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Salaried employees can estimate their revised take-home salary using the Budget 2026-27 income tax calculator. During the budget speech in the National Assembly on Friday, Finance Minister Aurangzeb unveiled tax cuts for four income slabs and announced the abolition of the surcharge.

Brazil goalkeeper Alisson Becker speaks to reporters at the team’s World Cup base on Thursday. Photo: AFP LONDON: Brazil goalkeeper Alisson Becker insisted Thursday that doubts about the record five-time champions could work in the team’s favour at the World Cup as they prepare to get their campaign in North America up and running. “It is a … Read more

Users also experienced issues with Instagram, WhatsApp desktop feature Web Desk June 12, 2026 Less than a minute read Meta’s teen accounts, which offer additional security settings, content restrictions and parental controls for users aged 13 to 17, were first introduced on Instagram last year. PHOTO: PEXELS Facebook and several other platforms owned by Meta … Read more

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presents Budget 2026-27 in the National Assembly on Friday. — SCREENGRAB Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday said the provincial share under the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award would remain unchanged. He said substantial allocations had been made for newly merged districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) and Azad Jammu and … Read more

Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari talks to media representatives at the Parliament House on Thursday. Photo: X/PPP ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, reached the Parliament and joined the budget session after meeting with Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. Earlier, PPP denied rumours that the party had decided to boycott … Read more

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday approved the draft of the Federal Budget 2026–27. He chaired a cabinet meeting in Islamabad to review the budget proposals. He said taxes had to be imposed so that the economic distortion that had been spread over many years in the past could be stabilised and the paths of … Read more

He says Pakistan will work with partners to dismantle ‘twisted ideology’ of hate speech Pakistan on Friday described the Muscat Plan of Action as an innovative pathway to address the scourge of hate speech, prevent incitement to genocide and other atrocity crimes, and promote peace mediation, dialogue, and local peacebuilding, Radio Pakistan reported. These remarks … Read more

KARACHI: Trading at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) jumped almost 2,000 points before suspension on account of Friday prayers, as investors braced for Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb’s presentation of the federal budget for FY2026-27 later in the day. The benchmark Index climbed significantly to 171,659.29 points, reflecting positive investor sentiment. The market registered a … Read more

ULAANBAATAR: Mongolia has recovered a rare dinosaur skeleton and a trove of fossils illegally exported two decades ago, authorities said, concluding years of efforts to return the palaeontological treasures. The collection includes a Tarbosaurus bataar skeleton, estimated to be more than 50% intact, along with 28 groups of fossilised dinosaur remains originally found in Mongolia’s … Read more

Total of 16 international teams from different armies participated in annual event, military’s media wing says Pakistan Army team, represented by the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), secured first place at the International Pacesticking Competition 2026 held at the Royal Military Academy (RMA) Sandhurst, United Kingdom (UK), the military’s media wing said on Friday. According to … Read more