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. LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has recorded a 35% increase in revenue collection during the first half of the current financial year, following the implementation of a series of reforms, according to a statement issued on Saturday. During July-December of the ongoing financial year, the PRA collected Rs149.5 billion in total revenue, compared … Read more
The tactically precise operation successfully extracted Mr. Maduro with no loss of American life, a result heralded by President Trump amid larger questions about the legality and rationale for the U.S. actions in Venezuela.
Experts have said that Venezuela is not a major drug producer but rather a minor cocaine transit country, with most of the cocaine flowing through it headed to Europe.
[ Ahmed Shide, Ethiopia Finance Minister. Photo: f(ile) ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia has struck a preliminary agreement with a group of investors holding some of its $1 billion 2024 international bond, according to the Finance Ministry, a crucial step on the African nation’s path to restructure its debt. The draft agreement covers the main financial terms … Read more
. Kate Winslet is drawing on more than 30 years of experience in front of the camera to guide her first major effort behind it. The Oscar-winning actress is directing Goodbye June, her feature directorial debut, and says her extensive acting career, including work with some of the industry’s most respected directors, helped prepare her … Read more
. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar addresses a press briefing in Islamabad on Friday to review Pakistan’s diplomatic performance in 2025. SCREENGRAB BEIJING: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, on a diplomatic visit to Beijing, engaged in a series of high-level conversations with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Turkiye, emphasising dialogue, … Read more
The official said the dead included civilians and military personnel. At least one of the civilians was killed in a U.S. airstrike outside of Caracas, according to her family.
The White House had pointed to drug trafficking and migration as reasons to crack down on Nicolás Maduro. But oil emerged as central to President Trump.
At Wagah border, white sculptures, a Partition rail scene recast Lahore’s frontier past walks beside present The newly-built museum at the Wagah Border arena in Lahore. Photos: Express LAHORE: At Lahore’s Wagah Border, a newly-built arena has opened with a museum that attempts to bottle the country’s restless history, tracing the story from the independence … Read more
Luxury. Photo (file) When New York-based model and influencer Wisdom Kaye went shopping at the Italian fashion label Miu Miu and returned home with a haul of clothes he says he spent $18,000 on, he didn’t expect some of the items would fall apart in front of his eyes. In now-viral videos posted to his … Read more
