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.           Provision of tax documents to taxpayers: FBR moves President against FTO’s order-BR

2.           FBR shortfall swells to Rs868bn-TNS

3.           FBR misses May target by Rs28bn-DD

4.           Expiring sales tax, income tax exemptions: related items to be taxed from July 1-BR

5.           Anjuman-e-Tajiran leader rejects proposed ‘Asan Tax Scheme’-BR

6.           Rethinking juice taxation-BR

7.           Budget FY27: Carrots fade-BR

8.           Planning body meets today ahead of budget-BR

9.           FY2026-27 budget: expectations-BR

10.       EPBD suggests tax cuts, structural reforms-BR

11.       MAP calls for phased super tax cuts-TNS

12.       Budget cues to guide stock market direction-TNS

13.       Budget concerns-DD

14.       Budget 2026-27: APCC to endorse over Rs4tr national uplift outlay today-TNS

15.       The social weight on the new budget-DD

16.       Aide to finance minister insists FBR meeting revenue collection targets-TNS

17.       Oil industry opposes windfall tax in upcoming budget-DD

18.       IMF wants GST hiked by 100bps to 19pc-TNS

19.       IMF, World Bank, others warn ME war is straining energy supplies-TNS

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

 1.           'No sufficient outcome' yet of talks to secure discounts from Chinese power producers: Leghari-DD

2.           What will it take to build a home-DD

3.           Punjab’s wheat procurement gap raises food security concerns=-TNS

4.           Ministries clash over Motor Vehicles Development Bill, 2025-BR

5.           Protected consumers: Leghari says power subsidies not being withdrawn-BR

6.           Pakistan Sugar Mills Association again seeks permission to export ‘surplus’ sugar-DD

7.           Rs200 billion import relief for industry-DD

8.           PSMA urges govt to allow sugar export, cites $500m forex potential-TNS

9.           PSMA seeks permission for surplus sugar export-BR

10.       Prices of essential items in Peshawar show mixed trend-BR

11.       ME turmoil to affect exports, remittances: BMP-bR

12.       Inflation squeezing Safed Posh the most in Pakistan-DD

13.       ‘Inflation fight again putting central bank independence under strain’-TNS

14.       Freelance IT export earnings hit $959m in July-April-TNS

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

World Bank delegation visits Taxila museum, heritage sites-DD

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

1.           Selling observed at bourse, KSE-100 down 800 points-BR

2.           Stocks rally 6.7pc on easing geopolitical tensions-DD

3.           Dollar steadies as markets await signals on Iran war, central banks-BR

4.           Rupee seen stable next week-TNS

5.           Gold slips on stronger dollar, oil; Trump's decision on Iran ceasefire in focus-BR

6.           Gold approaches potential crossroads-TNS

7.           Weekly Cotton Review: As new crop season opens on a bearish note, rates have fallen significantly-BR

8.           Imports of cotton surge despite lower local prices-DD

9.           Seven years on, Bajaur solar power project still incomplete-DD

10.       Solar and national security-DD

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

1.           Oil rises as US and Iran trade strikes, Israel moves further into Lebanon-BR

2.           Oil rises as US and Iran trade strikes, Israel moves further into Lebanon-BR

3.           Petrol gets cheaper, why doesn’t life?-DD

4.           ICMA warns rising reliance on imported fuels threatens energy security-TNS

5.           Iran restores gas production at three offshore platforms-BR

6.           Subsidy for protected electricity consumers to continue: energy minister-BR

7.           Tribal districts: KP to tag funds for better power supply-BR

8.           Wapda union rejects privatisation of Discos-BR

Weather Updates

The Weather-BR

Other Pakistan

1.           Shehbaz commits to strengthening GB democratic process-TNS

2.           Pakistan reaffirms support for peacekeeping efforts-DD

3.           LHC upholds divorced woman’s right to house as dower-DD

4.           Senate chairman Gilani voices concern over India’s actions on Indus Waters Treaty-DD

5.           Punjab approves deployment of 6,000 police personnel in GB for election-DD

6.           Sharjeel Memon criticises Irsa's 'unjust reduction' of Sindh's water share, urges Centre to take notice-DD

7.           Law, democracy answer to issues in Balochistan: PML-N leader-DD

8.           Mayor Wahab says construction work near Karachi's Hill Park halted; MQM-P demands probe into 'NOC'-DD

9.           Leghari rejects power subsidy cut claims-TNS

10.       NAB initiates probe into ‘illegal’ marriage halls approved by Sindh Building Control Authority-DD

11.       Talks and message exchanges with US are ongoing: Araghchi-BR

12.       Stablecoin demand may soon fade: BoE-BR

13.       Upcoming budgets: PUASA urges federal, Punjab govts to prioritise higher education sector-BR

14.       KP CM contacts dissident lawmakers-BR

15.       LHC clarifies ‘Haq Mehr’ is a religious, lawful right of a wife-BR

16.       EU’s top diplomat due today for strategic dialogue: FO-BR

17.       Iran says no deal unless its rights secured as Trump toughens terms-TNS

18.       SAPM Fahd shares spiritual reflections from Madinah-BR

19.       JI chief condemns killing of youth, assails govt-BR

20.       Residents lay siege to Sharifabad police station, demand action against harassing cop-TNS

21.       Over 30 MPAs skip KP PTI parliamentary party meeting-TNS

22.       KP CM praises KSA for Hajj 2026 arrangements=-BR

23.       Sindh govt taking steps to facilitate common man: Hemnani-BR

24.       NAB initiates probe into ‘illegal’ marriage halls approved by Sindh Building Control Authority-DD

25.       Arrest, expulsion from GB unlawful, says Junaid-TNS

26.       Ex-minister slams ‘exorbitant’ Quetta-Islamabad airfares-DD

27.       SHC directs SBCA to re-seal dilapidated building on Napier Road-TNS

28.       Woman held for impersonating CM Punjab Complaint Cell chairperson-BR

29.       PPP cannot hide inefficiencies through verbal rhetoric: MQM-BR

30.       Karachi not domain of any single political party: Sharjeel-BR

31.       Punjab taking steps to ensure smoke-free education centres: CM-BR

32.       MQM-P demands NAB action over ‘Hill Park land grab’-TNS

33.       Seven years on, Bajaur solar power project still incomplete-DD

34.       Balochistan MPs slam Achakzai’s remarks-BR

35.       Two brothers shot dead in Dera Murad Jamali-DD

36.       Work yet to begin on Peshawar Road underpasses as monsoon nears-DD

37.       Islamabad notifies early market closure, again-DD

38.       Analysis: Reimagining deterrence, 28 years after Chagai-DD

39.       KP CM praises Saudi Arabia’s Haj arrangements-TNS

40.       Construction around Hill Park was halted a week ago: KMC-TNS

41.       Career counselling: questions and answers-TNS

42.       PPP condemns murder of party office-bearer, torture of wife-TNS

Other International

1.           Trump sends ‘tougher’ proposal back to Iran-BR

2.           UK foreign minister due to visit China and India to discuss global issues-BR

3.           Canada enters surprise technical recession amid tariff uncertainty-BR

4.           US castigates Europe over defence spend as Nato reassures Asia-TNS

5.           US warns ‘more than capable’ of resuming war with Iran: Tehran says Trump ‘betraying diplomacy’ with blockade as deal remains elusive-TNS

6.           The great Indo-Pacific hedge — deeper defence ties as US doubts grow and China ascends-TNS

7.           US House proposal seeks unprecedented military integration with Israel-DD

8.           UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Lebanon Monday: sources-BR

9.           Ukrainian attack kills child in occupied south: Moscow-TNS

10.       Over 1.5m foreign tourists arrive in Seoul in April-DD

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