ISLAMABAD (International Desk) — Pakistan’s Finance Minister and senior PML-N leader Ishaq Dar has announced that the government will take all coalition partners into confidence before moving forward with the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment. Speaking to reporters, Dar said the government intends to introduce the amendment first in the Senate, ensuring that the final draft…
You’re lost. Even worse, there’s no cell signal. The last thing keeping you from fully freaking out is that little blue dot — the universal sign that, somewhere up above, a GPS satellite has eyes on you. But what if you don’t even have that? Kanwar Singh thinks he’s got a solution. For the past…
Orders sealing of businesses for delayed or non-payment of taxesBy Our Staff Reporter Farzana Chaudhry LAHORE: Chairman Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) Muazzam Iqbal Sipra chaired a high-level departmental meeting to review enforcement, registration, and recovery performance across the province. The meeting was briefed on the initiative to restrict provincial and federal departments from issuing licenses…
FinMin says commission will assess possibility of taking back education, population ministries from provinces Finance Minister Aurangzeb on discussion on ending protection of provincial shares. Screengrab via @RadioPakistan on X ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Monday that the government would only discuss proposals of ending a minimum constitutionally guaranteed 57.5% provincial share in…
By Our Staff Reporter Dr Ansab Ali LAHORE: Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry has announced that the training camps of Punjab teams for preparation of the 35th National Games will commence from November 24. He shared this information while presiding over an important meeting at the National Hockey Stadium on…
By Our Staff Reporter Muhammad Shahzad LAHORE: Inspector General of Police Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar has continued comprehensive welfare measures for police personnel and their families, with more than Rs1.84 billion spent so far during the current year on various welfare initiatives. According to a Punjab Police spokesperson, over Rs556.3 million have been disbursed as…
By Our Staff Reporter Dr Ansab Ali LAHORE: Punjab has more than 22,000 metric tons of sugar available in stock and ample supplies in the market, Secretary Price Control and Commodities Management Department Dr. Kiran Khurshid said while chairing a meeting to review prices of sugar and other essential commodities. Dr. Khurshid stated that some…
By Our Staff Reporter Farzana Chaudhry LAHORE: The Punjab government has directed all district administrations to strictly enforce the sale of sugar at officially notified rates across the province. Presiding over a video-link meeting of Deputy Commissioners at the Civil Secretariat on Tuesday, Chief Secretary Punjab Zahid Akhtar Zaman ordered implementation of fixed sugar prices…
Jesse RogersNov 4, 2025, 09:49 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox are picking up the $20 million option on center fielder Luis Robert Jr.‘s contract for 2026, sources tell ESPN. Robert, 27, hit .223 with 14 home runs and 33…
On a warm late October afternoon, a full house at the San Vicente Bungalows in Los Angeles got a sneak preview of one of the year’s most acclaimed international Oscar contenders, Lee Sang-il’s Kokuho. The THR Frontrunners screening introduced the crowd to an epic, nearly three-hour-long portrait of the life of a fictional kabuki actor,…
