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590+ Taxes & Levies (including FED, GIDC, Budgets, IMF, ORS/BS 19+ FST cum Customs Duty but excluding those which are exclusively about Customs Duty)

1.             FBR allocates Rs377 million for vehicle fuel in FY2026-27-PK

2.             FBR unveils draft income tax scheme for small shopkeepers-PK

3.             FBR establishes PMU for national faceless centre rollout-BR

4.             Inland Revenue officers barred from entering small shops-BR

5.             FBR proposes voluntary tax regime for small traders-DD

6.             FBR reveals Tax Expenditure Report: POL consumers paying levy in lieu of sales tax-BR

7.             Time limitation in tax statutes: SC sets aside SHC verdict in customs-PSO case-BR

8.             OICCI seeks FBR action on Rs103bn pending tax refunds-TNS

9.             KCCI backs minerals exporters over new sales tax withholding rules-TNS

10.          Residents protest toll tax collection on KKH-TNS

Economy & Inflation matters (including Import, Export & CPEC)

1.             Govt is Corrupt & want people to be corrupt too (but we have to get them out Govt

2.             PM highlights criticality of cashless economy-BR

3.             PM directs banks to accelerate transition to cashless economy-TNS

4.             PIBF to launch 'district economy campaign'-BR

5.             Beyond declarations-DD

6.             Telenor ‘absorbed’ into Ufone, says IHC-DD

7.             NA committee raises internet concerns, delays e-transactions bill-TNS

8.             PM Shehbaz directs wider adoption of QR code-based digital payments-PK

9.             Industrialists rally at LCCI against relocation plans-BR

10.          Proposed AIDP 2025-30: Ministerial differences delay new auto policy-BR

11.          Capital may run out of flour after Punjab food dept suspends wheat supply permits-DD

12.          Rules for thee, not for me-TNS

13.          Punjab begins release of wheat from stocks at the rate of Rs3,800/40kg-BR

14.          Pakistan Flour Mills Association wants Centre to import wheat to avert winter shortages-DD

15.          Flour mills warn of shutdown over wheat permit suspension-TNS

16.          21 of 26 WFP vehicles carrying aid enter Afghanistan via Torkham border-DD

17.          Alhmadolillah, DIG Karachi on Duty and in post duty running Food Stall with wife (rather than taking Bribery). *May Allah give constant Taufiq for Good and save him from Culprits

36+ Customs Duty (including PSW)

Annual Plan defeatism-BR

300+ Banking, Finance & Investments (including Monetary Policy, Foreign Exchange, FATF, AML/CFT & NBFC)

1.             KDA, SBP discuss housing finance, welfare initiatives-BR

2.             Early debt retirement reaches record Rs4.7tr-TNS

3.             Is foreign investment fleeing Pakistan?-TNS

4.             Buyback operations: Govt retires record Rs4.72trn domestic debt before maturity-BR

5.             Pakistan’s debt dilemma-BR

6.             Pakistan retires Rs4.7 trillion debt ahead of maturity in historic fiscal move-PK

7.             Ministry of Industries and Production: PAC panel questions irregularities-BR

8.             WB drops USD1.128bn uplift projects-BR

9.             CM Murad invites Indonesian investors to explore business opportunities in Sindh-DD

10.          Investors invited to explore Sindh’s emerging opportunities-BR

11.          AGP audit exposes Rs13.8bn unrecovered receivables, severe financial violations at Nespak-TNS

Market (Stock, Currency, Gold, Textile, Cotton & PMEX)

1.             Buying interest returns, KSE-100 up nearly 2,700 points in early trade-BR

2.             PSX issues risk warning alert against PECO-PK

3.             KSE-100 plunges 6,408 points on geopolitical tensions-TNS

4.             Bloodbath at PSX as KSE-100 loses 6,400 points over renewed US-Iran fighting-DD

5.             Dollar struggles as softer inflation dims Fed hike bets-BR

6.             Gold slips as oil rally keeps inflation, rate outlook on investors' radar-BR

7.             Gold prices down Rs5,600 per tola-TNS

8.             Pakistani textile firm Sapphire Fibres establishes UAE arm, to invest $200,000-BR

POL, Gas, other Minerals & Electricity (including Solar & Water)

1.             Oil rises after US-Iran hostilities flare again with strikes on energy targets-BR

2.             Hormuz uncertainty clouds recovery- BR

3.             Govt may introduce daily fuel pricing mechanism-TNS

4.             Islamabad’s EV transition faces affordability test-TNS

5.             Oil prices hit four-week high as US, Iran step up attacks in Strait of Hormuz-DD

6.             Oil surges over 9pc after US sets Hormuz fee-DD

7.             IHC strikes down gas levy orders against UGDCL-TNS

8.             Prior-year adjustments: Nepra approves Rs332.3bn for NGC-BR

9.             Power supply hit as pylons blown up in Balochistan-DD

10.          Govt approves R10bn TSG for Thar coal transportation-BR

Weather Updates 

The Weather-BR

320+ Human Resources (including Training, Health, Precautions & Safety - other than above areas)

1.             Normal cholesterol, but risk of heart attack! 3 tests to know the real risk…

2.             migraine headache

3.             Basheer Juma Time Management Isharat Main

4.             How can secure yourself for Free

5.             TTS-2026 pay package: Ministry notifies 35pc salary increase-BR

6.             Senate panel questions private schools, HEC over free education policy-TNS

7.             120 living near Karachi's Valika Hospital test positive in HIV screening-DD

8.             Governor for providing technical training to prisoners-TNS

9.             An avoidable drug crisis-BR

10.          Mounting childhood immunisation crisis: Pakistan tops Emro region with 651,000 zero-dose children-TNS

Other Pakistan

1.             PM slams attacks, reaffirms support for KSA’s security-BR

2.             PM reaffirms commitment to GB’s development-DD

3.             PM stresses preparing youth for evolving global job market=BR

4.             PM, Dar stress faithful implementation of UN resolutions-TNS

5.             UN SG candidature-ship: Bachelet makes diplomatic pitch to PM-BR

6.             Senate panel irked by two-decade delay in transfer of Karachi's Hyatt Regency-DD

7.             No plans to privatise airports, Senate body told-BR

8.             Senate panel demands inquiry over suspended jail construction-TNS

9.             Supreme Court to decide if it can still hear NAB bails-DD

10.          Bilawal, Dar discuss upcoming AJK polls-BR

11.          Internet quality poor even in major cities, NA panel told-DD

12.          Culture of privilege in an Islamic republic-BR

13.          Senate panel orders physical verification of GB timber transit-DD

14.          PHC seeks replies in petition against irregular appointments at HMC-TNS

15.          Bail pleas of Dr Yasmin: hearing adjourned-BR

16.          Sindh govt vows long-term care for Valika Hospital HIV victims-TNS

17.          ‘Mastermind’ of Rangers camp attack in Karachi arrested, culprits trained in Afghanistan: CTD-TNS

18.          Punjab Assembly resolution seeks ban on social media accounts of kids under 16-DD

19.          Dr Akash laid to rest as family flays Sindh govt, police-TNS

20.          Nepal court jails 2 former ministers, 14 others over refugee scam-BR

21.          Speaker for equipping youth with technical, vocational skills- BR

22.          LG elections: KP govt assures ECP of ‘all possible support’-BR

23.          Closer ties among D-8 member countries urged-BR

24.          Meeting with candidate for UN SG: Dar for peaceful resolution of global disputes- BR

25.          PPP stages protest against India’s approach to IWT-BR

26.          Opposition seeks ‘neutral venue’ for talks with govt-DD

27.          MCCI body discusses election process-TNS

28.          IHC seeks reply in plea against travel ban on former minister-TNS

29.          PPP leaders protest water aggression by India-TNS

30.          Suspect confesses to rape, murder of six-year-old boy before magistrate-TNS

31.          PTI activist’s murderer sentenced to life imprisonment-DD

32.          Private schools not complying with free education requirement: Senate body-DD

33.          ‘Near-normal rains’ forecast for mountainous regions-DD

34.          Zardari felicitates Macron on national day-TNS

35.          Pakistan Post cuts monthly fuel allowance for mail delivery staff by 50pc-DD

36.          MoU signed on supporting deserving students-TNS

37.          Asmat Dhillon appointed as CDA Member-TNS

38.          Wholesale grocery markets across Karachi to observe strike today-BR

39.          FCC clears hurdles to completion of Nai Gaj Dam-DD

40.          Modernising sanitation top priority in Rawalpindi: DC-TNS

41.          Minister reviews progress on uplift schemes in 49 cities-TNS

42.          Maryam okays establishment of Aitchison-standard schools-TNS

43.          Several officers reshuffled in Punjab-TNS

44.          Talks continue as protest over Ziarat attack enters fifth day-DD

45.          PMDC increases seats in medical, dental colleges-TNS

46.          BS-19 police officer posted to IB-TNS

47.          Return of Al Qadir pleas by SC office challenged-DD

48.          ECP consulting KP over LG elections-TNS

49.          Private schools not complying with free education requirement: Senate body-DD

50.          AJK seeks security presence at all polling stations-DD

51.          NAB cases: Govt, NAB say power to hear appeals lies with FCC-TNS

52.          PTI leaders not allowed to meet Imran, again-DD

53.          Balochistan Public Accounts Committee orders probe into university jobs-DD

54.          Tribal chiefs oppose plan to ‘abolish’ Kalat division-DD

55.          Bomb Disposal Unit official martyred in IED explosion in KP's Peshawar district: police-DD

56.          Podcast host Rehan Tariq remanded in judicial custody-DD

57.          The wound in Balochistan-DD

58.          The approval we imagine-DD

Other international

1.             Trump pays USD5m to writer for assault, defamation-BR

2.             Trump backs down on levy on Hormuz ships-BR

3.             US SC justices face Congress amid Trump tensions-=BR

4.             CDF calls on Turkish president-TNS

5.             A door to Europe-DD

6.             Back to war-DD

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