May 29, 2026ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s federal budget is expected to be presented on June 5, 2026, with preparations entering their final stages. Economic analysts say that the government has little room to deviate from fiscal discipline this time, given the stringent conditions attached to the ongoing IMF programme.According to Topline Securities, the market impact of…
GILGIT — Police detained Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President Junaid Akbar along with his associates at Henzal in Gilgit-Baltistan and subsequently expelled them from the region.According to police officials, Junaid Akbar and his companions were taken into custody at the Henzal area before being escorted out of Gilgit-Baltistan. The move is seen as an…
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has circulated a draft agreement with Iran to Israel and other allied countries, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported Friday, signaling a potential diplomatic breakthrough in the long-running standoff over Iran’s nuclear programme.According to the report, the draft includes provisions for opening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the American blockade….
LAHORE — The Punjab government has deployed drone technology for the first time to monitor and coordinate its post-Eid ul-Adha sanitation operation, marking a significant shift toward tech-driven urban management.According to Suthra Punjab, over 110,000 tonnes of sacrificial waste and remains were cleared across the province within the first two days of Eid, with Lahore…
It all sounds ominous, but this is still a far cry from the furious exchanges that characterised the first five-and-a-half weeks of this conflict. In that time, the US and Israel launched thousands of sorties against targets all across Iran, and Tehran responded with volleys of drones and ballistic missiles against US bases, Gulf countries…
The Israeli military has also said a strike on a car in Khan Younis on Tuesday killed Ihab Khrizim, the head of a Hamas funds transfer network, and Mohammed al-Habash, a unit commander in Hamas’s production headquarters who was said to have been involved in weapons manufacturing.
