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Iran threatens to expand war to Indian Ocean
TEHRAN: An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned on Thursday that Tehran may expand the Middle East war to the Indian Ocean if the US attacks again. “Since the conflict has spread from the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormu...
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Integration failure: FBR starts suspending sales tax registrations
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started suspending the sales tax registrations of corporate and non-corporate taxpayers that have failed to integrate their businesses with the board’s electronic invoicing system, as the ta...
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Petrol price cut by 84 paise, HSD’s by Rs2.63
ISLAMABAD: The government has reduced ex-depot price of petrol by 84 paise per litre from Rs390.12 to Rs389.28 per litre. Similarly the price of High Speed Diesel (HSD) reduced by Rs2.63 per litre to Rs412.12 per. The revised prices are app...
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Shehbaz, Pezeshkian pledge to promote peace, diplomacy
UNTED NATIONS: Amid ongoing Iran-US tensions, Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday, during which they exchanged views on the evolving regional situation and agre...
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E-filing of cases: NJAC considers implementation strategy
ISLAMABAD: The National Judicial Automation Committee (NJAC) considered the implementation strategy for e-filing of cases and reviewed proposed standard templates to support a uniform digital filing process across the judicial system. A mee...
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Roads blocked around capital ahead of planned PTI protest
ISLAMABAD: Authorities in capital blocked main access routes to the city with double-stacked shipping containers Thursday ahead of a weekend demonstration by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. Police deployed 22,000 secu...
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CCP clears transaction: UAE firm to acquire stakes in MTML from Chinese investors
ISLAMABAD: UAE-based Velora Global Ventures-F.Z.C. is set to acquire shareholding in Pakistan’s listed textile manufacturer Masood Textile Mills Limited (MTML) from two Chinese investors after the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) cl...
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‘Cockroach’ movement threatens to launch protests
MUMBAI: The leaders of India’s “cockroach” youth movement said on Thursday that they would launch nationwide protests if India’s chief election officer does not resign within 48 hours, after a newspaper report said he had been questioned by...
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Values increased on import of empty glass bottles
ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Customs Valuation, Karachi has increased Customs values on the import of empty glass bottles (for Perfumes and Cosmetics) and other categories of such bottles from all origins. However, the empty glass bott...
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Pakistan airstrikes destroy 10 drone bases in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has destroyed terrorist hideouts and support infrastructure, including drone launching and storage facilities, at 10 locations in Afghanistan following an attempted drone attack launched from Afghan territory on Septembe...
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Maryam felicitates Najeeb on becoming AJK President
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has congratulated Dr Najeeb Naqi on his election as the 25th President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The Chief Minister also felicitated the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on the occasi...
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President, PM, CMs laud role of newspapers in creating an informed society
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Chief Ministers of Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have felicitated newspaper readers, publishers, editors and journalists on the National Newspaper Read...
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Educational institutions to accommodate police, security personnel
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad District Administration has taken control of several educational institutions under the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) to accommodate police and security personnel requisitioned from Punjab and other provinc...
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Lanjar directs city’s traffic management system to be made more effective
KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar directed that the city’s traffic management system be made more effective and organized. He said that complaints regarding traffic congestion in the city were being received on a daily basis...
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Suspected visa fraud and misuse: US State Dept opens new online portal
ISLAMABAD: The United States Department of State has opened a new online portal for reporting suspected visa fraud and misuse, giving individuals a direct channel to provide information about potentially fraudulent visa applications and oth...
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C-1 sets PAEC record with 427 days of continuous operation
ISLAMABAD: The Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-1 (C-1) has operated safely and without interruption for 427 days during Cycle 18, setting a new record for the longest continuous operating cycle achieved by a nuclear power plant in the hist...
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Empowering youth govt’s key priority: PM
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday calling the talented overseas Pakistani youth a pride of the entire nation highlighted that his government was taking all-out measures to empower youth through information technology, Arti...
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The Weather
KARACHI: The weather report on Thursday (September 24, 2026) and the forecast for Friday (September 25 2026) ================================================================== CITIES TODAY TOMORROW ==========================================...
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At least 41 die as boat capsizes in DRC’s Lake Tanganyika
Forty-nine passengers have been rescued and a search is under way for the missing.
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Brazil’s Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro still essentially tied in new poll
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is up two points, but that's still within the poll's margin of error.
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