Residents said the tanks moved into five neighborhoods after midnight. Heavy shelling and gunfire hit the tents of displaced families in the Al-Mawasi area, further to the west of the coastal enclave, they said. Some eight months into the war, there has been no sign of let up in the fighting as efforts by international […]
At least 562 people have died during the haj, according to a tally based on foreign ministry statements and sources. Egypt alone has registered 307 deaths and another 118 missing medical and security sources told Reuters, as temperatures at times soared past 51 degrees Celsius to 124 Fahrenheit. It was so harsh and the people […]
The benchmark KSE-100 reached an all-time high of 78,115 from the previous close of 77,213. The KSE-100 index gained 1409 points around 10.55 am. Analysts attributed the upward trajectory to the government’s willingness to unlock a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the budget. Analysts expect the budget for the fiscal year to […]
Lasbela Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Ismail Suttar dubbed the document as a confused budget, claiming that the masters did not want economic stability in the country. Imagine a country that fails to support its exporters, what else can we expect from a budget that converts the 1% presumptive tax regime into normal taxation, […]
The Consumer Prices Index slowed as expected from 2.3 percent in April, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement citing easing food prices. That follows almost three years of Britain’s above-target inflation, which last stood at two percent in July 2021 before surging higher in a cost-of-living crisis. The news sets the scene […]
Castro, flanked by members of Honduras’s National Defense and Security Council, said in a late-night address to the nation the plan of solutions against crime was in response to public complaints about rising violence. She said the armed forces and police must make “urgent interventions” in all areas where there was a high incidence of […]
The Secretary, of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Dr. Kazim Niaz, signed on behalf of the Ministry, while Chairman WAPDA, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Sajjad Ghani, represented WAPDA, said a news release. Ambassador of Kuwait in Pakistan Nassar Abdulrahman Jasser Al. Mutairi graced the ceremony with his presence. This significant financing comes as a result of […]
The Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) Chairman has assured the Senate Standing Committee on Finance that the decision will be withdrawn soon. The government had expected to generate revenue of Rs2-3 billion from the sales tax on stationery items. Senator Mohsin Aziz argued that the tax had made stationery items unaffordable for the poor, affecting […]
Mass production of the roughly 35,000-euro ($37,345) vehicle, produced by a BMW and China’s Great Wall Motor Co Ltd joint venture, began late last year – shortly after the EU launched its probe. With production still, in the early days, the JV was unable to fulfill the European Commission’s survey to the level of detail […]
The project is expected to directly benefit approximately 5 million children, 7,000 head teachers, 165,000 teachers, and more than 3,000 teacher mentors in public schools as well as Punjab Education Foundation schools. Punjab has more than 7 million out-of-school children. GRADES will help the government of Punjab substantially reduce this number and, in parallel, improve […]
