Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb will present the federal budget for the next fiscal year (FY26-27) in the National Assembly on Friday, an adviser to the minister has confirmed.
Adviser to the Finance Minister Khurram Schehzad shared the revised budget schedule in a post on X.
He added that the Pakistan Economic Survey for the outgoing FY25-26 will be launched at 2:20pm tomorrow (Thursday)…
Addressing the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the Centre, in collaboration with provinces, had taken decisions in the national interest.
The NEC met to finalise federal and provincial development plans ahead of the presentation of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY2026-27). It is the highest economic decision-making forum of the…
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LAHORE: A day after the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) registered a case against PML-N MPA Saqib Chadhar for allegedly harassing television actor Momina Iqbal, the lawmaker secured interim pre-arrest bail from a Lahore court on Friday.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Irfan Ahmad Sheikh approved the bail after hearing Chadhar’s plea.
During the hearing, Chadhar appeared…
The presentation of the federal budget for the next fiscal year (FY2026-27) has been pushed to June 10, according to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry.
His remarks come after several media outlets reported on Tuesday that the budget would not be presented on June 5, for which sessions of both houses of Parliament were summoned.
Asked about the reason for postponing the…
RAWALPINDI: The Adiala jail superintendent told the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday that a request for family and personal doctor meetings with Bushra Bibi, the wife of former prime minister Imran Khan, had been declined due to concerns over political discussions following prison visits.
The Adiala jail superintendent submitted a written reply to the court stating that conversations held after…
LAKKI MARWAT: At least nine people, including two traffic policemen, were martyred while 33 others were injured on Tuesday in a blast in the Serai Naurang tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district, police said.
Initially, Lakki Marwat district police officer’s spokesperson Qudratullah Khan, in a statement, said that seven people, including two traffic cops, were killed while 23 others…
LAKKI MARWAT: At least nine people, including two traffic policemen, were martyred on Tuesday in a blast in the Serai Naurang tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district, police said.
Initially, Lakki Marwat district police officer’s spokesperson Qudratullah Khan, in a statement, said that seven people, including two traffic cops, were killed while 23 others were injured. He identified…
LAKKI MARWAT: At least seven people, including two policemen, were martyred on Tuesday in a blast in the Serai Naurang tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district, police said.
Lakki Marwat district police officer’s spokesperson Qudratullah Khan, in a statement, said that 23 others had also been injured in the incident.
Commenting on the nature of the incident, he said that it was not…
When members of the Colorado River Water Users Association, or CRWUA, descended on Caesars Palace for their annual conference in December, few showed much enthusiasm for Las Vegas’s popular diversions. Attendees mostly bypassed the slots and roulette tables, the magic shows and nightclubs. The sole planned excursion on offer—an early morning jaunt to Hoover Dam—was the definition of a busman’s…
Pakistan expressed “serious concern” on Thursday on recent attacks targeting Azerbaijan and Turkiye, calling for restraint and emphasising the need for dialogue and diplomacy.
The calls comes against the backdrop of an ongoing war between Iran and the US and Israel, which has expanded across the Middle East with Tehran targeting US bases and assets in other countries and Tel Aviv targeting…
The Punjab home department submitted a report to the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday stating that 17 people died during the recent Basant festival in Lahore.
The three-day Basant festival was held in Lahore from February 6-8, following the Punjab government’s decision to lift a ban on the historic event after 18 years, with strict regulations.
However, despite the government’s emphasis on…
LAHORE: Punjab province is set to repatriate 20 Afghan nationals on Thursday as part of its ongoing campaign against undocumented Afghan citizens, a Punjab Home Department spokesperson said.
The nationwide repatriation drive, which began in late 2023, has strained relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) earlier criticised the policy,…