Новости за 15.05.2024

• Ex-minister demands release of ‘political prisoners’, withdrawal of cases against party members
• NA witnesses verbal skirmishes over issue of ‘military’s role’ in politics

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Tuesday told Indian politicians to refrain from involving Pakistan in their electoral discourse as it accused them of exploiting anti-Pakistan sentiment to stir nationalistic fervour, a tactic aimed at gaining electoral advantages.

SUKKUR: A gang of burglars broke into a house in Panu Aqil late on Tuesday night, held inmates hostage at gunpoint, robbed them of all valuable belongings and also snatched a seven-year-old boy while escaping away with the loot.

MOUNTAIN VIEW: Google said on Tuesday it would introduce AI-generated answers to online queries made by users in the United States, in one of the biggest updates to its search engine in 25 years.

PARIS: Last year’s northern hemisphere summer was the hottest in 2,000 years, according to a new study published on Tuesday.

ROUEN: Gunmen attacked a prison van at a motorway toll in northern France on Tuesday, killing at least two prison officers and freeing a convict who had been jailed last week.

DUBLIN: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and his short-term predecessor Shaheen Shah Afridi came together to outclass Ireland by six wickets in the third and final Twenty20 International at Castle Avenue on Tuesday and seal the series 2-1.

LAHORE: While Gary Kirsten, the newly appointed white-ball head coach of Pakistan, will join the national team in England on May 19, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the first time has hired the services of a mental performance coach, David Reid, besides recruiting Simon Helmot as fielding coach.

BOCCA SELVA: Frenchman Valentin Paret-Peintre launched a late attack on the final climb to win stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday, celebrating at the finish line with his brother Aurelien who came fifth.

KARACHI: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has reiterated the government’s resolve to expand the tax base by aggressively pursuing the untaxed and undertaxed sectors.

ISLAMABAD: The office of the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) has identified deficiencies in the Federal Board of Revenue’s legal department that result in the filing of a large number of petitions with superior courts for a stay against tax recovery due to non-adherence to legal procedures for taxpayers.

KARACHI: Pakistani stocks extended their overnight rally, hitting an all-time high closing above the 74,000 barrier as investors weighed Citibank’s expectations that Pakistan would reach a $8 billion new IMF loan deal by July and an easing of interest rates from June.

ISLAMABAD: Strugg­ling to compete with a large influx of smuggled products, the oil industry has asked the government to expedite the clearance of over Rs90 billion stuck in foreign exchange adjustment and tax refunds to ease its liquidity challenges.