Migration was at the heart of Giorgia Meloni's successful 2022 election campaign. Promising a tougher approach to irregular migration helped propel her to power, but what has her government achieved since then? One of its flagship policies was the creation of a controversial migrant processing centre in Albania. Yet the plan has repeatedly run into legal obstacles in Italy, raising questions about whether it can deliver on its promises. At the same time, Meloni has had 

<p>ISLAMABAD: In a first, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday awarded DHA City, located on M-9 motorway, two parallel licences for electricity distribution and supplier of last resort (SoLR) for a period of 21 years.</p> <p>This is the first of its kind move under which a privately owned entity — DHA Energy Supply Company (Desco) — got licences to have both responsibilities of distribution of electricity and the supplier of last resort under the revised Nepra

<p>PAKISTAN’S economic debate is trapped in outdated vocabulary. Each time the rupee weakens, headlines scream ‘devaluation’. Anchors ask whether one is imminent, while policymakers debate whether the exchange rate should be defended or strengthened. as if it was simply another policy tool. It’s not. The language belongs to another era. Today, most countries let their currencies move more freely. When an economy gets dangerously out of balance, the currency has to adjust to avoid a more

<p>SINCE early this month, Balochistan has been reeling from a series of dastardly terror attacks. The nexus of ideologically different banned terrorist groups — the religiously motivated extremists of the TTP and BLA terrorists — poses a grave challenge. The current spate of violence started on July 5, when terrorists <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013515">managed to reach the fertile Shaban area next to Hanna-Urak</a> in the suburbs of Quetta cantonment, and then launched another atta

<p>Alphabet’s Google was fined a total of €890 million ($1 billion) on Thursday for flouting European Union rules aimed at reining in the power of Big Tech, the European Commission said.</p> <p>However, the US tech giant is likely to avoid fresh fines as EU regulators lauded good progress in its ongoing efforts to comply with the landmark legislation.</p> <p>The fines underscored Europe’s determination to prevent Big Tech companies from thwarting rivals, defying US criticism and retaliator

<p><strong>• Justice Minhas rules against enforcement of Dubai decree<br>• Judgement notes criminal findings do not bind civil courts, calls for balance between global and local principles</strong></p> <p>ISLAMABAD: Dismissing a petition filed by the Gulf-based arm of a major technology company, the Islamabad High Court stresses the need to strike a balance between the principle of international comity and the protections afforded by domestic law when enforcing foreign courts’ decrees.</p>

<p><strong>• Targets halving growth rate by 2035<br>• PM calls rising population one of country’s biggest national challenges<br>• Welcomes Chinese firm’s investment to modernise Pakistan’s grain storage infrastructure</strong></p> <p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government will soon convene a meeting with the provinces, the administrations of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and other stakeholders to formulate a comprehensive strategy to reduce the country’s popul

<figure class='media w-1/2 sm:w-3/5 media--center media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/240604405bb5afb.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/240604405bb5afb.webp' alt=' Ameerul Azeem ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>Ameerul Azeem</figcaption> </figure> <p>LAHORE: Ameerul Azeem, the secretary general of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Pakistan and one of th

<p>‘Wave of optimism’ is sparked by prospect of new PM, England football team’s progress and hot weather</p><p>Consumer confidence in the UK jumped this month by its biggest margin for nearly three years as the prospect of Andy Burnham becoming prime minister became almost certain.</p><p>The data company GfK said a “Burnham bounce” along with a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/06/england-azteca-mexico-world-cup">strong run by the men’s England football team</a>

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