Aamir Liaquat laid to rest in the compound of revered Sufi saint Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Karachi on Friday. SCREENGRABPopular television host and politician Aamir Liaquat Hussain, who passed away on Thursday at his residence in Karachi, has been laid to rest in the compound of revered Sufi saint Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine. His funeral prayer was offered after Asar prayers at Jamia Masjid Ghazi in the city’s Clifton neighbourhood. Popular television host Aamir Liaquat Hussain was laid to rest in a compound at the shrine of revered Sufi saint Abdullah Shah Ghazi. For more: https://t.co/wsB07TpnC7#etribune #news #amirliaquat pic.twitter.com/FabUGHTrBf — The Express Tribune (@etribune) June 10, 2022The deceased televangelist had booked a grave for himself during his lifetime on the compound of the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi.

LISBON: Portugal scored twice in five minutes to beat the Czech Republic on Thursday and open up a two-point lead at the top of Group A2 in the Nations League. Joao Cancelo and Goncalo Guedes were on target in the 33rd and 38th minutes in Lisbon as Portugal continued their strong start in the competition with a comfortable 2-0 win. Victory means they sit two points clear of Spain, having won two and drawn one of their opening three games. “We played a great game,” said Guedes. Ronaldo almost added a third for Portugal but his first effort of the game was saved by Stanek.

Defending the federal budget, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday assured the nation that the finance bill will steer the country out of the ongoing difficult times brought about by the “recent years of economic mismanagement”. “These are difficult times brought upon us by the recent years of economic mismanagement. Through this budget, my government will steer our way out of these challenges by taking tough decisions while minimizing the impact on vulnerable segments of the population,” said the premier. Shehbaz believed the zero tax policy for the agricultural sector in some areas would be a “major step” to enable farmers and the sector to progress. Shehbaz concluded his thread by congratulating Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on presenting a “balanced, progressive and pro-people budget”.

PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday rejected the budget for the new fiscal year, terming it "anti-people" and "anti-business". The budget is based on "unrealistic assumptions" on inflation and economic growth, he said in a series of tweets. Imran went on to say that weekly inflation, as measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), came in at about 24pc. “This [24% spike] is prior to the budget, where will it hit after the budget?” he wondered. “The PTI rejects this anti-people budget,” he declared in a statement.

Pakistan and Indonesia have agreed to further expand and deepen mutually-beneficial cooperation between the two countries in all dimensions, including high-level exchanges. The resolve came during a telephonic conversation between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on Friday. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif underlined Pakistan’s desire to further promote trade and investments between the two countries. The Prime Minister also appreciated President Joko Widodo’s leadership in steering Indonesia on a path of prosperity and development. Shehbaz Sharif extended a cordial invitation to President Joko Widodo and stated that the people of Pakistan looked forward to welcoming him at the earliest opportunity.

The summer in Pakistan is breaking records due to intense hot weather. The maximum temperature was recorded at 49 degrees in Sindh, bringing Pakistan to the top among the hottest places in the world. This sudden temperature change is severely affecting every living being, be it animals, human beings or plants. This alarming situation demands serious policymaking from people at the helm of affairs as it has ignited grave concerns. The government needs to come up with a unified response at the national and international levels before things go wrong.

LAHORE -Former Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) President Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has said that self-serving agenda of some people have destroyed football in the country. “The youth of Pakistan is being deprived of playing football due to greed for politics and positions in the PFF that has taken football to such a level that football is nowhere to be seen in the country. “During my tenure, Pakistan players were getting international recognition and signing agreements in different international leagues. Players were being trained in different age groups and Pakistan football had taken the right direction, but some people with vested interests not only stopped its rapid progress but also destroyed future of many footballers. Our football can never progress unless these people set aside their vested interests and just start thinking for betterment of Pakistan football and footballers,” he added.

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He’s a good player for us. He’s a young hockey player. He played a hockey game on May 31 of 2021 in T-Mobile Arena to help the Bakersfield Condors win something in their last game. I think he’s going to be a heckuva hockey player. I think he has the potential to be a really good player in the National Hockey League for a long-time.

Kashmir issue is basically a territorial conflict between India and Pakistan .according to demographic division 55% area of Kashmir is controlled by India, and,30% of Pakistan,15% by China. The Kashmir issue is one of the longest-running disputes in the world which has affected 1.5 billion people of the sub-continent. India and Pakistan are once again at war over the Kashmir issue, which has been unresolved for 73 years. Experts say that the possibility of resolving the Kashmir issue has now become more complex. The international community should take notice of Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir and play its role in a lasting solution to the Kashmir issue.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Friday said the government has asked the Indian government to return back PK Halder's money. He added that attempts are being made to bring back the money smuggled abroad. In his budget speech for the fiscal year 2022-23 in Parliament on Thursday, Mustafa Kamal proposed to give the opportunity to display the money smuggled out of the country in the income tax return. “If a taxpayer owns an asset outside Bangladesh and that asset does not appear in the income tax return, he will have the opportunity to do so by paying a fixed tax in the next financial year,” he observed. The minister proposed to levy tax at the rate of 15% on immovable property acquired abroad, 10% on immovable property abroad and on cash remitted to Bangladesh.

JEFFERSON COUNTY — A 21-year-old motorcyclist was killed when he struck the back of a semitrailer on U.S. Highway 67 on Wednesday night, police said. Levi D. Ray was driving his 2022 Yamaha YZF-R7 eastbound on Highway 67 near Meyer Road when he struck the back of a 2005 Freightliner Columbia ahead of him, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. The crash site is southwest of Festus. Ray, of Farmington, Missouri, was ejected from the motorcycle and pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, the highway patrol said. The driver of the truck that was hit suffered minor injuries.

KARACHI: Amid rumours of death of former military dictator General (R) Pervez Musharraf, his family has denied the reports of his death, saying that he was hospitalised in a serious condition. A message from family of General (R) Pervez Musharraf posted at his twitter handle, the former president is not on the ventilator and rather has been hospitalised for the last three weeks due to a complication of his ailment (Amyloidosis).

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan People’s Party expects to overcome financial crises as coalition govt set to present national budget. The government led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the PPP will present its first budget after ousting PTI-led government. PPP leader Shazia Marri, who is also the Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Security, said she expects relief in the budget for the common man. “The government is facing challenges but we hope to provide relief to the people in the budget,” she told The Nation. The PPP leader said the government will try to accommodate the common man as much as possible.

PHOTO: FILEPakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), which had won the title of Asia’s best performing stock market in August 2020, took a U-turn and became the third worst performing market in the region amid the boiling political temperature and melting economy. The petroleum refinery was the worst-hit sector in terms of losing market capitalisation. The cement sector lost 24% of market capitalisation while automobile assemblers’ capitalisation went down 13% during Jul-Mar FY22, according to the Pakistan Economic Survey 2021-22. The latest data suggests that the PSX has become the second worst performing market in the region after Sri Lanka in the entire current fiscal year (Jul-Jun FY22), it has been learnt. In addition to this, the downgrading of Pakistan by the MSCI from the Emerging Market Index to the Frontier Market Index with effect from December 1, 2021 sparked selling pressure at the bourse.