PM Sharif acknowledges electricity consumption currently remains lower than production Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced the abolition of the Pakistan Television (PTV) license fee from electricity bills across the country. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the “Apna Meter, Apni Reading” mobile application in Islamabad, the prime minister said the government was taking…
Industry stakeholders and consumers express concern over price hike The prices of solar panels across Pakistan have recorded a sharp increase following the federal government’s proposal to impose an 18 percent sales tax on imported solar panels in the budget 2025-26. Industry stakeholders and consumers alike have expressed concern over the move, fearing it may…
Portuguese star says he’d rather prepare himself for a ‘very long’ season, which ends with the FIFA World Cup 2026. Published On 29 Jun 202529 Jun 2025 Cristiano Ronaldo says he preferred to take a rest rather than play in the revamped FIFA Club World Cup as he aims to prolong his playing career for…
Rafael Grossi raises concern over Iran’s stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium, just below weapons grade. Iran may be able to restart uranium enrichment in a matter of months despite a wave of attacks by the United States and Israel that targeted its nuclear infrastructure, according to the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog,…
Top tennis players brush aside Sabalenka’s post-French Open outburst by performing a viral dance on the Centre Court. Just in case anyone might have wondered whether there was any lingering animosity between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka after their French Open final, the two tennis stars offered proof that all is well by dancing together at…
Maksym Ustimenko’s aircraft shot down seven air targets before losing altitude and crashing, the air force says. Ukraine has lost an F-16 aircraft and its pilot while repelling a Russian missile and drone strike, according to the war-torn country’s air force. After shooting down seven air targets, the plane was damaged and lost altitude overnight,…
A look at some of the top photos of the past week. From the solemn funeral procession honouring Iranian military commanders, among others killed in Israeli strikes, to the catastrophic flooding that ravaged Venezuela, here is a look at some of the top photographs of the week. A drone captures the devastation of a collapsed…
The US president’s sweeping tax cut and spending bill clears its first hurdle in the Senate. The Republican-controlled Senate of the United States has voted to take President Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” into the next phase of discussion, making it more likely to pass in the coming days. The measure, which is Trump’s…
Budapest advertises itself as a party town. On Saturday, the party spilled out onto the streets, and occupied, in the scorching heat of summer, the Elizabeth Bridge and the river banks and downtown areas on both shores of the Danube. Between 100,000 and 200,000 mostly young people danced and sang their way from Pest to…
Iran has the capacity to start enriching uranium again – for a possible bomb – in “a matter of months”, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has said. Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the US strikes on three Iranian sites last weekend had caused severe but “not total” damage, contradicting…
