Dawn

DAWN is the oldest and most popular English-language newspaper in Pakistan. It ranks among the top three English dailies in the country and serves as the flagship publication of the Dawn Group of Newspapers. This group is owned by Pakistan Herald Publications, which also publishes the Herald magazine, Spider (focused on information technology), and Aurora (covering advertising, marketing, and media).

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Senate panel seeks plan to stem invoicing fraud

15 hours ago | dawn.com | Khaleeq Kiani

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Wednesday directed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to present a workable plan to tackle the widespread over-invoicing and under-invoicing of imports and exports, following confirmation of a Rs110 billion fraud and trade-based money laundering under the guise of solar panel imports.
Canals and minerals

16 hours ago | dawn.com | Khurram Husain

THE system is now under mounting pressure and has run into an entirely unnecessary impasse. The ‘system’ here consists of the unique configuration of power that emerged from the tainted elections of February 2024. In this configuration, everybody has been given just enough of a slice of power to obtain their buy-in, but not enough for any of them to become spoilers.
World Bank trims Pakistan’s economic growth forecast to 2.7pc

16 hours ago | dawn.com | Khaleeq Kiani

• Notes economy showing signs of stability amid constraints• Warns slow growth will make it difficult to create jobs, reduce povertyISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Wednesday slightly lowered its growth forecast for Pakistan to 2.7 per cent for the current fiscal year, citingcontinued economic stabilisation but persistent constraints from tight monetary and fiscal policies.
Landslides continue in GB even as rains subside

1 day ago | dawn.com | Jamil Nagri

villagers scour through the rubble of a home, which was badly damaged in a landslide, in the Deral valley of Diamer.—Photo by the writer GILGIT: Landslides continued to affect many areas of Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday, even as the weather improved after four days of intermittent rain and snowfall. With climate change making weather patterns erratic, the mountainous region received heavy rainfall and snowfall during months when the weather is relatively better.
Pakistan’s minerals could help fix trade imbalance with US: Aurangzeb

1 day ago | dawn.com | Anwar Iqbal

• Minister highlights FBR reforms, privatisation in talks with IMF, global creditors• Briefs US official on economic recoveryWASHINGTON: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said Pakistan’s vast mineral resources could help fix the trade imbalance with the US, as both countries were set to hold trade talks next month. Speaking at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington, Mr Aurangzeb downplayed the significance of new tariffs introduced by the Trump administration.
A progressive pope?

1 day ago | dawn.com | Mahir Ali

BEFORE going in for heart surgery, a “rather vain Jesuit” asks God whether this is the end, and is informed that he would live for another 40 years. Delighted, he subsequently goes in for “a hair transplant, a facelift, liposuction, eyebrows, teeth”. Emerging from the clinic, he is run over by a car. It proves fatal. He is incensed upon meeting his Maker. “Oops, sorry!” Is the divine response.
Khunjerab Pass opens for year-round trade and travel

1 day ago | dawn.com | Jamil Nagri

GILGIT: The Khunjerab Pass was virtually inaugurated on Tuesday for year-round trade and travel between Pakistan and China, in what officials called a historic step toward strengthening regional cooperation and advancing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The pass, which serves as the entry point for the CPEC project, had previously remained open only from April 1 to Nov 30 due to heavy snowfall during the winter months.
Ministries asked to surrender funds ahead of schedule

1 day ago | dawn.com | Khaleeq Kiani

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Tuesday directed all the ministries, divisions, departments and autonomous bodies to surrender within 10 days all savings and unspent allocations not expected to be utilised during the current fiscal year. In a communication to all, the MoF directed all principal accounting officers (PAOs) to finalise revised estimates for FY25 and firm up budget estimates for the upcoming year and “surrender anticipated savings” by April 30.
GB rain, landslides claim one life, leave four others injured

2 days ago | dawn.com | Jamil Nagri

GILGIT: Human suffering due to rain continued across Gilgit-Baltistan on Monday, as a tourist from Thailand was killed and another female tourist injured when a rockfall hit their vehicle in the Ghwari area of Ghanche district. A landslide hit a home in Skardu, seriously injuring a woman and her two children.
Focus on recovery, reforms as Aurangzeb meets IMF, World Bank heads

2 days ago | dawn.com | Anwar Iqbal

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met the heads of the IMF and World Bank on Monday to kick off a series of high-level consultations in Washington. Mr Aurangzeb is in the US capital to attend the 2025 Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group, which brought together finance ministers and central bank governors from 191 countries to address global challenges such as sovereign debt, climate finance and reforming the international financial system.