Avoiding full-scale fiscal crisis requires lower tax rates, expenditure rationalisation & accelerated documentation ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fiscal crisis is no longer a warning; it is a lived reality. Recurrent expenditures continue to rise while federal revenues falter, leaving little room for development spending. Every year, the government accepts ambitious tax and non-tax revenue targets under IMF…
Water pipeline work outside mosque leaves roads in disarray, testing patience of worshipers With no immediate restoration in sight, mosque administration resorts to temporary fixes, placing wooden planks over the dug-up sections. Photo: express KARACHI: City’s Lasbela Chowk has turned into a daily test of patience, where broken roads and rising dust now speak louder…
KARACHI: The Meteorological Department has forecast stronger-than-usual winds across the city until Tuesday, bringing a brief spell of relief from persistent heat while also raising the possibility of dusty gusts in parts of the metropolis. According to the Early Warning Centre of the Pakistan Meteorological Department, moderate to strong sea breezes are expected to continue,…
ISLAMABAD: We are done with the annual ritual of crafting the numbers, attempting to prove economic growth yet adding to the numbers of poverty, debt and unemployment. It is called the Annual Budget, interestingly. Another regular ritual takes place every few months. A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrives, greeted with the kind…
Comedian says envy can also lead to high blood pressure, heart attacks, urges people to help each other Comedian and actor Iftikhar Thakur claimed that diabetes is caused by envy and jealousy, making the assertion during a recent podcast appearance. “I feel that when people say their daughters tell them the reason they have high…
K-P police, Charsadda team share victory as cultural spectacle strengthens Pak-China friendship For the first time, the historic river was adorned with the vibrant colours of Chinese culture in Pakistan. PHOTO: EXPRESS PESHAWAR: In a thrilling boat race held on the waters of the Kabul River as part of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, the…
LOS ANGELES: Germany swept aside tiny Curacao at the World Cup on Sunday, thrashing the debutants 7-1 in Houston while the Iran team touched down in the United States. Curacao, the smallest nation by population ever to qualify for the tournament, came face-to-face with the four-time winners and despite Livano Comenencia scoring an early equalizer…
LOS ANGELES: Japan scored an 88th-minute equaliser as they twice fought back to rescue a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in front of 69,285 in Texas on Sunday to open their World Cup campaigns. A match that had bubbled away in the first period sparked into life in the second half. Netherlands skipper Virgil van…
NCA officials conducted early Sunday operation supported by Chinook helicopters aircraft frigate minehunter UK Royal Marine Commandos take part in a maritime interdiction operation on the vessel SMYRTOS off the south coast of England, June 14, 2026. The boarding, carried out with National Crime Agency officers, was part of a UK operation targeting vessels suspected…
Aircraft explodes near parking lot of electric vehicles triggering massive fire, blasts in Rio de Janeiro An aerial view shows the site of a helicopter crash in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighbourhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 14, 2026. At least six people died in Brazil on June 14 after two helicopters crashed…