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Police have arrested three more inmates who escaped during the recent jailbreak at Malir Jail, bringing the total number of recaptured prisoners to 152 out of the 225 who initially fled, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

Former Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, reiterated Pakistan's commitment to peace while condemning India's continued war rhetoric during a media interaction in London alongside a Pakistani delegation.

A delegation of Pakistan Muslim League (Q), led by Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Chaudhry Salik Hussain, met Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday.

Greenland’s ice sheet melted 17 times faster than the past average during a May heatwave that also hit Iceland, the scientific network World Weather Attribution (WWA) said in a report Wednesday. The Arctic region is on the frontline of global warming, heating up four times faster than the rest of the planet since 1979, according to a 2022 study in scientific journal Nature. “The melting rate of the Greenland ice sheet by, from a preliminary analysis, a factor of 17… means the Greenland ice sheet contribution to sea level rise is higher than it would have otherwise been without this heat wave,” one of the authors of the report, Friederike Otto, associate professor in climate science at the Imperial College London, told reporters. “Without climate change this would have been impossible,” she said. In Iceland, the temperature exceeded 26 degrees Celsius on May 15, unprecedented for that time of year on the subarctic island. “Temperatures over Iceland as observed this May are record-breaking, more than 13 degrees...

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and Donald Trump’s former adviser, said on Wednesday he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the United States president, after the pair’s public falling-out last week. “I regret some of my posts about President [Donald Trump] last week. They went too far,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X. Musk’s expression of regret came just days after Trump threatened the tech billionaire with “serious consequences” if he sought to punish Republicans who voted for a controversial spending bill. Their blistering break-up — largely carried out on social media before a riveted public since Thursday last week — was ignited by Musk’s harsh criticism of Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful” spending bill, which is currently before Congress. Some lawmakers who were against the bill had called on Musk — one of the Republican Party’s biggest financial backers in last year’s presidential election — to fund primary challenges against Republicans who voted for the legislation. “He’ll ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday hailed the record surge in the stock market to 124,000 points, saying that the bullish trend reflected the confidence of investors and businessmen in the pro-people budget presented by the government on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will embark on an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, June 13, accompanied by a high-level delegation, the Foreign Office announced on Wednesday.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast that severe heatwave conditions are likely to persist across most parts of the country until Thursday, June 12.

The Government of Pakistan has introduced a new digital tax law aimed at bringing online earnings and services under the national tax net.

Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday presented the Finance Bill 2025 in the Senate, in line with Article 73 of the Constitution, inviting recommendations from the upper house on the government’s fiscal roadmap for the upcoming financial year.

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, in a statement marking the International Day of Play, emphasized the vital role of play in a child’s development, calling it a fundamental right that goes beyond mere recreation.

Finance minister announces 10pc increase in salaries of govt employees, 7pc increase in pension Proposes relief in all tax slabs on annual income of salaried class.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Information Adviser, Barrister Dr.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan announced on Tuesday a 20 percent increase in its defence budget for 2025-26 a month after a four-day intensive war with India.

Islamabad - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday expressed the firm commitment to take the country forward on the path of economic growth.

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said Pakistan and Russia have enormous potential needed to be exploited to expand bilateral partnership in trade, investment, technology, and people-to-people exchanges.

In an attempt to provide eco-friendly transport facilities, the Sindh government has decided to purchase more buses and allocate funds for electric vehicle (EV) taxis and scooters in the upcoming fiscal year 2025-26. Sindh government has reaffirmed its commitment towards addressing Karachi’s urban mobility and transport issues. With a population of 20 million, the metropolis faces rampant infrastructure issues ranging from transport, water and sanitation. The decision was made in a meeting chaired by Minister for Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon and attended by Secretary Transport Asad Zamin, Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA) Managing Director Kamal Dayo and TransKarachi CEO Fuad Ghaffar Soomro among other officials. During the meeting, a comprehensive review of various projects under the provincial transport and mass transit department, including People’s Bus Service, EV scooters, and other issues were discussed. The meeting also discussed establishing charging stations for EV vehicles at var...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday held a high-level meeting with US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie A.

• Next year’s revenue target set at Rs14.13tr • Provinces’ contribution helps Centre outperform fiscal target, record lowest budget deficit in a decade • Subsidy allocations have been reduced by 14pc • Reduced debt servicing drives expenditure containment of nearly Rs2.26tr • Generous tax relief, incentives for construction sector • Fuel levy, electricity surcharges to rise next year • Tough crackdown planned on non-filers, tax evaders • Development spending squeezed to cut deficit ISLAMABAD: Maintaining an aggressive stance on fiscal consolidation, as required by the Int­ernational Monetary Fund (IMF), Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday still managed to offer some notional relief to the salaried class in the federal budget for fiscal year 2025-26, along with incentives for the real estate and construction sectors, in an effort to revive the struggling industrial sector and stimulate economic growth. At the same time, however, the government announced it was imposing a ‘carbon levy’ of Rs2.5 per l...

LONDON/ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s high level delegation in London has urged the United Kingdom to support the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu & Kashmir.