The percentage of Pakistan Railways’ deficit as compared to revenue increased from 73.87 percent in 2017-18 to 97.68 percent in 2020-21, while income declined from Rs. 49.58 billion to Rs. 48.65 billion during this period.This was revealed by Railways …
President Dr. Arif Alvi has upheld two different decisions of the Banking Mohtasib (BM) ordering Al Baraka Bank Ltd (ABBL) and Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) to pay Rs. 9.145 million to Zahida Naseem and Rs. 5 million to Mushtaq Ahmed Bajwa, respectively, who ha…
The government has not implemented a majorly approved recommendation of Mobile Device Manufacturing Policy of removal of fixed Sales Tax on CKD/SKD manufacturing of mobile devices above USD 200 category.This was revealed by the Ministry of Industries a…
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to increase the average Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR), to be maintained during a period of two weeks by scheduled banks, from 5 percent to 6 percent.The central bank has further notified that the minimum CR…
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) informed a Senate panel on Friday that the performance of many renowned universities has been observed to be dissatisfying.Senator Irfan Siddiqui chaired a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Federal Educat…
First Lady Begum Samina Arif Alvi has emphasized the need to encourage women to seek timely medical consultation regarding breast cancer.Addressing the “Breast Cancer Awareness, Differently abled Persons and Women Empowerment Seminar” in Karachi today …
WhatsApp is working on a list of new features for the chatting app and the latest one leaked today aims to improve Last Seen. As always, the leak comes from none other than WABetaInfo, the team of developers known for leaking upcoming WhatsApp features…
Pakistan’s wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan showed true courage when he stepped onto the field in the semi-final clash against Australia despite spending the previous two nights in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The gritty wicket-keeper was lauded …
The Ministry of Planning and Development has announced that issuing poverty figures and mapping poverty in the country has been suspended until 2023.This was revealed by the ministry in a written reply presented in a session of the Senate today (Friday…
In Gilgit-Baltistan Council elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has won four out of six seats.According to unofficial results, successful candidates of PTI include Syed Shabi ul Hasnain, Hashmat ullah, Abdul Rehman and Ahmad Ali. The other two succe…
