Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue said Thursday that country’s economy was stabilizing before the outbreak of corona-virus pandemic, which inflicted huge losses and derailed it towards negative growth of 0.38%. Addressing the launching ceremony of Pakistan Economic Survey for the outgoing fiscal year 2019-20, the advisor said that […]
A passenger plane with nearly 100 people on board has crashed in a residential area in the Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 30 people and wounding many others, officials said. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane was close to landing at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport when it came down among houses, sending plumes […]
Following the launch of Pakistan’s first official moonsighting website, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announced the availability of a mobile application which displays the various phases of, and other real-time information about, the moon. The app, named ‘The Ruet’, is available on the Google Play store for download. According to […]
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Senator Mr. Shibli Faraz on Friday said the country will have to go towards lockdown again if precautions are not taken. The federal minister took to Twitter and said the standard operating procedures (SOPs) prepared for the business sector must be followed strictly. He maintained that safety of […]
Pakistan’s lockdown might get lifted starting Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Thursday evening. But what will happen and what are the new rules now? Federal Planning Minister Asad Umar and Industries and Production Minister Hammad Azhar explained the government’s decisions for the lockdown lift. Small scale markets and shops in neighbourhoods and rural […]
