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Roughly one month ago, from the stage at an investment forum in Saudi Arabia, US President Donald Trump issued a warning to Iran that would prove prophetic. “We’ll never allow America and its allies to be threatened with terrorism or nuclear attack,” Trump told the crowd, sending a message to the leadership in Tehran. “The time is right now for them to choose. Right now. We don’t have a lot of time to wait. Things are happening at a very fast pace.” That May 13 ultimatum received little attention at the time. But behind the scenes, the president already knew an attack on Iran could be imminent — and that there might be little he could do to stop it, according to two US officials. By mid-May, the Pentagon had begun drawing up detailed contingency plans to aid Israel if it followed through on its long-held ambition to strike Iran’s nuclear programme, the officials said. And the US had already diverted thousands of defensive weapons away from war-torn Ukraine toward the Middle East in preparation for potential c...

ISLAMABAD: A record 9.5% withholding tax has been proposed to be imposed on non-filers selling property worth Rs100 million or more by the Government of Pakistan, as part of the newly proposed Finance Bill 2025-26, ARY News reported. According to details, the decision to impose withholding tax on non-filers was proposed during the session of […]

ISLAMABAD: In a step toward public safety, the Islamabad Police have formally launched the Taxi Verification App, a digital tool designed to protect passengers by verifying taxis before their journey begins, ARY News reported. The initiative was led by Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, executed under the leadership of IG Islamabad Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, […]

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