The Madleen departed from Italy on June 1, aiming to bring awareness to food shortages in Gaza, which the United Nations has called the “hungriest place on Earth”. After 21 months of war, the UN has warned that the territory’s entire population is at risk of famine. “The passengers of the ‘Selfie Yacht’ arrived at […]
Some 700 Marines based in Southern California were expected to reach Los Angeles Monday night or Tuesday morning, officials said, as part of a federal strategy to quell street demonstrations opposing the immigration raids, which are a part of a signature effort of President Donald Trump’s second term. Although their mission to protect federal personnel […]
With bloody body contortions, booming blasts and brooding high school angst, “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” based on the 12-time Emmy-winning Netflix science fiction series “Stranger Things,” took home Tony Awards on Sunday for best scenic design, lighting design and sound design of a play along with a special award for its illusions and technical […]
Best known for her starring role in the 1958 psychological thriller, Novak also held notable roles in classics such as “Kiss Me, Stupid” by Billy Wilder, as well as “Picnic” and “The Man with the Golden Arm”. The 92-year-old actor will be given the so-called Golden Lion for “inadvertently becoming a screen legend”, the festival’s […]
According to the budget 2025-26 proposals, the salaries and pensions of the government employees are likely to be raised. However, prospects for significant tax relief for salaried individuals appear dim, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reportedly objected to maintaining the current annual tax-free income threshold of Rs1.2 million. As a result, the government […]
Later, he will lay a copy of the Finance Bill, 2025, containing the Annual Budget Statement before the Senate. Budget 2025-26 summarizes certain relief measures for salaried individuals, including a 10% salary increase for government employees and a 5% to 7.5% increase in pensions for retired civil servants. Employees in Grades 1 to 16 are […]
As part of the new improvements, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is suggesting a tenfold increase in fines, through Point of Sale (POS) systems, for tax fraud, increasing penalties to PKR 5 million from PKR 500,000. Hidden businesses that maintain secret transactions besides the POS system will also experience severe legal actions. In the […]
Taking to her Instagram handle, with the BTS pictures as well as the backstory of ‘Manchild’, young popstar Sabrina Carpenter put all the rumours regarding her latest single to rest. In the descriptive caption with the five-picture carousel post, Carpenter begins to share, “I wrote Manchild on a random Tuesday with Amy and Jack not […]
In a new interview with Indian YouTuber Siddharth Kannan, actor Muzammil Ibrahim, who played the lead role in Pooja Bhatt’s ‘Dhokha’, alleged that her behaviour on the film set gave him ‘nightmares’. “I was called unprofessional during that time by Pooja Bhatt. She had a temperament, an attitude which was very disrespectful for actors,” he […]
For the unversed, social media celebrity Sana Yousaf, who had celebrated her 17th birthday recently, was gunned down by 22-year-old Umar Hayat alias Kaka, outside her residence in Islamabad, for repeatedly turning down his friendship offer. She sustained two bullets and succumbed to her injuries on the spot on Monday. Taking to her Instagram stories, […]
