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Revenue boards to share data

[ . Charging higher taxes from non-filers of income tax returns has become a source of easy revenue generation, rather than expanding the tax base. photo: file LAHORE: Sindh Revenue Board Chairman Dr Wasif Memon visited the Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) headquarters, where he was received by PRA Chairman Muazzam Iqbal Sipra. The PRA chairman … Read more

Indonesia plane with 11 on board goes missing

. Indonesia plane. Photo: Courtesy — South China Morning Post MAKASSAR: Indonesian authorities are searching for a small passenger plane after contact was lost on Saturday with the aircraft carrying 11 people, rescue officials told AFP. The Indonesia Air Transport turboprop plane left from Yogyakarta and was headed for the city of Makassar on Sulawesi … Read more

Inquiry ordered into Karachi terminal fire

[ Firefighters battle a blaze at Karachi Port’s West Wharf terminal on January 16, 2026. Photo: Express ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry has constituted an inquiry committee to investigate the cause of a fire at the Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT) and to fix responsibility to prevent similar incidents in … Read more

Syria army tightens grip on Raqa

. DEIR HAFER: Syria’s army took control of swathes of northern Syria and threatened to bomb parts of Raqa province on Saturday after Kurdish forces pulled back from territory they had held for over a decade. The government appeared to be seeking to extend its grip on parts of the country under Kurdish control a … Read more

Pakistan hopes for Iran peace as Trump stands down

Dar, Araghchi hold telephonic conversation; FMs discuss regional situation, border issues Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar shakes hands with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi during a meeting at the foreign ministry in Islamabad. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday expressed its strong desire for peace and stability in Iran and the wider region as Deputy Prime … Read more

Survival costs leave Rs2.50 for school

[ KARACHI: On New Year’s Day 2026, the release of the Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) 2024-25 revealed that 20.3 million children remain out of school. Based on the first fully digital post-Census 2023 survey of 32,000 households, the data shows that Pakistan’s “education emergency” is not an abstract policy failure but a matter of … Read more

Economic stability fails to ease job anxieties

[ Survey shows 84% respondents call for job creation, human development over large infrastructure initiatives LAHORE: Pakistan closed 2025 with signs of economic stabilisation, but the public remains divided on whether the recovery has translated into broad-based prosperity, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMA). … Read more