Media Facilitation Centre set up for journalists covering ‘Islamabad Talks’

Information ministry establishes facility at Jinnah Convention Centre as journalists arrive in federal capital Picture from inside the Media Facilitation Centre established by the Information Ministry at the Jinnah Convention Centre for foreign journalists arriving to cover the Islamabad talks. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB The government has established a Media Facilitation Centre at the Jinnah Convention Centre…

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Tax design, not rates, is Pakistan’s real problem

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s tax debate often starts in the wrong place. We argue over rates, targets and quarterly shortfalls, but avoid the central problem: the design of the tax system itself. A tax regime that depends on a largely undocumented retail economy to collect revenue will keep producing distortion, leakage and resentment. That is exactly what…

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China’s Xi, in call with Saudi crown prince, calls for Strait of Hormuz to remain open

Urges immediate ceasefire, political resolution as concerns mount over survival of US-Iran ceasefire Combination image of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. PHOTOS: REUTERS Chinese President Xi Jinping called for normal passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz to be maintained, in a phone call on Monday with…

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SC returns 27th Amendment plea

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has refused to entertain the Lahore Bar Association’s (LBA) petition challenging the 27th Constitutional Amendment and the subsequent transfer of three Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges to different high courts. It is learnt that the Supreme Court registrar’s office returned the petition to the Advocate-on-Record (AOR) without issuing a written order….

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Govt sticks to coal despite solar growth

Research says Pakistan on ‘front line’ of global struggle to exit coal agreements LAHORE: Pakistan’s rapid shift towards solar power is undermining the economics of coal-fired electricity generation, even as the government continues to back coal as a pillar of energy security, according to a new global report. The report, Boom and Bust 2026, released…

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