♦ Focus is on expanding tax base, declares finance minister: Aurangzeb says retailers to be taxed from July 1: Everything should be handed over to private sector if Pakistan wants to progress: Rules out relief to salaried class: IMF has nothing to do with agriculture: Cut in govt expenditure to revive economy: Govt to eliminate tax exemptions worth Rs3.9 trillion
♦ PM Shehbaz phones Sadiq Sanjrani and exchange Eid greetings
♦ Spanish envoy calls on Punjab CM Maryam in Lahore
♦ Mohsin Naqvi directs to ensure ‘zero waste’ in Islamabad on 2nd Eid day
♦ Man, four children die in Sheikhupura car-bike collision
♦ UN sees tripling of children killed in conflicts in one year: Says civilian deaths in conflicts also soared 72% globally in 2023
♦ Brother shot dead over distribution of Qurbani meat in Azad Kashmir
♦ Federal finance officer, nephew shot dead in Matyari
♦ Cruel man cuts off donkey’s ears in Rawalpindi
♦ Famous Indian writer Arundhati Roy faces anti-terror prosecution over Kashmir remarks
♦ Sikh murder plot suspect pleads not guilty in US court
♦ T20 World Cup teams, fixtures confirmed for Super 8 stage
♦ West Indies thrash Afghanistan in final T20 World Cup group game
♦ Emotional Boult calls T20 World Cup exit his 'last day' for New Zealand