ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s tax returns for the fiscal year ending June 2025 surged by 17.65% to a record 5.912 million, a milestone Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attributed to rising public confidence in the government’s economic overhaul and a broader crackdown on evasion.
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Pakistan says it foiled Indian plot by arresting fisherman forced into espionage
ISLAMABAD: Authorities said on Saturday they arrested a fisherman whom they accused Indian intelligence agencies of coercing into a scheme to fabricate evidence against Pakistan, in what the government described as a desperate bid by New Delhi to revive its tarnished image after a failed covert operation.
Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi fire Pakistan to T20 series win over South Africa
LAHORE: Babar Azam displayed his batting mastery after Shaheen Shah Afridi spearheaded a superb bowling effort as Pakistan cruised to a four-wicket win over South Africa in the decisive third Twenty20 International at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
Pakistan’s counterterrorism push leaves record 355 militants dead in October
ISLAMABAD: Militants in Pakistan endured their most severe setbacks in a decade during October, with security forces killing 355 insurgents in intensified operations across the country, according to a monthly report released by an Islamabad-based think tank.
Minister Asif accuses India of fuelling terrorism to keep Islamabad engaged on two fronts
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif accused India on Saturday of trying to entangle his country in conflicts on its eastern and western borders by stoking terrorism in the region, even as Islamabad works to solidify a fragile ceasefire with Afghanistan. “If there is a need for evidence, then we have it, about what involvement India has in terrorism [in Pakistan] and how it wants to keep us busy on two fronts: the eastern and western,” the minister, Khawaja Asif told a private television channel.
A visit, a rebuff, and a party divided: Former PTI figures struggle to unite Khan’s allies
LAHORE: In a surprise hospital visit that underscored the deepening fractures within Pakistan’s opposition ranks, three former leaders of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party sought to enlist the support of the jailed vice chairman, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, for a new campaign aimed at securing Khan’s release.
CM Afridi forms all-male cabinet in KP, and familiar barriers for women persist
PESHAWAR: After days of uncertainty, the provincial northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province finalised its cabinet, swearing in 10 provincial ministers while appointing two advisers and a special assistant to the chief minister.
Pakistan partially reopens key Afghan border for refugee repatriation
PESHAWAR: Pakistan partially reopened a key border crossing with Afghanistan on Saturday, allowing thousands of stranded Afghan refugees to return home after nearly three weeks of closure prompted by deadly clashes between the two nations’ forces.
PPP gains ground in Kashmir, prepares to oust prime minister
ISLAMABAD: The chairman of Pakistan’s People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, said his party stood ready to form a government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, vowing to end the political turmoil that has gripped the region and reaffirming the party’s historic commitment to the Kashmiri cause.
Pakistan pledges debt turnaround as ratio hits 74.5 percent of GDP
ISLAMABAD: The finance ministry projected a plunge in the public debt-to-GDP ratio to 63.3% by fiscal 2028, down from a record 74.5% at the end of June, banking on fiscal consolidation and macroeconomic stability to tame liabilities that swelled 13% in a year.