Your daily dose of insights
Asif alleges staff charged villagers Rs80,000 to repair damaged transformer, fail to provide any receipt Power Minister Awais Leghari. Photo: File Power Minister Awais Leghari has taken “strict action” against a Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) officials who allegedly collected money from villagers for repairing a transformer without providing any official receipt. In a social … Read more
The trial, Austria’s first against Assad regime officials, will be a rare chance for Syrian witnesses to confront two men they have accused of torture.
FIA says over the past 3 years, at least 377 reported deaths have occurred due to illegal migration routes ISLAMABAD: LAHORE The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) offloaded 39,786 passengers during 2025 under a lawful, intelligence-driven and risk-based screening system aimed at curbing irregular migration, dismantling human smuggling networks and protecting Pakistani citizens from exploitation abroad. … Read more
The U.S. military said it carried out ‘self-defense strikes’ over the weekend. Iran’s military said it had targeted a military base in retaliation for an American strike.
[Oil prices climbed as investors weighed a renewed exchange of military strikes between the United States and Iran against signs that both sides remain engaged in negotiations.
Air defences in Kuwait, where a major US base is located, were intercepting missile and drone attacks on Monday A missile launch is depicted here. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY The US said it struck Iranian military sites at the weekend and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday it had targeted a US base in response, the latest in … Read more
[ Energy has become a weapon, supply chains are being redrawn and vulnerable economies like Pakistan stand exposed ISLAMABAD: The world economy is no longer passing through a temporary crisis; it is undergoing a structural reset. The Ukraine-Russia war first disrupted the global energy order, and the escalating Middle East conflict has now deepened that … Read more
. BOGOTA: Colombians voted Sunday in a presidential election that could shift the country’s response to rising guerrilla violence, choosing between extending spluttering peace talks or turning to a military crackdown. Election polls showed leftwing senator Ivan Cepeda leading, but facing a strong challenge from lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, a pro-Trump outsider. The vote … Read more
The Taiwan president’s spokeswoman said China used “baseless pretexts” to punish journalists, which she called evidence that Beijing was a “troublemaker.”
[ ISLAMABAD: The principal reason for low revenue collection in Pakistan is weak fiscal management and a policy framework designed to appease tax evaders while burdening the already documented sectors. In 2026, while the numbers have become astronomical, the underlying disease remains unchanged. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is still missing targets, relying excessively … Read more