ATC Judge Khalid Arshad approved the physical remand while hearing the May 9 cases registered in different police stations in Lahore. The court also allowed the investigation team to interrogate Shah Mahmood Qureshi at Adiala Jail until June 10. Qureshi’s virtual appearance from Adiala Jail was conducted via WhatsApp call. The development came days after […]
Meeting with Mr.Zhu Zhaojiang, founder and chairman of the Chinese company Transsion Holdings in Shenzhen. Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif met with Mr. Zhu Zhaojiang, founder and chairman of the Chinese company Transsion Holdings, in Shenzhen. During the meeting, interest was expressed in investment opportunities in Transsion Holdings’ mobile manufacturing unit in Pakistan and investment […]
Sources said the government is working on different proposals for salary increases in the range of 10 to 15% for public sector employees in the upcoming budget FY 2024-25. On the salaries front, the Ministry of Finance wants to raise the salary by just 10%, say sources. There is another proposal under consideration to jack […]
As demand for petroleum products spiked to a nine-month high at 1.4 million tons in May 2024 in the wake of a reduction in prices, total consumption reached 13.8 million tons in July-May 2023-24, according to Topline Research. Topline Research analyst Myesha Sohail reported that tax collection through PDL touched Rs907 billion in 11 months […]
A three-member bench headed by CJP Justice Qazi Faez Isa, comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan heard the contempt of court case against Kamal and Faisal Vawda. Kamal had submitted an unconditional apology for his remarks against the judiciary. Still, the top court rejected his plea seeking an immediate acceptance of […]
Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal, recently shared exciting news about the future of Gwadar. He announced that Gwadar is on its way to becoming a world-class port city, full of growth and development opportunities. This transformation is largely thanks to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which has been a major […]
The power division spokesperson refuted the news regarding ending net metering policy, as fake and baseless. The news channels should have contacted the ministry before airing ‘unverified’ news items the spokesperson said. The power division further stated that it has not received instructions on the net metering policy from the prime minister so far. Speculations […]
As millions of Muslims worldwide get ready for Hajj 2024, Saudi Arabia has issued a warning about the extremely hot weather expected during this year’s pilgrimage. At a recent press conference, Ayman Ghulam, the chief of the Saudi National Meteorology Centre, announced that temperatures in the holy cities of Makkah and Madina will be higher […]
Users of the well-known artificial intelligence (AI) chatbotChatGPT took to social media to inquire about similar problems after the AI chatbot experienced a worldwide disruption in service. OpenAI’s AI product went down in the UK at 8 a.m.local time, with reports of service disruptions appearing at 10 a.m. After a while, the San Francisco-based startup […]
On Monday in Karachi’s North Nazimabad neighborhood, a security guard shot and killed a TikToker. The location was close to Sakhi Hassan Chowrangi. Details indicate that the incident happened while the TikToker was filming a video at the Sareena Mobile Market. He claims the security guard told him to stop filming and get out of […]
