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Oil steadies as uncertainty over US-Iran talks keeps markets on edge

Oil prices held on to most of the previous session’s sharp gains in early trade on Tuesday on uncertainty over the status of ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran and the potential reopening of the ​Strait of Hormuz. U.S. President Do…

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Zardari approves appointment of Acting CJ of FSC

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the appointment of the Acting Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court. According to an official statement, the President approved the appointment of Justice Dr Syed Muhammad Anwar as the Acting…

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Special meeting of KATI team with PM to be arranged: Mashood

KARACHI: Chairman Prime Minister’s Youth Programme Rana Mashood has said that a special meeting will be arranged between a delegation of industrialists from the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) and the Prime Minister, enabling them…

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SC requested to withdraw order in Mazari, Chattha case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been requested to recall/withdraw its May 12 order directing the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to decide human rights lawyers – Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha – applications for suspension of their sentences…

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Digital filing platform: Public offices directed to transition entirely by July 1

LAHORE Public offices across the province have been directed by the Punjab government to transition entirely to a digital filing platform by July 1, marking a government-led structural overhaul intended to eliminate physical paperwork and reduce a…

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Minister pledges record development budget

LAHORE: Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister Bilal Yasin announced on Monday that the provincial government is preparing a historic development budget for the upcoming fiscal year, focusing on public welfare and infrastructure growth. Spe…

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KP to launch agri uplift schemes in merged districts

PESHAWAR: The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has decided to launch 16 agricultural sector development schemes under the Accelerated Implementation Programme (AIP) for the uplift of erstwhile Federal Administered Tribal Area (Fata) in merged dist…

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KP CM approves provincial youth policy 2026

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Sohail Afridi, has accorded in-principles approval to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Youth Policy 2026. The policy will be submitted to the Provincial Cabinet for final approval. Chairing a meeting of …

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Budget proposals submitted: Govt should reduce GST rate up to 15pc: UBG

KARACHI: President of the United Business Group (UBG), Zubair Tufail, in his recommendations submitted to the government for the Federal Budget 2026-27, stated that in order to strengthen economic confidence, attract investment, increase productio…

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Freelancers demand retaining 0.25pc tax on foreign earnings

KARACHI: The Pakistan Freelancers Association (PAFLA) has called on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the Ministry of Finance to continue supporting Pakistan’s growing freelancing and digital workforce in the Federal Budget 2026-27. PAFLA has…