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♦ Tax base widened as 10% tax-to-GDP ratio unsustainable: Finance Minister: Aurangzeb address post-budget press conference: Says increase in petroleum development levy will be enforced in phases

♦ Punjab budget to be presented in line with federal salaries package today: Budget outlay is Rs53.9 trillion with Rs842 billion for development: 25% increase in salaries on ad hoc basis, 15% increase in pensions proposed: Rs72b subsidies proposed: Govt to get new external loan of Rs100b: CM's discretionary funds increased to Rs5b: Tax on housing, transport, and energy sector to go up: 2 to 10 times increase in stamp duty: 5% tax proposed on cinemas and entertainment: Transfer fee for motorcycles and vehicles to go up by 10%

♦ No new tax to be introduced in Punjab Budget

♦ Salient features of Punjab Budget 2024-25

♦ Let’s resolve the issues, PM Shehbaz asks Maulana Fazl

♦ Court in Islamabad acquits Imran Khan, others in Azadi March cases: Qureshi, Sheikh Rashid, Sheheryar Afridi also cleared

♦ IHC orders sessions court to decide Imran Khan, Bushra’s pleas in illegal nikah case

♦ Rs9 cut in petrol price proposed

♦ Share prices go through the roof at Pakistan Stock Exchange

♦ KP govt announces Eidul Azha holidays

♦ LEAs capture several terrorists; foil their plan to set up TTP centres in Balochistan

♦ Sale of sacrificial animals outside cattle markets banned across Punjab

♦ Two ‘criminals’ killed in police shoot-out in Karachi

♦ Construction work on Mangi Dam in Quetta is in full swing

♦ West Indies beat New Zealand in T20 World Cup

♦ Hamas urges US to put 'pressure' on Israel for permanent Gaza ceasefire: Gaza war rages as US wants to 'close' truce deal

♦ Trump in Washington to woo Republican lawmakers

♦ Chinese Premier Li starts New Zealand, Australia visits