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[ Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) orders online marketplaces to submit seller-wise transaction details for digital goods and services. Photo: Suhail Yusuf/Express ISLAMABAD: The tax machinery on Thursday told Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that it may miss the first half-year’s downward revised target by Rs560 billion without support from the office of the attorney general, … Read more
Two boys walk through a waterlogged alley at a makeshift camp housing displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. Photo: AFP GAZA CITY: Hamas rejected on Thursday a report by Amnesty International that accused the Islamist movement and other armed groups of crimes against humanity during and after the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that … Read more
[ Demands anti-graft reforms, sugar sector liberalisation, remittance-cost overhaul The government has agreed to the need for a mini-budget if revenues fall short of expectations by end-December 2025, according to the IMF. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slapped Pakistan with 11 more stringent conditions to address corruption vulnerabilities, end elite capture … Read more
Australia's move to bar under-16s from using social media is expected to be closely watched by other countries, which may consider adopting similar measures. AFP spoke to teenagers and adults around the world about the Australian ban, which takes effect on Wednesday (today). Mumbai — Nothing is black or white Nineteen-year-old Pratigya Jena said social media … Read more
. K-P Governor Faisal Karim Kundi. Photo: File PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Faisal Karim Kundi, has stated that anyone else found involved alongside Faiz Hameed will also face punishment. Speaking to the media during a summit on climate change and disaster risk reduction organized by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Red Crescent Society at the Governor House, he said, … Read more
[The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely.
. Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spokesperson Ismail Baghaei. Photo: X TEHRAN: Iran condemned on Thursday restrictions imposed by the US government on diplomats at its mission in New York, where the United Nations is headquartered. Tehran’s foreign ministry said the US State Department was preventing three embassy employees from “continuing their activities”, calling it … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved the diversion of 45 liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes because of shrinking consumer demand in the country. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has already approved the diversion of LNG cargoes. Its decision was tabled before the cabinet in a recent meeting, where the proposal was ratified. Sources told … Read more
. BRUSSELS: EU states Thursday lifted a key hurdle to using Russian assets for a mammoth loan to Ukraine by agreeing on a way to keep the funds frozen as long as required without need for renewal every six months, the bloc’s Danish presidency said. The European Commission is pushing to tap some 200 billion … Read more
In a new documentary, the creator of the Pantone system explains how he standardized colors across the globe.