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Incarcerated leaders urge dialogue to resolve crisis

Supports action against ex-ruling party lawmakers in Punjab

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The federal government of Pakistan has reportedly finalised plans to close down the Utility Stores Corporation (USC), setting 31st July as the official deadline, according to sources familiar with the matter. The move comes on the directive of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, following a high-level meeting held on 28th June. As part of the closure […]

Actors Taylor Kitsch and Chris Pratt returned as Prime Video shared the teaser trailer for ‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’ prequel. To Read Lifestyle Stories in Urdu – Click Here The upcoming series, a prequel to 2022’s ‘The Terminal List,’ takes place before the original series and will explore the origin story of Ben Edwards […]

WASHINGTON DC: The Republican-led US Senate approved President Donald Trump’s mammoth domestic policy bill Tuesday by the narrowest of margins, despite misgivings over delivering deep welfare cuts and another $3 trillion in national debt. Republican leaders had struggled to corral support during a record 24-hour “vote-a-rama” amendment session on the Senate floor, as Democrats offered dozens […]

Donald Trump and Elon Musk reignited their bitter feud on Tuesday, with the US president threatening to deport the tech tycoon and strip federal funds from his businesses for criticising Trump’s flagship spending bill. The world’s richest person was Trump’s biggest political donor in the 2024 election, and became his inseparable ally during his first months back in the White House as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But the Space X and Tesla boss is now threatening to turn his riches against Trump, mulling a rival political party to challenge Republican lawmakers who vote for the president’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”. Trump, 79, reacted vengefully today as he headed to the opening of a new migrant detention centre in Florida dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”. “We’ll have to take a look,” he told reporters when asked if he would consider deporting Musk, who has held US citizenship since 2002. View this post on Instagram Trump also signalled that he could take aim at the huge contracts and subsi...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the government has decided to enhance the country’s water storage capacity, given India’s designs to weaponise water. India in April held the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following the attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 26 — an incident New Delhi blamed on Islamabad without evidence. The treaty allocates the Indus Basin’s six rivers between the two countries: India gets the eastern rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej), while Pakistan receives nearly 80 per cent of the water from the western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab). Pakistan termed any attempt to suspend its water share an “act of war”, noting the IWT had no provision for unilateral suspension. It later said it was considering court action, citing a violation of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in Hague also ruled India cannot unilaterally suspend or hold the IWT in abeyance. During a visit to the National Emergencies Operations C...

Consumers fear Rs3.23-per-unit surcharge to recover cost of bank loans

Trump tariffs, weaker dollar lift safe-haven asset demand

Maritime minister announces new ferry routes, shipping lines to expand regional connectivity

Analysts credit macro stability, investor confidence, and low valuations for best regional performance in FY25

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Food chains, vehicle importers, and sugar millers will benefit from reduction

Declining production, rising input prices, and tax burden push growers toward crisis point

Rana Tanveer presents national reforms, food security agenda aimed at modernising agricultural sector