Zain Siddiqui

Income taxes are back for most of the salaried class, with progressive taxes going up to 35pc for the richest. Updated 12 Jun, 2019 04:52pm

Here are some takeaways in terms of what new taxes consumers and businesses will face from PTI's first 'full' budget. Updated 03 Jul, 2019 11:59am

The Aasia Bibi case suffered from several serious weaknesses which the court has highlighted in its judgement. Updated 21 Dec, 2019 12:01am

MMA takes back NA-35 Bannu seat won by Imran Khan in July 25 General Election. Updated 15 Oct, 2018 07:42am

Based on the results we've received so far, some key points to be made: NA-131 Lahore, previously won by PTI... Updated 14 Oct, 2018 11:57pm

Social media has been abuzz about Imran Khan's recent interview to Hamid Mir, in which he made pretty explicit... Updated 08 Nov, 2018 01:04am

Sheikh Rashid, who quite exuberantly described himself as "one of the Pindi boyz" outside the Supreme Court today,... Updated 14 Jun, 2018 03:19pm

Chaudhry Nisar seems to have finally parted ways with the Sharif biradraan over differences that have festered for... Published 13 Jun, 2018 09:55am

Wishing for some petty schadenfreude? Published 12 Jun, 2018 07:23pm

Things continue to get more prickly on the Chaudhry Nisar-Sharif bradraan front. Apparently still fuming over ... Updated 11 Jun, 2018 08:33pm

The Kaptaan has decided to personally look into the grievances of party members upset at not being handed tickets ... Updated 11 Jun, 2018 06:54pm

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf appears to be testing the waters following signals from the Supreme Court ... Published 11 Jun, 2018 05:45pm

In a move that is not likely to go down with the disgruntled PML-N leader, a candidate from within the PML-N has... Published 09 Jun, 2018 02:18pm

Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has responded to a growing controversy over his 'conditional invitation'... Published 09 Jun, 2018 01:53pm

The newly-appointed caretaker chief minister of Punjab, Professor Hassan Askari Rizvi, has dismissed constant... Updated 09 Jun, 2018 03:23pm

The Supreme Court has been told that, its commendable efforts aside, overseas Pakistanis will not be able to part in... Updated 09 Jun, 2018 01:55am

Tongue firmly in cheek (we hope), the chief justice has extended an invitation of sorts to former military ruler and... Updated 09 Jun, 2018 01:58am

ECP on Thursday named Prof Hasan Askari and Alauddin Marri for posts of caretaker CM Punjab and Balochistan. Published 07 Jun, 2018 06:33pm

"If fortune has throned, crowned and sceptered [Nawaz] to rule ... his conduct should be above board and impeccable". Updated 21 Feb, 2018 09:54am

Sharif may have walked if only his 10,000 dirham salary for chairmanship of Dubai-based Capital FZE had been declared. Updated 29 Jul, 2017 02:14am