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Pakistan to impose 1% fixed tax to bring 3-4 million shopkeepers in tax net

  • One percent tax will be imposed on annual retail sales of $719,000 or less, says minister
  • Says shopkeepers who avail scheme will be able to adjust their withholding tax payments
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At SCO meeting, Pakistan demands greater cooperation to tackle ‘terrorism,’ cybercrime

  • Mohsin Naqvi addresses special meeting of ministers of interior, public security of SCO in Bishkek
  • Pakistan views SCO as key entity to increase cooperation with members like China, Russia, others
By Arab News Pakistan ·

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Woman candidate from ruling coalition ally eyes rare direct win in Gilgit-Baltistan elections

  • Pakistan Peoples Party’s Amina Ansari will be running for GBA-23 seat in her fourth election
  • Gilgit-Baltistan set to hold elections after six years on June 7 to elect 33 members to its assembly
By Nisar Ali ·

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Pakistan’s top business chamber seeks relief in taxes to increase exports to $60 billion

  • FPCCI urges Islamabad to slash corporate tax to 20 percent, abolish super tax in budget 2026-27
  • Pakistan targeting new tax measures of around $3.09 billion, says financial analyst Shankar Talreja /
By Ismail Dilawar ·

King Faisal hospital adds major award to growing list of global honors

  • KFSH’s sixth honor this year for excellence in healthcare
  • Recognition of treatment, innovation for stroke patients
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Iranian-American journalist jailed in Tehran pleas for US help

  • Reza Valizadeh, who holds both Iranian and US citizenship, is in prison on charges of collaborating with a hostile government
  • CBS News report says the journalist and three other Americans held at Tehran’s Evin prison are sick and being denied medical treatment
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Romanians convicted of stabbing Iran International journalist in UK

  • Pouria Zeraati, a British journalist of Iranian origin who works for Iran International, was stabbed three times in the leg
  • Prosecutors said the attack ha been ordered by a third party "acting on behalf of the Iranian state"
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Iran squad hand passports to US embassy for visa approval

  • Football Federation chief says the team were told to submit their documents to the US embassy in Turkiye
  • Iranian team is due to fly from Turkiye to Spain on Saturday before traveling on to their base camp in Mexico
By AFP ·