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Javed Farooqi is the Editor-in-Chief of The Indus Compass and leads its coverage of national politics, commerce, history and geography.
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Khurram Schehzad said the state is neither buying aircraft for the privatised PIA nor guaranteeing loans, after claims linked to talks with the US Exim Bank.
The Pakistan Caucus chair urged US intelligence sharing and arms sales to Pakistan, an arbitration board for investors and Kartarpur as a bridge to India.
Voting closed largely peacefully in NA-168 Bahawalpur, where PML-N's Malik Munir Iqbal Channar faced independent Wali Dad Cheema for a seat left vacant in August.
Work on a 38km waterline from Dumlottee to DHA begins next week, Mayor Murtaza Wahab says, adding 10 million gallons a day for Karachi residents.
Balochistan's first mass transit service will run on an upgraded 32km track from Kuchlak to Sariab, finished in 120 days at a cost of Rs3 billion, with seven stations.
Pozzolan extraction from Gini has begun for the Diamer-Bhasha Dam's main structure, opening the way for concrete work on Pakistan's mega project.
Punjab will charge a uniform monthly sanitation fee in urban areas, billed with property tax by the excise department under a Suthra Punjab deal.
Punjab will extend AI-assisted Safe City surveillance to 98 tehsils with 10,000 new cameras, after officials credited it with a 70pc fall in serious crime.
Security forces killed more than 71 terrorists in Shaban, Noshki and Mand over four days, ISPR said, as the clearance operation near Quetta continues.
The trade gap with Gulf partners grew 2.6pc to $3.45bn in July–August as imports from Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia surged while several export markets shrank.
Analysts expect consumer inflation of 10.25–10.75pc in September, down from 11.1pc in August, but warn the Gulf conflict and fuel prices could push it higher.
An explosives-laden tractor trolley hit the Aman Mela checkpost in Darazinda, killing 12 civilians and a customs official, before gunmen attacked an ambulance.
The FBR's new faceless centre will pick tax audits by computer and split every case between three anonymous officers to curb discretion.
In New York, PM Shehbaz Sharif told US business leaders the economy has stabilised and pitched agriculture, mining, IT and privatisation to investors.
The PTI has moved its Islamabad march to October 4 as Rangers deploy in the capital and the federal government steps up attacks on the KP administration.
