreme Court remarked on Tuesday that no one could be arrested without the registration of the first information report (FIR) and the order of a magistrate. During the hearing of the intra-court appeals against the apex court’s decision that stopped the military trial of civilians, the […]
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has some degree of influence with the establishment, whereas his younger brother, Prime Minister Shehbaz, is “more subservient to the powers that be”, said two politicians belonging to Balochistan’s National Party (NP). That is why, they said, the NP has to ask the elder brother to look into Balochistan’s issues […]
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday referred the case of the Karakoram Highway project redesign to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), citing alleged violations of Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules. During a PAC meeting chaired by Junaid Akbar Khan, audit officials reported serious irregularities in the redesigning process of the Karakoram Highway. According […]
The government has decided to immediately abolish the 3% federal excise duty (FED) being charged on the first sale of all properties in Pakistan after July. This reverses a contentious tax measure, that has severely damaged the real-estate sector, after almost 10 months of its introduction. The decision has been taken in consultation with the […]
Consumers are set to receive a relief of Rs51.493 billion on account of the third quarter of fiscal year 2024-25, with NEPRA scheduled to hold a public hearing on April 29, 2025, to consider the requests of ex-WAPDA distribution companies (DISCOs) for these quarterly adjustments. The proposed reductions pertain to capacity charges, transmission charges, market […]
Punjab Finance Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, while reiterating the government’s commitment to providing relief to the public, has said that they aim to present a balanced budget without imposing new taxes. “Our focus is on improving the collection of existing levies while protecting small businesses from undue pressure. Major defaulters should be the priority in […]