PARIS: Indonesia has ordered 13 long-range military radars from Thales to boost airspace surveillance efforts across its immense archipelago, the French manufacturer and state-owned Indonesian defence firm PT Len Industri said Sunday. The Ground Master 400 Alpha (GM400a) radars will allow the Indonesian military to “benefit from a single air …

Zil Hajj moon has been sighted in Saudi Arabia and Hajj rituals will be performed on June 27 and Eidul Azha will be celebrated on June 28. The annual Hajj pilgrimage will start on June 26 after the crescent sighting for the Islamic month of Zil Hajj today. Eidul Azha …

QUETTA: The upcoming tax-free budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 is scheduled to present on Monday [today] in Balochistan Assembly, with a significant allocation of Rs 700 billion,. According to the Treasury Department, the finance minister Engineer Zmarak Khan Achakzai will present the budget at 4 pm, the size of …

LAHORE: Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has returned to Pakistan’s Test squad for the two-match series against Sri Lanka next month as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) unveiled 16-member squad Saturday. The men’s national selection committee has also included uncapped batter Mohammad Huraira and all-rounder Aamir Jamal in the 16-strong squad for …

The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than one million children, 270,000 of them in the Darfur region, the UN children’s agency (UNICEF) has said, warning more were at “grave risk”. Fighting has raged in Sudan since mid-April between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan …

: Dr. Hafiz Pasha The major objection of IMF is on tax amnesty: Hafiz Pasha Food inflation is expected to 53%: Hafeez Pasha We are well aware of the forces in power structure preventing reforms: Dr. Aisha Gaus Pasha Welfare measures have to be taken along with macroeconomic policy: State …

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Asim ahmad has said that Rs200 billion additional taxes were imposed in the budget 2023-24, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar unveiled the federal budget 2023-24 today with a total outlay of Rs14,460 billion. The FBR chairman confirmed that direct taxes worth Rs175 billion and Rs25 …

GUJRANWALA: A fire broke out in an oil tanker near plastic factory located in Gujranwala, severely injured five individuals According to details, a distressing incident occurred near the Mafi Wala Chowk – Gujranwala, where five employees of a plastic factory sustained injuries as a result of a fire that broke …

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cybercrime Circle has raided ‘illegal call centres’ in Karachi and arrested three suspects allegedly involved in stealing data from credit cards of Pakistani and US citizens, The arrested suspects include Zaigham Javed, Saim and Owais Alamgir. Separate raids were conducted at two call centres …

Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a lawyer for the former U.S. president and another source familiar with the matter. The criminal case, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, amounts to another legal setback …