The current government of Pakistan increased the General Sales Tax (GST) on expensive goods by 25% in an effort to increase revenue. In accordance with SRO 297(1)/2023, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a new sales tax notification to confirm the existence of this additional tax. However, some automobiles that weren't previously covered [...]

The Federal Cabinet of Pakistan has proposed spending Rs448 billion to implement technological measures to combat power theft and line losses. A committee assembled by the cabinet has recommended a number of actions, including spending Rs60 billion on transformer metering and Rs225 billion on a tariff differential subsidy through the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). [...]

A public swimming pool in Devon is now being heated by the warmth generated by a washing-machine-sized data center, providing significant cost savings to the Exmouth Leisure Centre. The data center uses oil to capture the heat the computers produce inside the box. This heat is enough to keep the pool at a comfortable 30 [...]

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved a support price of Rs8,500 per 40 kg of cotton, which is a significant step towards helping cotton farmers. The choice was made at a meeting of the task force on agriculture, where the prime minister emphasised the value of cotton as the foundation of Pakistan's textile industry. He [...]

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presided over a recent meeting of the monitoring committee on implementation of austerity measures that revealed the government's austerity measures were largely ignored by cabinet members, senior bureaucrats, and even the judiciary. The meeting revealed that more than half of the posh cars given to cabinet members, parliamentary secretaries, and chairmen [...]

The A76a iceberg is a whopping 135km long and 25km wide, making it the biggest floating iceberg in the world! It's so huge that it's almost as big as the entire county of Cornwall. The A76a iceberg is shaped like a massive ironing board and is one of three parts that broke away from the [...]

Two Spanish engineers from the Spanish launch company PLD Space, Raul Torres and Raul Verdu, are hoping to put their country at the forefront of the space transport industry with the launch of The rocket they are developing has the potential to become the inaugural privately-owned reusable rocket in Western Europe. They chose to call [...]

Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), had non-bailable arrest warrants issued against him on Monday in connection with threats made against a judge. On Tuesday, however, the warrants were suspended by an Islamabad district and sessions court. Following Imran's comments at a rally in F9 Park, where he denounced the alleged torture [...]

The Afghan Taliban launched its periodic polio inoculation crusade on Monday, aimed at reaching 9 million children in Afghanistan, according to the country's health ministry. This is the second time in a row that the vaccination drive has taken place under Taliban rule. Afghanistan is facing an incorrigible and highly contagious complaint that can cause [...]

Terrorists killed two police officers and injured eight others as they attacked census teams in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts of Lakki Marwat and Tank on Monday. A spate of attacks in the province has resulted in the loss of lives not only of security forces, but also of innocent citizens, as terrorism once again rears [...]

The Monitoring Committee, which is in charge of monitoring the implementation of austerity measures in Pakistan, has expressed grave concerns regarding some officers' use of vehicles with more than 1,800cc. Therefore, it has been ordered that the use of these vehicles cease immediately by all authorities. State-run Radio Pakistan reported on this directive. This action [...]

The Lahore High Court has permitted the lawyer of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan to consult with him regarding the appointment of CCPO Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamyana as his security focal point. During a hearing for Imran's petition seeking foolproof security and permission to mark his attendance via video link, the decision was made. [...]

Since its start, the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has rescued and elevated a number of cricketers from obscurity. Usman Khan, who was relatively unknown prior to this season, has gained attention thanks to his rapid century against the Quetta Gladiators, which was the fastest in PSL history and came off just 36 balls. The Multan [...]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been instructed by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to check for gambling and cryptocurrency advertisements on the jerseys of players currently competing in PSL-8. The central bank has additionally emphasized the need for creating an ethics code with the requirement that franchises adhere to current regulations when choosing [...]