ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday announced a Rs17 trillion tax collection target for the new fiscal year, including over Rs1.7 trillion through the petroleum levy, but also gave relief of Rs360 billion to the salaried class, real estate and businesses aimed at kick-starting the economy. The salaried class received Rs52 billion tax relief, while Rs115…
Among those seized was the man Turkish intelligence identifies as ISIS’s intelligence chief for all of Turkey Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) on Saturday said 10 ISIS (Daesh) suspects, including one linked to the 2015 Ankara train station attack, were captured in Syria in a joint operation with Syrian intelligence, Turkish security sources said. According…
ISLAMABAD: The foreign ministers of 14 countries, including Pakistan, issued a joint statement on Sunday condemning the “illegal and unacceptable” opening of a purported embassy by the “so-called Somaliland region” in occupied Jerusalem. The statement, shared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on X, was signed by the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia,…
KARACHI: The KSE-100 index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed the three-day week at 179,571, gaining 649 points, or 0.36% week-on-week, as the easing of geopolitical tensions and the passage of FY27 budget lifted investor sentiment. On a day-on-day basis, the PSX witnessed a range-bound session on Monday, with the KSE-100 declining 451 points…