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• PPL discovers hydrocarbon reserves in Sujawal

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• Govt keeps petrol, diesel prices unchanged

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• Unrestricted freedom of speech contributing to moral degradation: COAS Munir

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• Mobile internet services suspended in certain parts of Balochistan: PTA

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• ‘Used by terrorists’: interior ministry wants PTA to ban ‘illegal VPNs’ across Pakistan

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• Punjab declares health emergency in smog-hit Lahore, Multan

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• CCoP reiterates ‘resolve to divest’ PIA shares, but adds G2G mode

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• 1QFY25: With IMF in Islamabad, Punjab revises budget figures, now posts Rs40bn surplus

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