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Tobacco taxation regime: FED collection in FY2025-26 triggers fresh debate: WHO policy

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recently released policy brief reviewing that Federal Excise Duty (FED) revenue collection from cigarettes in FY2025-26 has triggered fresh debate on Pakistan’s tobacco taxation regime, with policy …

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Dar, Egypt’s FM discuss developments in region

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Monday received a telephone call from Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty. The two leaders discussed the latest developments in the region. They emphasized th…

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Business community concerned federal budget

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum & All Karachi Industrial Alliance, Chairman National Business Group Pakistan and Chairman Policy Advisory Board of FPCCI, has expressed deep concern over the emerg…

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‘Next budget may create more difficulties for traders’

KARACHI: Former Vice President of FPCCI, Tariq Haleem has said that the upcoming federal budget, being formulated under the stringent conditions of the IMF, may create further difficulties for the business community, industries, and the general pu…

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Federal budget FY2026–27: Govt to slash power sector subsidies by around 20pc

ISLAMABAD: The government is set to slash power sector subsidies by around 20 percent to Rs 830 billion in the federal budget for 2026–27, compared to an allocation of Rs 1.036 trillion in 2025–26 and 7 percent from revised allocation of Rs 893 bi…

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Sindh senior minister steps up criticism of MQM-P

KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit, Sharjeel Inam Memon, has said that the MQM-P is unnecessarily politicising various issues and problems in an attempt to revive its dead politics. H…

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Mango export target cut by 30pc on ME tensions

KARACHI: Pakistan’s mango export season has started from June 1, under mounting pressure from geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, soaring freight costs, climate-related challenges and declining fruit yields, prompting exporters to cut this y…

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Punjab launches restoration of road infrastructure programme

LAHORE: On the directions of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, a historic and exemplary programme has been launched for the restoration of road infrastructure throughout Punjab. The CM has directed the authorities to ensure strict adherence to t…

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Punjab govt fully determined to revive film industry: Azma

LAHORE: Punjab Information and Culture Minister Azma Bokhari has said that the Punjab government is taking practical steps to revive and develop Pakistan’s film industry in line with the vision of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. She stated that the e…

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Steel melters for abolishing WHT on local scrap purchases

LAHORE: The Pakistan Steel Melters Association (PSMA) has urged the government to abolish withholding tax on local scrap purchase and rationalise power tariff in the upcoming federal budget. Addressing at a news conference on Monday, Chairman PSMA…