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620Dilip KumarPakistani leaders, politicians and celebrities mourn and pay tributes to legend Dilip Kumar
President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan, politicians, film stars, sports personalities mourned and paid rich tribute to Dilip...
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582Clean Green Pakistan
New projects on the cards to generate 200,000 green jobs
Green jobs have great potential but are not yet widespread in Pakistan, however, the present government is making efforts in this regard. The climate...
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1.1KBusiness
Pakistan hopes to achieve mango export target of 150,000 tonnes
More than 50,000 tonnes of mangoes have been exported during the first five weeks (May 25 to June 30) of the season as Pakistan hopes to...
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934Business
$1.6 billion sent by expats from 171 countries through Roshan Digital Accounts
Overseas Pakistanis have deposited approximately $1.6 billion through Roshan digital accounts (RDAs) from 171 countries in less than one year. The State...
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712Business
Karachi Railways generates record Rs 18.76 billion from freight service in FY21
Pakistan railways came with outstanding performance in the area of freight with Karachi division generating record freight revenue of Rs 18.76 billion in...
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652Instagram
TikTok rolls out option to create longer videos of up to three minutes
To remain ahead of the competition, TikTok began allowing users to publish up to three minutes longer videos, tripling the previous limit. TikTok is popular...
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550E-Commerce
Andy Jassy officially takes over as Amazon CEO from Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos, who has been the CEO of Amazon since it was founded exactly 27 years ago on July 5th, 1994, has...
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2.1Kcovid-19
Ben Stokes to lead against Pakistan after 7 England team members test Covid positive
A big setback for England after seven members of the cricket team tested positive for Covid-19, England and Wales Cricket Board said...
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529International
US admits it left Bagram air base without informing Afghan govt
The Pentagon on Tuesday admitted it had vacated the Bagram air base, the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan, secretly without informing the Afghanistan government. ...
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622cotton
Cotton import bill rise by 44% during 11 months of outgoing financial year
Cotton import bill by Pakistan hit $2.3 billion, an increase of 44 percent during the 11 months of the outgoing financial year 2020-2021. The...
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798China
Pak-China relations steering committee includes provinces, AJK and GB in its fold
The Pak-China Relations Steering Committee has decided to expand its membership by bringing provinces in its fold and clarified its role in...
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791Education
Physics paper gets leaked as thousands appear for matric exams in Karachi
Sindh government expressed anger over the controversies surrounding a leak of the physics paper and delay in matric exam with Controller Examination...
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823Business
Pakistan Post opens first Amazon facilitation centre
Pakistan Post has established Amazon Facilitation Centre to facilitate garments manufacturers and exporters on behalf of the government after becoming Amazon’s official...
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828Education
Online education erodes well-being of students & parents, US CDC study
US CDC study has declared online education ‘dangerous’ for the mental health and wellness of children and parents. The US Centers for Disease...
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657Coronavirus
Pakistan among 53 countries listed to get World Bank aid for Covid vaccines
Pakistan is listed among 53 countries by World Bank that will receive aid for purchasing and supply of Covid-19 vaccines. According to...
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1.3KEducation
Punjab govt to hire intern teachers on 13,736 vacant seats
The Punjab government is going to hire intern teachers for only one academic year instead of recruiting permanent or contractual teachers on...
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737development projects
PM Imran launches various mega projects during visit to Gwadar
Prime Minister Imran Khan, on his visit to Gwadar, performed the ground-breaking of various mega development projects. On Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan...
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531International
Out of 139 countries 130 countries signed global tax reform
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 130 nations have committed to implement a global tax reform for multinational...
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894covid-19
Pakistan ranked third in Global Normalcy Index by The Economist
Pakistan has ranked third in The Economist’s Global Normalcy Index, out of 50 countries. Many have pondered when the world will return...
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589China
China certified malaria-free after 70-year fight
The World Health Organization declared China malaria-free on Wednesday, after a 70-year struggle to eliminate the mosquito-borne disease. In the 1940s, the...
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1.0KTechnology
WorldCall partners with World Mobile Group for Blockchain deployments
WorldCall Telecom and World Mobile Group are collaborating to create an integrated digital economy landscape that will provide clients with a cutting-edge Digital...
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764Flight Operations
FO takes up issue of flight ban with UAE
Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in contact with the United Arab Emirate (UAE) authorities on the issue of flight ban from Pakistan...
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1.2KBusiness
SECP becomes first govt agency to offer WhatsApp support service
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has launched a WhatsApp channel for business care to quickly respond to public inquiries...
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917Coronavirus
Any vaccine authorized by WHO should be allowed for travel
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that any Covid-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use should be recognized by countries as they open up their...
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2.4KBudget 2020
PCB approves 8.997 billion budget for next fiscal year
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has got Rs 8.997 billion budget approved by the Board of Governors (BoG) in a virtual session....
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1.2KDiana Award
Eight Pakistanis win prestigious Diana Award
This year, eight young Pakistanis have bagged the prestigious Diana Award, given to young humanitarians across the world. Eight Pakistanis have won prestigious...
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575Research
Social media, technology causing alarming behavioural changes, say biologists
As the usage of technology and social media is on rise, it is causing misinformation and behavioral changes, says biologists and ecologists. According to...
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1.4KAutomotive
Honda has not increased bike prices!
Atlas Honda has hiked the bike pricing yet again, according to a social media notification. The prices have been hiked by up...
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978Automotive
‘AirCar’ flying car completes an intercity test run between two airports
The flying cars are the next step after zero-emission engines and electric vehicles. Your personal private jet is now the AirCar, the Flying...
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813Pakistan
Small farmers in Sindh to get Rs 3 billion subsidy via Peoples Hari Cards
The Sindh government has announced Rs 3 billion subsidy for small farmers via Peoples Hari Cards during the financial year 2021-22. On...
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915Business
PIBs attract net inflow of $256 million in 12 months
Foreign investment in Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) attracted a cumulative net inflow of $256 million during the outgoing financial year. During the...
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1.1KElectricity
Power crisis worsens, citizens suffer hours of loadshedding
These days, most parts of Pakistan are experiencing loadshedding due to the fast widening shortfall leaving citizens without electricity for up to 16 hours. Loadshedding is not a new thing...
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890PTA
Pakistan revokes TikTok ban
The Sindh High Court has lifted the ban on TikTok, a video-sharing app for the third time after the telecom regulator assured the...
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807Lawmaker
New law gives Punjab Assembly power to arrest journalists, bureaucrats, lawmakers
The Punjab Assembly has revised a law to grant power to arrest and prosecute journalists, bureaucrats and lawmakers. Earlier, Pakistan People’s Party’s...
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793DNA match
New DNA-based technology can diagnose infections in minutes
31-year old Richa Pandey, the post-doctoral research fellow at the McMaster University Canada comes of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India, along with her team has developed a new...
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767Coronavirus
World passes three billion vaccine mark in race to contain Covid
The pace of vaccination has quickened as the world passed three billion Covid-19 vaccine mark and as countries struggle to curb the aggressive...
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492International
Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid opens embassy in UAE
Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid has inaugurated the country’s new embassy in Abu Dhabi in the first official Israeli visit to UAE since...
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614Budget 2020
AJK assembly approves over Rs 141 billion tax-free budget
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday presented tax-free budget for financial year 2021-22 at the AJK State Legislative Assembly. The...
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680Economy
FBR collects Rs 4,732 billion tax revenue during outgoing financial year 2020-21
FBR collected Rs 4,732 billion tax revenue in the outgoing fiscal year exceeding the revised target of Rs 4,691 billion by Rs...
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1.8KDubai
Pakistani investors pump billions into Dubai’s real estate in 2021 alone
Pakistani investors have pumped in 1.2 billion dirhams (Rs 51,685 crore) into real estate market of Dubai over the past five months....
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678Sindh High Court
TikTok responds to Sindh High Court’s suspension
Tiktok has reacted to the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) decision to ban the app across Pakistan on Thursday by saying it is...
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823IRSA
Irsa slashes Sindh, Punjab water share by 5 percent
Indus River System Authority (Irsa) have been compelled to reduce the share of Sindh and Punjab by 5% as water levels in...
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808FPCCI
Real estate sector rejects new 20 percent gain tax on property
The Real Estate Agents Association (REAA) and the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) have rejected the new proposed...
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713Pakistan
World Bank approves $800 million for clean energy, human capital
The World Bank has approved $800 million worth of loans for two programmes in Pakistan, the Program for Affordable and Clean Energy (PACE) and the...
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646China
China provides over 200 mobile oxygen concentrators to Pakistan
As China-Pakistan relations are growing stronger, China has handed over 200 mobile oxygen concentrators to Pakistan following the fear of National Command...
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597Cybercrime
Details of 700 million LinkedIn users up for sale on dark web
LinkedIn was recently the subject of a government investigation after data on 500 million of its users was scraped and released online....
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862Automotive
Petrol price goes up by Rs 2 per litre for July
The price of petrol have been increased by Rs 2 per litre and high speed diesel (HSD) price by Rs 1.44 per...
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1.1KCryptocurrency
Pakistan among top 15 countries in the world in cryptocurrency adoption
Pakistan is now among the top 15 countries in the world in terms of cryptocurrency adoption according to the ranking of blockchain...
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743European Union
FIA told to stop misuse of 1,000 Schengen visa stickers stolen from embassy
Around 1,000 Schengen visa stickers have been stolen from the lockers of the Italian embassy in Islamabad, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports. The theft of visa stickers, which are...
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696Germany
Karachi among world’s 10 most stressful cities to live in for 2021
Karachi has been included in the world’s top 10 most stressful cities to live in, declared German company VAAY. According to the German...
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994Coronavirus
New face mask prototype can detect Covid-19 infection
The experts of Harvard University have developed a face mask that can be used to detect whether the person, wearing it has...
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736Broad Peak
12-year-old Selena Khawaja of Pakistan set to summit 8000er Broad Peak
A 12 years of a young girl, Selena Khawaja is going to summit Broad Peak, an 8047-meter-high mountain, with her father, Yousef...
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565covid-19
Use of drugs on the rise due to pandemic, says UN report
UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report has estimated that at least 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020, whereas, more than...
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1.5Kiesco
Daily load shedding to begin in Bahria Town over Rs 600m unpaid dues
Due to unpaid bills, the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has imposed substantial load shedding for Bahria Town Rawalpindi. The housing society’s electricity supply...
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591International
Two soldiers martyred in terrorist attack from across border
Terrorist group from Afghanistan in an attack on military post in Dwatoi, North Waziristan, martyred two Pakistan Army soldiers, according to the military’s...
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632Coronavirus
Seasonal flu can save the people from the attack of Covid-19
According to American Scientists, the attack of the virus of seasonal Flu and the coronavirus have great similarities and the immune system against the...
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579covid-19
Health ministry issues guidelines for Eidul Azha to contain spread of COVID-19
New guidelines for Eidul Azha has been issued, warned that new variants of coronavirus might initiate a fourth wave of the pandemic. On Tuesday, the Ministry...
