• EU-Pakistan ties vital for Kashmir cause in Europe
• Businessmen praise budget 2021-22 but warn of long-term impact on trade
• Budget 2021-22: PM’s aide says IMF concerned over no increase in power tariff
• Minister, SAPM laud NTDC on 23,633 MW transmission
• Budget focuses on providing relief to people: PM
• Federal budget allocates Rs300m for KCR revival in upcoming fiscal year
• Telecom sector given industry status
• Auto sector wins relief in the budget
• With CGT cut, PSX gets major boost
• PTI govt proposes Rs383b revenue measures
• Defence allocation for FY22 goes up by 6.2pc
• Rs360bn to be paid to retired military men would come from civilian govt’s budget.
• Opposition parties threaten protest over uplift projects
• PPP opposes electronic voting
• Ex-Mossad chief signals Israel attacked Iran’s nuclear assets
• University director shot dead during ‘robbery attempt’ in Karachi
• Opposition rejects govt’s narrative of economic growth, vows to oppose budget
• Minal Khan and Ahsan Mohsin Ikram got engaged, pictures and videos go viral
• Angelina Jolie to appeal recent joint custody ruling in her court war with Brad Pitt
COVID-19 Updates:
• Pakistan continues to report coronavirus positivity ratio below 4%
• With 1,194 new COVID-19 cases, 57 deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours
• 2,038 people have been recovered in the past 24 hours
• The total death tally of Covid-19 stands at 21,633
• 42,717 coronavirus cases are active in the country
• Over 174.7 million are infected globally
• More than 3.7 million have died due to the virus
• Over 126 million recovered from COVID-19
• India’s daily Covid-19 infections at more than two-month low
• G7 nations gather to pledge one billion vaccine doses for world
