Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Friday urged parents not to leave their children unattended and to ensure their safety when sending them out of the house.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Friday urged parents not to leave their children unattended and to ensure their safety when sending them out of the house.
THE first year of Pakistan’s unified agriculture income tax regime has exposed a stark gap between policy ambition and revenue collection, with provincial tax authorities collecting barely 2 per cent of the agricultural income declared by taxpayers during fiscal year 2025-26.
Palestinian Mohammad Salameh was building a home for his family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where his recently engaged son was meant to start married life. Instead, before construction was complete, a group of Israeli settlers seized the property.
WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS: The United States has reiterated its support for Pakistans right to defend itself against terrorist attacks, while the United Nations struggles to maintain consensus on its core global counterterrorism framework. The Pakistani people have suffered greatly at the hands of terrorists, the US State Department said,...
An 11-year-old boy drove his parents’ truck into a Buddhist procession in Thailand on Thursday, killing nine monks and seriously injuring around 10 others, police and local authorities said.
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) sought on Thursday a detailed report from the provincial health secretary and police chief after a citizen filed a petition, citing reports of an HIV outbreak allegedly resulting from the reuse of contaminated syringes and medical negligence at a Karachi hospital.
LAHORE: Police on Thursday registered a case against five suspects on charges of kidnapping for ransom and sexually assaulting two foreign women.
El Niño will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fuelling the likelihood of extreme weather, the United Nations weather and climate agency warned on Friday.
KARACHI: The State Bank has abolished the incentives paid to banks for increasing remittances, after the amount grew to a level that came under the IMF’s radar.
• Decision taken unanimously by Senate Standing Committee on EAD• Division says it cannot directly order FIA, NAB inquiry into another ministry’s projects• Senators criticise EAD letter questioning committee’s jurisdiction
• Salman Akram Raja says critics are ‘hard of hearing’, claims party has emerged as largest social force in the country• Junaid Akbar Khan terms Balochistan ‘guarantor of country’s stability’, assails govt over law and order situation
MUZAFFARABAD: In a widely anticipated move, the PTI on Thursday announced its decision to boycott the upcoming Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) general election, stating it would instead stand by the people amid the prevailing political and social unrest.
• Six-member rope-fixing group establishes route to peak• Expedition includes climbers from China, Ukraine, Lithuania, Nepal and Pakistan• Italian team opens a new route on K7’s Southeast Face, but turns back 350 metres below the summit due to dangerous conditions
QUETTA: The Balochistan government has decided to introduce a convoy system on highways across the province to ensure the safety of cargo trucks, passenger coaches and people travelling by road.
• Defends Israel talks as ‘diplomatic war’, not betrayal• Syrian FM rules out any military action in Beirut