- New fiscal plan to focus on meeting 2 percent primary balance through taxation
- Effort to be supported by fiscal discipline and federal‑provincial burden‑sharing
- Investors are trading up to $6 million worth of Iranian currency daily in open market
- Economists say speculators perceive riyal is due for appreciation after US-Iran deal
- Residents say decades-old homes face demolition despite relocation, compensation claims
- Authorities call occupants illegal, cite court rulings and prior payouts
- Authorities warn of penalties for unauthorized pilgrims as preparations intensify
- Move aims to streamline crowd control for one of the world’s largest religious gatherings
- The group comprised four liquefied petroleum gas carriers and several oil product and chemical tankers
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- Field Marshal Asim Munir met several top Iranian leaders during the trip
- KSA targets SR47bn in media sector output as it enters new phase of scale, institutionalization
Analysis
- The French coach’s second stint with the Green Falcons did not pan out like his first, and there will be no repeat this summer of the heroics against Argentina at Qatar 2022
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Pakistan Afghanistan Conflict
- China hosts talks after weeks of fighting that killed hundreds and displaced nearly 100,000
- Both sides identify terrorism as core issue, agree to avoid further escalation
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Who is “The Joshie-Man”?
It’s a name given by social media fans to Joshua Harris, a 12-year-old autistic and non-verbal Briton, who has been visiting UK mosques and distributing cakes to promote solidarity amid an increase in far-right support in the country. On a recent trip to Madinah with his father, “The Joshie-Man” turned his ‘Cake not hate’ campaign to ‘Dates not hate’ by handing out the holy city’s famous ajwa and ambar dates people in the courtyard of the Prophet’s Mosque.
Qirbah
The qirbah has been used by Saudi desert communities for generations to transport, store, and cool water, as well as preserve clarified butter and buttermilk.
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Pakistan Saudi Ties
- Pakistan relies heavily on external financing to meet its import needs, debt obligations, with support from allies such as Saudi Arabia playing critical role
- Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb earlier said the Kingdom had committed $3 billion in additional support, agreed to extend $5 billion deposits
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