Pakistan has seen the highest ever number of IT companies registered in the current fiscal year. PSEB Managing Director, Osman Nasir said that the multipronged efforts are bearing fruit as the number of IT companies registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has surged to over 10,000. The fiscal Year 2020-21 witnessed […]
Pakistan performed better than India in apparel exports to the United States in February 2021. Besides the United States, Pakistan posted an outstanding performance in the apparel export category to several global destinations during February 2021; a renowned source for textile sector information called ‘Sourcing Journal’ reported. Speaking on this, the Adviser to the Prime […]
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is reportedly resisting a proposal by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to implement additional taxes of Rs. 176 billion on the salaried class in the upcoming budget. The news report quoted sources saying that various taxes are under consideration to boost the income tax collection from the current level […]
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman, Justice Javed Iqbal (R), has said the NAB has solid evidence against big fishes in several cases related to crimes like money laundering, fake accounts, misuse of authority, assets beyond known sources, and cheating the public at large. In a statement issued on Sunday, the NAB Chairman said; “The NAB […]
LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid has said the Punjab government is all set to scale up the contact tracing and increase the number of smart lockdowns in the wake of the increasing number of coronavirus cases. The minister said this during a meeting of the National Command and Control Centre at the Specialised […]
Pakistan has garnered the dubious honor of having the fourth weakest passport in the world behind only war-torn Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq, according to the Henley Passport Index. The index assesses the travel documents based on how many countries citizens can access without a visa, as well as, using information from the International Air Transport […]
The French community in Pakistan called its nationals and companies to leave Pakistan. In response, most of them decided to stay put. On Thursday, the French embassy in Islamabad; wrote an email for its nationals and companies to leave Pakistan temporarily because of “serious threats”. In Islamabad, Jean-Michel Quarantotti, who has taught French at the […]
The Peshawar Police have #Booked organizers and Participants of the Aurat March in Islamabad on the orders of a local court on the charge of committing blasphemy. They, however, made no Arrests immediately. The FIR was #Registered at the East Cantonment police station; under sections 295-A and C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which deals […]
Pakistan briefly blocked access to all social media on Friday, after days of anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed to cartoons, they consider blasphemous. In a notice to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the Interior Ministry requested a “complete blocking” of Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp, YouTube, and Telegram until 3 pm. #Pakistan blocks social […]
The government has reduced the prices of petrol for the second time in 15 days. The rates of oil have been on a decline worldwide, due to which the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) had suggested the government reduce the prices of petrol in its latest summary. The price of petrol has been brought […]
