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In face of the need to broaden our tax net, the government imposed a flat 20% Federal Excise Duty (FED) on fruit juices beverages (100% fruit juices, nectars, and juice drinks) in efforts to bridge taxation revenue shortfalls. However, this view misses the forest for the trees, not taking into...

The U.S.-brokered loan let Pakistan’s military postpone elections, deepen a brutal crackdown, and jail former Prime Minister Imran Khan. SECRET PAKISTANI ARMS sales to the U.S. helped to facilitate a controversial bailout from the International Monetary Fund earlier this year, according to two...

THE POLITICAL CRISIS roiling Pakistan has morphed into a constitutional crisis. The dual crises were kicked into motion when former Prime Minister Imran Khan was removed from power last year and deepened with his recent imprisonment on corruption charges. Last week, the Pakistani authorities...

The U.S. State Department encouraged the Pakistani government in a March 7, 2022, meeting to remove Imran Khan as prime minister over his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a classified Pakistani government document obtained by The Intercept. The meeting, between the...

In response to mounting worries that China and Russia have had more success creating their own hypersonic weapons, the USAF announced on Wednesday that the United States recently conducted a successful test of a Lockheed Martin Corp. hypersonic missile. The Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon...

Chaina new stealth fighter air craft .

Pak Navy claimed to have warded off an Indian Submarine, Kalwari on 1st March 2022. The activity was intercepted by Pakistan’s Anti-Submarine warfare. Pakistan Navy with its unrelenting vigilance and professional capability has once again thwarted the Indian attempt of entering Pakistan’s waters...

In the northeastern region of Europe, on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, are three small but critical NATO member-states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Referred to collectively as the Baltic states, these countries are members of the European Union and have played an important role in...

Top diplomat appears to downplay importance of delisting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in nuclear talks, says talks stalled over 'lack of economic guarantees' Iran's foreign minister claimed on Thursday that US foreign policy had been "taken hostage" by Israel, a day after a senior US...

Top diplomat appears to downplay importance of delisting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in nuclear talks, says talks stalled over 'lack of economic guarantees' Iran's foreign minister claimed on Thursday that US foreign policy had been "taken hostage" by Israel, a day after a senior US...

Two human rights organisations accused the Tunisian authorities of widening "violations" against journalists since President Kais Saied announced his exceptional measures on 25 July 2021. In a report entitled 'Reporting under the Weight of Fear,' Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor and...

Pakistan Election Commission de-seats 25 Punjab Assembly Members of PTI on defection in violation of Article 63-A. Hamza Shahbaz Sharif as CM loses majority in Punjab Assembly. On Friday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced its verdict in a case pertaining to the dissident...

Germans were confronted with images of their country’s dark past on Monday night, when German public broadcaster ZDF showed video of Ukrainian soldiers with Nazi symbols on their helmets in its evening newscast. In a report on the fragile cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, Moscow correspondent...

The US has tested a new 'quicksink' bomb designed to destroy enemy warships from the sky. The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Eglin Air Force Base's Integrated Test Team demonstrated what an attack on a warship in combat with the US could look like on April 28. The US Air Force...

Microsoft is halting new sales of its products and services in Russia, the tech giant announced Friday, in the latest fallout over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Western governments, sporting organizations and big companies have cut Russia off or dealt it punishing sanctions over the...

Hollywood is joining the blockade of Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, with Paramount on Tuesday becoming the latest studio to pull its upcoming films from Russian theaters. The West has closed ranks since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops across the border, imposing a...

On Friday, Russia’s defence ministry blamed Ukrainian saboteurs for an attack at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, calling it a “monstrous provocation.” According to the report, saboteurs opened fire on a patrol of the Russian guard on the territory of a nuclear facility, but...

The J-10 was offered to Pakistan in 2006 and negotiations persisted into 2012. In September 2020, it was reported that Pakistan was interested in the J-10CE. In December 2021, Pakistan announced the purchase of 25 J-10Cs; they were projected to enter service in March 2022. J-10C: An upgraded...