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UAF VC congratulates minister on approval of National Seed Policy

FAISALABAD: Vice Chancellor of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), Prof. Dr. Zulfiqar Ali, has congratulated Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain, National Seed Development and Regulatory Author…

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Promise of daycare centres being fulfilled across Punjab: CM

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif said her commitment made on Women’s Day to establish daycare centres for working women is rapidly materialising across the province under a special initiative of the Women Development Department. U…

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Mardan, Malakand region: KPRA collects Rs156m revenue

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) Mardan and Malakand Region has successfully achieved its revenue target for the three quarters of the current fiscal year 2025-26 and collected approximately Rs 156 million revenue. This wa…

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Budget FY2026–27: Domestic savings decline spurs call for targeted mobilisation plan: PIDE

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s gross domestic savings rate has fallen from 17.4 percent of GDP in 1992 to 6.4 percent in 2024, increasing dependence on foreign savings, and the Finance Bill FY2026–27 should introduce a targeted National Savings Mobilizatio…

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CHK MS visits KPC, pledges better facilities for journalists

KARACHI: Medical Superintendent of Dr Ruth K M Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi, Dr Khalid Bukhari, visited the Karachi Press Club, where he met with the Club’s Secretary, Muhammad Aslam Khan. Senior club members Maqsood Yousafi, Saeed Sarbazi, Arif Ba…

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Mayor orders preparations ahead of monsoon

KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation will launch a citywide operation to clean major storm-water drains ahead of the coming monsoon season, said Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab, directing authorities to ensure timely completion of the w…

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When tax hikes lose their fizz

Pakistan’s taxation system is unfair. Whenever it imposes higher taxes on a certain segment, the formal sector shrinks while the informal sector mushrooms. Tax collection falls short of its potential and, if the objective is to discourage consumpt…

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Grid is learning to compete!

The duck is still here. If anything, it has grown older, heavier, and harder to ignore. Yet unlike a year ago, the story is no longer just about a deepening midday trough. The more interesting development is that the entire load profile appears to…

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Tariq Fazal warns against attempts to fuel unrest in AJK

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Sunday said that no one will be allowed to create a law-and-order situation or fuel uncertainty in Azad Kashmir. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, alongside Azad Kashmir politi…

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Iran’s top negotiator threatens US targets over Lebanon escalation

DUBAI: The U.S. naval blockade of Iran and its green light on Sunday for Israel to escalate attacks in Lebanon make U.S. bases and Israeli assets in the Middle East legitimate targets, Iran’s top negotiator said in a post on X. The comments from I…

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