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PMD forecasts monsoon rains across Pakistan in early July
Islamabad: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast widespread monsoon rainfall across the country during the first week of July. According to the Met Office, most parts of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Balochistan and Sindh are expected to receive rainfall between 1 and 6 July. The PMD stated that a westerly…
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‘Apni Chhat Apna Ghar’ programme achieves another milestone
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister’s ‘Apni Chhat Apna Ghar’ (My Roof, My Home) programme has achieved another significant milestone, with 166,000 interest-free housing loans disbursed to eligible applicants. According to the programme spokesperson, more than Rs215.76 billion has been released to support the construction of homes across the province. So far, 105,594 houses have been completed,…
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Finance Act 2026–27 Gazette notification issued, new tax measures to take effect from July 1
The Pakistan government has issued the official Gazette notification for the Finance Act 2026–27, formally giving legal effect to the new fiscal year’s federal budget. Under the notification, all new tax measures will come into force nationwide from 1 July. According to official details, the government has completed the legal process required to implement the…
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IHC judges’ two-month vacations begin
Two-month summer vacations in Islamabad High Court (IHC) will begin from tomorrow (Wednesday), Which judges will be available during summer vacations? A schedule has been issued with the approval of the Chief Justice. According to office order, Chief Justice Sarfaraz Dogar will not take leave and will be available during the holidays. Justice Sardar Ijaz…
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Sindh CM takes notice as 3 girls die in wall collapse at Umerkot school
Three girls breathed their last when a wall of their school collapsed on them in Umerkot on Tuesday, The incident took place in the village of Goth Gamuri in Umerkot. According to police, the girls were walking alongside the school wall while returning from a nearby madrasa when the wall suddenly collapsed, burying them under…
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LHC CJ Alia Neelum launches five more digital systems
Important progress for digital governance reforms in Punjab’s judiciary as Chief Justice Lahore High Court Justice Alia Neelum on Tuesday launched five more digital systems, New digital systems launched to increase judicial efficiency and transparency. Registrar Lahore High Court and DG Judicial and Case Management attended the ceremony. On the Occasion, Chief Justice Alia Neelum…
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NA speaker invited to martyred Ayatollah Khamenei’s condolence meeting
Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has written a letter to National Assembly (NA) Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in which he has invited him to attend the ceremony to be held to offer condolences over the martyrdom of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei, The ceremony will be held in Tehran on July…
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‘Rise now, or hold your peace forever’: Musadik Malik urges action on Indus Water Treaty
ISLAMABAD: Federal minister for Climate Change, Musadik Malik, on Tuesday called for a new international legal framework to protect transboundary water resources, arguing that disputes over shared rivers were no longer merely environmental or climate issues but matters of justice, food security and global stability. Addressing a seminar on the Indus Waters Treaty organised by…
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Power tariff may rise by Rs0.82 per unit as Nepra takes up fuel cost adjustment
ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumers across Pakistan, including Karachi, may face an increase of Rs0.82 per unit as the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) is set to hear a petition on Tuesday seeking a monthly fuel cost adjustment for May. The request was filed by the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA), which has proposed an increase…
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PM forms JIT to probe One Constitution Avenue case
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a high-powered Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the controversial One Constitution Avenue case. Sharief ordered the formation of the JIT on the recommendations of a special committee — the prime minister had formed on May 1 to review the controversial One Constitution Avenue case — headed by Law Minister…
