ISLAMABAD: Just a fortnight after lifting of the curbs impose to contain the spread of coronavirus; the number of infections and positivity rate have again started increasing in the country. Eid ul Azha is also round the corner. Also, health experts fear that Eid ul Azha can provide an opportunity to the virus to bounce […]
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday eliminates the requirement of Electronic Form-E (EFE); by amending the foreign exchange regulations to facilitate exporters. Also, Through the Pakistan Single Window and International Platforms; it notifies revisions in foreign exchange regulations for export of goods from the country the central bank says. Moreover, Key changes […]
ISLAMABAD: Poverty has declined significantly in Punjab in the last 20 years. It reduced from 61.8 percent population living below the poverty line in 1998-99 to 16.3 percent in 2018-19. Balochistan was on top among the provinces with 40 percent population in clutches of impoverishment in 2018-19 but 20 years back in 1998-99; KP used […]
It is perhaps not surprising that the fractious relationship between historic adversaries India and Pakistan has spilled over into social media in recent years. But at the end of April; as India struggled with a ferocious second wave of Covid-19; citizens on either side of the border shelved their barbs in favour of supportive hashtags […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday says that Pakistan accepts Beijing’s version; regarding the treatment of Uighurs in China’s Xinjiang province. Also, Speaking to Chinese journalists on Thursday as Beijing marks the centenary of the ruling Communist Party; the prime minister says that the Chinese version was completely different from what was being in reports […]
At least six people injure, including one critically, in an explosion in front of Askari Park on Pakistan Army vehicles ; on Quetta’s Airport Road on Thursday; a spokesperson for the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Balochistan said . Balochistan Home Minister Mir Zia Langove said a convoy of six Pakistan Army vehicles was passing on the […]
As the finance bill for the next fiscal year 2021-22 has been passed on 29th June 2021, the post-budget session is taking place, and the Prime Minister of Pakistan has addressed the national legislative assembly today on 30th June 2021. PM’s Speech in National Assembly of Pakistan: At almost 5:00 PM on 30th June Imran Khan […]
In a press briefing, Dawood said that Pakistan’s export growth, increased 18% in the last financial year. Exports in June were $2.7 billion, which was the highest in a single month. Dawood praised exporters for higher volume. Export in the services sector were $6 billion and so the combined total exports (of goods plus services) […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan promises a cricket ground in each Union Council (UC) of the country. Also, in a tweet, the premier made this announcement while sharing images of a cricket ground under construction; in his residential area Union Council (UC) Bani Gala in the suburbs of Islamabad. The prime minister made a […]
Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin clarified on Friday that there would be no tax; on internet usage and SMS, while 75 paisa would be collected in tax; for every mobile phone call exceeding the duration of five minutes. He adds that visually-impair mobile phone users would be exempt from taxes on handsets. Tarin announced these […]
