Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will lead Pakistan delegation to the twelfth session of Pakistan-UAE Joint Ministerial Commission scheduled in Abu Dhabi today.

• Calls attack a violation of international law and a dangerous provocation • Accuses Israel of repeating false claims about Iran’s nuclear weapons to manipulate American policy ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday vociferously condemned the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, noting that the Israeli government was forcing the American public into a war that the people do not support. “This is done through the same lie that was peddled to the American public before the Iraq war in 2003. Now it has been claimed that Iran is the one with weapons of mass destruction,” he said while speaking in the National Assembly. The PPP chairman said that after decades of repeating the same lie—that Iran was just days away from developing nuclear weapons, a claim made by the Israeli prime minister in 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2023, 2024, and 2025 — Israel’s regime has finally attacked Iran under the pretext of this falsehood, which he deeply regretted. Condemning the attack on Iran, he said the ...

LAHORE: Despite India’s heavy subsidies on exports, Pakistan’s rice shipments remained largely unaffected due to a strategy adopted by local exporters that prioritised agility and quality. India recently re-entered the international rice market after a two-year hiatus imposed to ensure domestic food security. The lifting of export bans by New Delhi generated considerable excitement in Indian media, which predicted a significant economic blow to Pakistan’s rice exports, which had been performing robustly in the interim. For the three months preceding India’s return (July to September 2024), Pakistan’s rice exports averaged a strong 550,000 tonnes per month. Indian officials, trade bodies, and think tanks anticipated that a surge in cheaper Indian rice would undercut Pakistan’s global market share. However, Pakistani exporters countered with a swift, quality-centric strategy, avoiding a direct price war and instead focusing on premium offerings. According to sector expert Hamid Malik, this approach paid off as ...

• Tax on income derived from dividends raised to 29pc • 20pc tax proposed on profits from investments in government securities • FED of Rs10 imposed on one day-old chicks • No changes to voluntary pension regime; tax on pensions won’t apply to commutation & gratuity amounts ISLAMABAD: As the government announced a modest tax relief for the lower income slabs, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday introduced three new tax measures in the National Assembly to offset its revenue impact — part of the country’s ongoing commitment to remain within the fiscal parameters agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In his winding-up speech, Mr Aurangzeb informed the National Assembly that the proposed measures aim to offset the revenue shortfall resulting from the tax relief, while ensuring that the industrial and commercial sectors are not subjected to additional burden. As part of three new revenue measures, the government has proposed raising the tax rate on income derived from the debt portion of di...

ISLAMABAD - On the directions of Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, IESCO Chief Executive Muhammad Naeem Jan has issued necessary instructions to all operations, construction and other formations through a zoom meeting to ensure uninterrupted power supply during Muharram- ul-Haram, especially on.

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held urgent telephone discussions with the ambassadors of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, reiterating Pakistan’s commitment to regional peace and stability, ARY News reported. During his call with Qatar’s Ambassador Ali Mubarak Ali Essa Al-Khater, PM Shehbaz expressed deep concern over the recent Iranian missile strike on a US military base […]

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Iran launched a powerful missile strike targeting main Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv and Haifa, exposing critical weaknesses in Israel’s much hyped defence systems, Lebanese newspaper, Al-Akhbar, reported. According to Mehr News Agency, Lebanese newspapers reported that the Iranian missile strike overcame Israeli interceptive capacity, with many missiles hitting their intended targets with extraordinary exactness. […]

OKAYAMA: As temperatures increase across Japan, residents and tourists in the western region of Okayama are embracing a delightful and traditional way to cool down, Nagashi Somen, a treasured summer ritual in Japan. In the lovely Yamanori Valley of Maniwa City, a restaurant with over 40 years of history has reopened for the season, offering […]

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Hollywood star Tom Cruise reunited with his ‘Interview With a Vampire’ co-star Brad Pitt at the ‘F1’ premiere in the United Kingdom. To Read Lifestyle Stories in Urdu – Click Here The ‘Mission: Impossible’ star left everyone by surprise when he joined Pitt on the red carpet in London as the two Hollywood stars posed […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif has summoned an urgent meeting on Tuesday to address the supply of petroleum products, prompted by the volatile regional situation, ARY News reported citing sources. PM Shehbaz will chair the meeting while representatives from the Petroleum Division, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), Pakistan State Oil (PSO), and refinery […]

Rising star Callina Liang has officially been cast as Chun-Li in the upcoming Street Fighter movie, a new live-action adaptation of the popular video game franchise by Capcom. According to Deadline, Callina Liang will take on the iconic role of Chun-Li, the lightning-fast martial artist and Interpol investigator known as the “strongest woman in the […]

Car goes airborne in viral video after extreme heat buckles road in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, shocking bystanders.

Filmmaker-writer David Goyer, best known for writing the original ‘Blade’ trilogy, has revealed that Marvel turned down his offer to develop a reboot. To Read Lifestyle Stories in Urdu – Click Here The director-writer has written the original ‘Blade’, starring Wesley Snipes, in 1998 along with ‘Man of Steel’, ‘Dark Knight’ trilogy, and ‘Batman v. […]

Rising Pakistani actress Aina Asif currently doing drama serial Parwarish has finally addressed the long-standing confusion surrounding her age, revealing that she is currently 16 years old and will turn 17 later this year. Aina Asif made the revelation during her appearance on ARY Digital’s show ‘The Buzz’, hosted by Hassan Choudary. The host pointed […]

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Senator Kamran Murtaza on Monday submitted a resolution in the Senate against the government’s decision to nominate US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, as Washington joined Israel’s war with Iran. The government had decided to nominate Trump for the prestigious award to hail his “decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership” during last month’s Pak-India conflict, when both neighbours stepped back from the brink of war with US mediation. In a statement, it had highlighted that Trump “demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship through robust diplomatic engagement with both Islamabad and New Delhi”, which ultimately secured a ceasefire. However, after the US bombed Iran’s Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites, with Trump saying they were “totally obliterated”, leaders across the political spectrum joined citizens in voicing their reservations. In the resolution dated today, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, Sen...

Saudi Arabia lambasted Iran for its “unjustifiable” attack on a US base in Qatar on Monday, offering to deploy “all its capabilities” to support Doha, with whom it has had fraught relations in the past. Riyadh said it “condemns and denounces in the strongest terms the aggression launched by Iran against the sisterly State of […]

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