PPP’s Hussain Tariq questions Rs6.9 trillion direct tax target, flags 54% rise in electricity inflation in a year Information Minister Attaullah Tarar speaks at the National Assembly budget session on June 14, 2026. SCREENGRAB Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday defended the federal budget in the National Assembly, claiming enforcement measures had generated Rs800 billion…
KARACHI: In an economy where billions have become the new millions and trillions the new billions due to years of inflation and rupee depreciation, the federal government’s decision to allocate just Rs7.1 billion for agricultural storage infrastructure in Budget 2026-27 has raised questions about the understanding of those in the power corridors of Islamabad regarding…
Hussain Tariq flags 54% electricity inflation, asks how minimum wage earners will pay bills Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MNA Hussain Tariq on Sunday termed direct tax targets, set out in the new budget at Rs6.9 trillion, as “very ambitious and unlikely to be achieved,” calling on Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to respond to his concerns….
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (L), Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar (C) and Türkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. Photos: File Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar held separate telephone conversations on Saturday night with the foreign ministers of Turkiye and Egypt, discussing the evolving regional situation and recent progress towards an understanding between the…
PUBLISHED June 14, 2026 For Ubaid Javed, a private-sector employee, the month begins with a message from the bank and ends almost at the same moment. The salary lands in his account, but the sense of relief does not last. Before the month has properly started, there is rent to be set aside, school fees…
PUBLISHED June 14, 2026 The first season of Murder Mindfully introduced us to an unusual protagonist: Björn Diemel, a stressed lawyer discovers mindfulness techniques and somehow manages to use them as a framework for organised crime, murder, and personal fulfillment. It was a premise so absurd that it should never have worked and this thought…
Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb. Photo: Reuters/ File ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday said that provincial contributions to federal spending had been partly reflected in next year’s defence budget, adding that talks were under way on a three-year contribution framework. Addressing his post-budget news conference, the finance minister elaborated on the use of…
LAHORE: The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) has expressed profound disappointment over the federal budget 2026-27, stating that despite repeated assurances from the government, the poultry sector has received no meaningful fiscal relief. In a statement issued on Saturday, the association warned that continuation of burdensome taxes on key production inputs will further increase the cost…
. CHAKWAL: A tragic incident in Chakwal has raised serious questions about law enforcement procedures after a nine-year-old girl was allegedly killed in firing by personnel of the Crime Control Department (CCD), while her father and brother sustained critical injuries. Following the incident, a CCD official has been taken into custody. According to police, Australian…
ISLAMABAD: Judges of the superior courts have been conditionally allowed to attend social, political and diplomatic functions with the permission of the relevant chief justice. The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), in its June 11 meeting, approved amendments to the Judges’ Code of Conduct. Last October, the SJC, by a majority, approved a new Code of…