Pakistan summons US envoy over ambassador’s Kashmir remarks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan lodged a formal protest with the United States on Wednesday, summoning the American charge d’affaires in Islamabad to convey what the Foreign Office described as a “strong demarche” after the US ambassador to India referred to Jammu and Kashmir as part of India during a visit to the disputed territory.
PML-N govt moves to block Imran Khan’s hospital transfer, calls Supreme Court order “discriminatory”
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has asked the Supreme Court to overturn its own ruling ordering the transfer of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to a private hospital in Islamabad, setting up a fresh legal confrontation just a day after the original order was issued.
Lahore’s Basant festival set to return for second consecutive year in March 2027
LAHORE: Lahore is preparing to welcome back its famous Basant festival for a second consecutive year, with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif confirming the kite-flying celebration will take place from 12 to 14 March 2027.
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- Mobile broadband services restored
- LPG prices rise by 29.2pc for February
- Cabinet swells to 75 members
- Govt allows TCP to import wheat via all ports
- World Bank approves $200 million in loan for Punjab’s farm development project
- PM Sharif’s party decides to get tough on hecklers
- Apex court overturns PHC ban on poultry exports
- Shahbaz Gill declined bail
- IHC disposes of PTI employees petition against FIA notices
- Rupee plumbs new lows against dollar
- Punjab gets new policy chief
- Loans under Mera Ghar scheme to continue
- Senior army official shot dead in Balochistan rescue operation
- Bani Gala Firing: Man shot, wounded by PTI leader’s gunman
- Turkish commander calls on CJCSC
- Inquiry commission to probe reasons of energy crisis
- ANP set to fly Sharif’s coop
- Member Communist Party of China calls on COAS
- CHE to be renamed, HQ shifted to Karachi
- Pakistan to import high-quality Afghan coal in rupees
- IHC chucks plea to interfere with legislation
- Saudi Arabia confers King Abdulaziz medal on General Bajwa
- Interior Minister no-show at drugs case hearing
- Pakistan hopes early, successful visit by FATF team
- Pakistan commiserates with Afghanistan over quake, flood destruction
Pakistan launches app-based tax scheme to bring small traders into the net
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rolled out a mobile application on Wednesday to formalize its Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme, a bid to draw millions of small traders into the tax system through a simplified, app-based filing process that officials say removes the friction that doomed past efforts.
Pakistan refiners agree to cut diesel price by up to Rs32 a liter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s oil refiners agreed to cut diesel prices by more than Rs30 to Rs32 a liter, Petroleum Minister Ali Pervez Malik said Wednesday, delivering relief to consumers after months of price increases tied to the war in the Middle East.