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♦ PM announces imposing 10% tax on big industries, including the auto industry, aviation, fertilizer, banking, energy; One percent tax is levied on those earning Rs150 million annually; If IMF imposes no further condition, agreement to be finalized

♦With the imposition of a 10% tax, industries will be shut down, former finance minister Shaukat Tareen says if the government does not lie about the economy, there will be a storm of inflation.

♦ Pakistan stock market fell by 1665 points. Billions of rupees of investors sank. In the interbank market, the dollar rose by 25 paise, 207 rupees to 48 paise. Gold also jumped.

♦Inflation out of control; the weekly rate increased by more than 1%, and the rate exceeded 28%. In one week, 32 items became more expensive. The price of a 20 kg bag of flour has gone up

♦The reliance of China on the oscillation of the economy. Pakistan lost ارب 2.3 billion from Cochin. Muftah Ismail says a consortium of Chinese banks deposited the money in the SBP.

♦A blow to Karachi residents; Electricity price hiked by Rs5.27 per unit; Notification issued. The application will be made on July bills. Consumers will have to bear the additional burden of Rs 10 billion. Electric had requested to increase electricity price by Rs5.31 per unit.

♦Federal Minister Khurshid Shah's proposal to double the price of cigarettes. He says heart diseases, cancer and other diseases are due to smoking

♦A local court in Islamabad stayed the arrest of Imran Khan;  Court ass Sessions Judge to submit bond of Rs5,000 in all cases.

♦Patients will get free medicine; women will get scooters; the PKLI project will also be restored to its original condition soon; Punjab CM Hamza Shahbaz announced. 

♦PM announces giving boat engines to fishermen of Gwadar; speaking at a function in Gwadar, he said that 100 megawatts of electricity will be supplied to Gwadar

♦Local body elections will be held on time, Sindh High Court has given its verdict. The court rejected the petitions of MQM and Jamaat-e-Islami.; Why local body elections were not held in 120 days? Supreme Court had ordered to hold local body elections;  remarks of Justice Junaid Ghaffar. Elections were delayed due to local body constituencies; commission responds.

♦The sixth wave of Corona has come. 309 new case reports in 24 hours. The rate of positive cases has reached 2.2 percent.

♦Congo virus kills another. A patient admitted to Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar dies.

♦ Arrests can be made without a search warrant in a drug casel The trial cannot be stopped on the ground of arrest or the sentence will not end; The accused cannot be acquitted; SC interpreted Article 27 of the Anti-Narcotics Act, 2019; Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah's bail plea rejected 

♦ Jamaat-e-Islami's train march against interest, inflation and corruption will start from Rahim Yar Khan tomorrow; Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Siraj-ul-Haq will lead the party. The bulk of the federal government's budget goes to interest payments.

♦Launch of Safe City project in Karachi, the project will be completed in 22 billion. 17 international companies will be part of the project. DG Sindh Safe Cities Authority says the project will be launched in two phases. It will be a historic, useful and safe source for the people of Karachi.

♦The little girl's stuttering words caught the killer; Two accused were arrested for killing the woman; The accused Sami was a friend of the victim's husband; The girl who met him on the spot mentioned Sami's name 

♦The United Nations has called for a "catastrophe" from the global food crisis; Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Ukraine war has exacerbated climate change and the Corona catastrophe; This year's food access problems will turn into food shortages next year. No country will be safe from this catastrophe

♦The US Senate passed the Gun Safety Bill, with 65 votes in favor and 33 against. Fifteen Republicans also voted in favor of the bill. US Supreme Court rules in favor of civilians carrying weapons

♦ According to Indian police, Lawrence Bishnoi was the mastermind of Sadhu's murder and had been planning it since last year. He arrested 13 people and exposed the conspiracy.

♦ President Biden in trouble again - it became difficult for the American president to praise America in one word. President Biden's video went viral on social media.

♦ Sultan of Punjabi films Sultan Rahi remembered; Punjabi film Basheera made him a superstar; His name in the Guinness Book of World Records for acting in more than 700 films