Pakistan

Web Desk — As Covid-19 cases increase in the country, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Saturday directed all airlines to stop serving meals on domestic flights. The new rule will come into effect from January 17 and will be reviewed later in line with the directives of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). A tweet shared by the …

Web Desk — With the prevailing financial problems, Pakistan has decided to offer permanent residency to foreign investors to attract heavy investments. Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s Information Minister, tweeted late on Friday that his government had decided to allow permanent residency for foreign nationals in line with its new National Security Policy. The new policy allows foreigners to become permanent residents …

Web Desk — In order to control the growing cases of Covid-19 with a positivity rate reaching 7.36 percent, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) has allowed all citizens above 18 years to get a booster dose. In a tweet, NCOC said: “In today’s NCOC session, the age limit for a booster dose has further been reduced. From tomorrow …

Web Desk — Hareem Shah, a social media celebrity who claims to be involved in money laundering, is now under investigation by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). “The FIA has initiated an inquiry against Hareem Shah over money laundering,” said a spokesperson for the Sindh FIA. “The FIA has decided to write a letter to the United Kingdom’s National Crime …

Web Desk — The city of Murree was declared a calamity on Saturday after at least 21 people died from exposure in stranded cars in the snow. As many as 1,000 cars were stuck on the hill station, while the Punjab chief minister issued instructions for expediting rescue efforts and providing aid to tourists stranded there. All the routes in …

Web Desk — The housing and construction finance sector jumped by Rs163 billion, or 85%, in 2021, reaching Rs355 billion. State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported Thursday that disbursements under the government’s markup subsidy scheme, Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar (MPMG), increased by Rs38 billion in the housing and construction portfolio. It added that housing finance had stood at Rs192 billion …

Web Desk — Asian Development Bank (ADB) country director Yong Ye wished Pakistanis a happy new year and announced a commitment of US$2.3 billion for Pakistan in the outgoing calendar year 2021. “In 2021, Pakistan and ADB achieved a historic high level of cooperation with over $2.3 billion committed so far by ADB,” said the country head for Pakistan in …

Web Desk — Leading and well-informed journalist of the country Najam Sethi has made amazing and incredible revelations in his program Najam Sethi Show on 24 News Channel. According to Najam Sethi establishment has decided to send Imran Khan home. “We know some things but not everything, but one thing we can say with certainty is that the same page …

Web Desk — Punjab Minister for Excise Hafiz Mumtaz said that registration and transfer of vehicles in the Province would be under a biometric system. The minister while addressing the workshop informed about the usage, importance, and usefulness of the biometric system. Welcoming the Biometric System Awareness Workshop, Hafiz Mumtaz Ahmed said that consumers would get huge relief through biometric …

Web Desk — To protect its corporate and financial customers against cyberattacks, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has launched new cyber security services using its cutting-edge Security Operations Center (SOC). Through SOC-based services, the digital security wall will be strengthened against a range of cyber security threats to customers’ data, digital assets, and infrastructure. PTCL’s cyber security services are the …