Speaking at a conference on “Retail Reimagined: Innovate, Collaborate & Thrive”, organized by The Pakistan Retail Business Council (PRBC), the minister said, the disproportionate burden of taxes on the manufacturing, services industry, and salaried class is unsustainable. “We need to bring other segments, including agriculture, real estate, retail, and wholesale, into the tax net.” He […]
A commentary carried by KCNA said Washington should be wary of consequences for what it said were nuclear alliances, naming AUKUS and the trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan. Australia just made its first $500 million payment to the U.S. under the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. Under AUKUS, Australia will pay the United States […]
The plan stirred rare unity among Arab states which roundly rejected the idea, but they could still disagree over who will govern the Palestinian territory and who will pay for reconstruction. Umer Karim, an expert on Saudi foreign policy, told AFP the summit would be the “most consequential” in decades about the wider Arab world […]
Trump spoke hours after Zelenskiy hit back at his suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion, saying the U.S. president was trapped in a Russian disinformation bubble. “A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskiy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social media […]
This came at a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Saudi Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Waleed Abdul Karim El-Khereiji in New York. The meeting noted the vast investment opportunities available in Pakistan. They reaffirmed the shared commitment to deepening their multifaceted partnership for mutual prosperity and regional stability. Ishaq Dar commended the […]
Faisal Vawda, Chairman of the Senate committee, disclosed in a session that the land of around 40 billion rupees valued at the government price, was sold at the throwaway rate of five billion rupees. Senator Vawda informed that the market value of the 500 acres of land at Karachi’s Port Qasim has been around Rs […]
Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has said that foreign elements providing arms and ammunition to keep the conflict continuing. He said external forces intended to set the entire Pakistan on fire. “But we didn’t step back. No terrorist will remain alive,” he said. Chief Minister KP said that the government has started work to secure […]
Bolsonaro, 69, and his co-accused were hit with five charges over the alleged bid to prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after a bitter election race. Attorney General Paulo Gonet Branco filed the charges at the Supreme Court “based on manuscripts, digital files, spreadsheets and exchanges of messages that reveal the […]
Trump increased pressure on Zelensky to hold elections — echoing one of Moscow’s key demands — and chided the Ukrainian for complaining about being frozen out of talks in Saudi Arabia. The US president also suggested that he could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin before the end of the month as Washington overhauls its stance […]
As the 4-1/2-hour meeting in the Saudi capital was underway, Russia hardened its demands, notably insisting it would not tolerate the NATO alliance granting membership to Kyiv. It was the first time U.S. and Russian officials have sat down together to discuss ways to halt the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two. Ukraine […]
