Islamabad: A sister of Baloch rights activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch has approached the Supreme Court against an order from Balochistan High Court (BHC) in his sister’s withholding case. A division bench of BHC on April 15 rejected Dr. Mahrang’s petition against her detention during the maintenance of the Public Order Regulation (MPO), 1960, stating that […]
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Islamabad: First Lady and MNA Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari have condemned the murder of 17-year-old social media influencer Sana Yousaf and claimed that the tragedy must not be allowed to scare young girls or discourage them from pursuing their ambitions. Aseeefa expanded a gloomy reflection of the violence that women and girls were about to assert their
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Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif intervened on Tuesday to change the budget proposal to increase the salary of the salary employee by 10% during a cabinet meeting, which he chaired the approval of the federal budget on Tuesday, sources say. The cabinet held a detailed discussion about various budget proposals, including wages and pensions. During
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Islamabad: In the federal budget 2025-26, which was revealed on Tuesday, the government has proposed a number of strict financial restrictions and increased tax rates targeting non-file as part of the efforts to expand the tax base and improve the documentation of the economy. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced a proposal to increase the advance
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Islamabad: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday said under the Prime Minister’s Directive, budgeted earmarks RS9.8 billion to establish 11 new Danish schools for talented students in marginalized areas. During his budget 2025-26 speech, three schools will be built in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, three in Gilgit-Baltistan, four in Balochistan and one in Islamabad
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Islamabad: The government has proposed considerable relief for the sectors of property and construction in the federal budget for 2025-26, including cutting in the withholding tax rate on property purchases and the abolition of the federal excise duty (bold) by transferring commercial properties, land and houses. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb revealed the budget in the
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Listen to article Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Head of Pakistan’s parliamentary delegation to the United Kingdom, has firmly rejected India’s accusations against Pakistan and called them baseless and not supported by credible evidence following the recent Pahagam event. After completing their visit to the United States, the Pakistani delegation arrived in Britain on Sunday to present
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Listen to article Karachi: The Sindh government has expressed strong reservations about what it calls the federal government’s neglect of key development projects in the province, especially Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway, in the newly announced RS17.6 trillion federal budget for the financial year 2025-26. Senior Sindh Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that the Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway is not
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Listen to article Karachi: The federal government has introduced significant pension reforms as part of the budget 2025-26 with the aim of rationalizing public spending and reducing the growing fiscal burden of the existing pension system. By revealing the budget 2025-26 in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced that retired public
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Listen to article Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan and Russia have “enormous potential” to be exploited to expand bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, technology and people-to-human exchanges. He made these remarks while talking about a ceremony held in Islamabad on Tuesday to mark the 35th national day in the Russian Federation. “On this
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