Tue, 21-Oct-2025

ECC gives go-ahead to sugar, wheat import

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved two summaries for import of 200,000 tonnes of sugar and 400,000 tonnes of wheat to curtail food inflation and stabilise prices. Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin presided over the meeting. The ECC approved the summary tabled by the Ministry of … Read more

Blockchain of Pakistan startup increased by $38 million

Blockchain

Pakistan has perceived a substantial flow in interest concerning a newly launched blockchain-powered B2B marketplace known as Bazaar Technologies.

The startup of the blockchain new Series A funding round succeeded to secure about $30 million, becoming the leading funding round in the state’s history.

The firm only announced the end of the campaign, providing a little information along the way. For instance, the funding round was controlled by the Silicon Valley-headquartered firm, Defy Partners, together with Singapore-based Wavemaker Partners.

Several others have also joined but to some extent, the firms include LinkedIn, Endeavor, and Japan-based Saison Capital. There were also some present investors, like Alter Global and Indus Valley Capital.

As per Bazaar’s report, the firm is the foremost B2B marketplace platform for Pakistan’s minor traders. It presently serves over 750,000 small businesses across 400 different towns and villages. The majority of these are so-called “mom-and-pop” food stores, known as “kiryana.” These firms have found the platform to be quite helpful in buying merchandise from a variety of sellers.

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Work on KCR to commence next month: minister

KCR

ISLAMABAD: The groundbreaking of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) will take place in September 2021, a senior government official said on Wednesday. Chairing a meeting to review the latest status of the KCR and Railways Freight Corridor projects in Islamabad, Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar directed the Pakistan Railway to … Read more

Bank Alfalah earns Rs7.02 billion profit in first-half

KARACHI: Bank Alfalah Limited on Wednesday announced profit –after-tax of Rs7.02 billion for the first-half (January–June) 2021, a bourse filing said. The net profit of the bank posted a 21.45 per cent increase, compared with the net profit of Rs5.78 billion in the corresponding period of the last year. The net markup income of the … Read more

PM Imran Khan ‘ashamed’ by Minar-e-Pakistan incident

imran khan on smart jungle

LAHORE: In his first comments on the heinous Minar-e-Pakistan incident, PM Imran Khan Wednesday said that he felt ashamed when he heard about what happened to the woman and was in pain to witness such “unpleasant incidents”. The PM said he was ashamed after he got to know about the huge crowd of around 300 … Read more

Dur-e-Fishan talks about dealing with negativity and criticism

Dur-e-Fishan

Dur-e-Fishan Saleem has won many hearts with her first debuted drama as she plays the role of the elder sister of lead actress Hania Aamir as “Irum” in the drama serial Dil Ruba. The audience was impressed with her stellar acting skills in the drama serial. Recently, Dur-e-Fishan Saleem was spotted in an interview with … Read more

Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq tests positive for coronavirus

Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq has tested positive for coronavirus, said a statement issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday. “Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq has tested positive and, as such, will not depart for Lahore with his side later today (Wednesday),” read a statement issued by the cricket’s governing body. The PCB said that … Read more

Fatima Effendi looks adorable in bridal attire

Fatima Effendi

Fatima Effendi is a Pakistani actress and model. She started her career as a Child artist and today has earned massive love and respect from anyone.

She has appeared in the Pakistani drama series Larkiyan Muhally Ki, Kuch Kami Si Hai, Kash Mai Teri Beti Na Hoti, Madventures Season 2, Takkabur, Joru Ka Ghulam, and many more.

Recently, Fatima has appeared in a beautiful bridal shoot. Her styling and makeup look flaunts her beauty. She is looking superb in alluring ensembles and regal looks created for her bridal look.

Take a look at the gorgeous pictures from the shoot.

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Do you know a woman completed 87 marathons in 87 consecutive days during the lockdown

The woman decided to run every day instead of resting at home during the lockdown caused by Covid-19. This woman completed 1 marathon every day. She has completed 87 marathons in the last 87 days. The athlete plans to complete 100 marathons in 100 days.

Alyssa Clark is from Bennington, Vermont. She said she was in Italy in March when she learned that the summer marathon she was preparing for, had been cancelled due to covid 19. Alyssa said she decided to run a marathon every day.

In the beginning, she used to run on the treadmill. Soon after the lockdown was over, she started running outside.

Alyssa added that she initially decided to run the marathon for only 15 days. Soon she will be running these races. Now she plans to run 100 marathons in 100 days. She has completed 87 marathons in 87 days.

Alyssa broke the world record of completing marathons every day by running in the 61st marathon on May 30, but the rules have not been announced.

Alyssa completed her 87th marathon on Thursday. She also announced that she would complete her 100th marathon, soon.

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Ayeza khan poses with a pineapple in her latest photoshoot

Ayeza Khan is a Pakistani television actress, she was born on 15 January 1991, and often updates her Instagram account to connect with her fans and followers. She has 9.8 million followers on her Instagram profile.

Ayeza has posted a gorgeous picture on her social media account have a look.Ayeza khan

Ayeza khanShe began to take more modeling offers and eventually shifted to the entertainment industry. She is known for her leading role in several television serials including Mere Meherbaan (2014), Pyarey Afzal (2014), Tum Kon Piya (2016), Mohabbat Tumse Nafrat Hai (2017), Koi Chand Rakh (2018), Yaariyan (2019) and many more.

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Who is the richest person in the world who loves ice cream?

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world and he can do a lot with his wealth.

By the way, they are being asked by the people to eradicate hunger from the world or to buy vaccines for two-thirds of the world’s population.

But he is a normal human being like us and that is why he has installed an ice cream machine in his house.

This is truly an ice cream machine developed by an ice cream machine company called CVT Soft Serve.

The company also revealed in an Instagram post that it had installed the machine on Jeff Bezos’ property worth more than 170 million.

The company said in a post that Jeff-Bezos will now be able to enjoy ice cream at home 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Jeff Bezos’ love for ice cream is not new, the design of his company’s headquarters is similar to any other ice cream.

Jeff Bezos will no longer have to leave his home for ice cream.

The price of the machine is not clear, but no matter how expensive it is, it may not matter to 18 187 billion owner Jeff Bezos.

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Alizeh Shah’s latest viral picture shows her love for animals

Alizeh Shah

Pakistani actress and dancer Alizeh Shah was born on 9th June 2002 in Karachi. Shah’s first television appearance was a commercial when she was only 6 years old and started her professional career in 2017. She initially had a short role in Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya. Afterward, she has played many roles as the … Read more

Minal Khan’s latest viral pictures with her pet

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Minal Khan is a Pakistani actress. She was born on 20th November 1998 in Karachi, Pakistan. She started her acting career in 2011. She has 7.5 million followers on Instagram.

She is known for her leading role in several television serials including Adhoori Aurat, Mere Meherbaan, Gila Kiss Se Karain, Mithu Aur Apa, Joru Ka Ghulam, Hum Sab Ajeeb Say Hain, Bet To Mein Bhi Hoon, and many more.

She is quite active on her Instagram accounts and never stays behind in impressing her audience by sharing her latest pictures. Here are a few Latest Pictures of Minal Khan. Have a look!

 

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Cardano becomes the first Japanese crypto exchange

Cardano

ADA (Cardano), by market capitalization, is the third-largest cryptocurrency. It is presently available for business in Japan. As per the BitPoint list, Cardano becomes the first Japanese crypto exchange.

ADA has now been added to the list of authorized cryptocurrencies in the country. These contain, but are not limited to, Bitcoin (BTC/USD), Tron (TRX/USD), XRP (XRP/USD), Ether (ETH/USD), Bitcoin Cash (BCH/USD).

Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of Cardano stated that he had waited for a long time for ADA to launch in Japan.

The former executive of Cardano’s founding organization EMURGO, Sebastien Guillemot, publicized that it was hard to launch ADA in Japan because the financial regulators of Japan are very sensitive about guaranteeing investor protection.

Financial watchdogs have approved some coins. While the country is crypto-friendly.

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Darr – An unsolved mystery of the third floor

Producing horror movies is still relatively a challenge for Lollywood since the industry lacks what it takes to make a good horror movie. While we are still struggling with the content and censorship issues and coping with the production value, Urduflix is giving young actors and directors a legit chance to showcase their talent. Directed … Read more

Oman allows vaccinated Pakistanis to travel the country

Oman allows vaccinated Pakistanis to travel the country

Oman Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has decided to lift the ban from eighteen countries including Pakistan and India on the entry of citizens for traveling. As per the reports, Oman’s CAA has confirmed that only the Covid-19 vaccinated citizens from eighteen countries including Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh are allowed to travel the country. Oman’s CAA … Read more

FIA reluctant to take action against corrupt officials in Rs12 billion scam

FIA

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), country’s premier investigating agency, has allegedly been showing reluctance for the last several years to register a criminal case against a powerful business group of Faisalabad even after its several inquiries have proved the group’s alleged wrongdoings and causing at least Rs12 billion loss to the national exchequer, BOL … Read more

Mission Impossible 7 train wreckage stunt goes viral on social media

Leading Hollywood star Tom Cruise, who likes to perform physical stunts in every one of his films and also risks his life are returning to the new part of Mission Impossible, the release of which has been delayed due to the Coronavirus epidemic and the shooting has been stopped several times due to cases or other difficulties.

Tom Cruise and director McCurry want to make this new film as good as possible and for that, they have included a train wreck shoot in the film.

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The scene of the train engine falling off the hill for the new part of Mission Impossible has gone viral on social media.

The scene was filmed in Derbyshire, UK, and was captured on Twitter by a local photographer and was shared on Twitter.

According to reports, Tom Cruise was also present at the scene and was watching the engine fall from the helicopter.

Photographer Jim wrote in his post: “For 5 months we have been waiting for the scene from the new Mission Impossible movie in which the train was brought down the hill. Tom was also there.”

 

The photographer told the media that he saw Tom Cruise flying the helicopter himself.

The train engine was delivered to the village a few days ago and the film team had specially prepared the track for this scene.

During the film’s shooting in Norway last year, fans saw Tom Cruise sitting on the roof of a train as part of a stunt.

Tom Crower has often performed dangerous stunts in his films and on many occasions, his life was in danger.

Also in September last year, a stunt from the film went viral on social media, showing a man jumping down a hill on a ramp and unloading his parachute.

 

Not much is known about the plot of Mission Impossible 7 yet, but it is said that the story of the previous part has been carried forward.

The film is the seventh film in Tom Cruise’s action series ‘Mission Impossible, the sixth film in the series was released in 2018 and Tom Cruise himself was injured during several dangerous scenes during its shooting.

The first film in the series was released in 1996 as Mission Impossible, the second four years later in 2000, the third in 2006, the fourth in 2011, the fifth in 2015 and the sixth in 2018 under the title Mission Impossible: Fallout.

The seventh film in the series will star Tom Cruise alongside Vanessa Kirby, Rebecca Ferguson, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg and Henry Zemi among others.

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Sanya Malhotra: I will never lose myself in Bollywood’s flashy world

Sanya Malhotra

The actor says she is confident that she will never lose herself in the world of Bollywood, and gives credits to her family for helping her stay in reality.

Actor Sanya Malhotra just completed the shoot of her mission, Love Hostel.

The coronavirus pandemic served as a reminder to Sanya Malhotra to draw lines between her personal and professional lives. The actress wants to do so, to move forward with her new normalcy.

“It was during the first lockdown when I realized that I need to have some good healthy boundaries with my work, which I didn’t have before. Also, mentally my work is my work, not my personal life,” admits Malhotra.

The actor says it usually happens when one is not in a 9 to 5 kind of a job. “Sometimes you mix your work and your personal life. But that doesn’t work for me at all. When it comes to having a fear of losing myself, I don’t have that fear just because I have a very strong boundary when it comes to work and my personal life,” she adds.

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Kompal Iqbal shares adorable pictures of her birthday

Kompal Iqbal

Kompal Iqbal is a talented actress and model with a lot of potentials to do more. She had appeared in a number of dramas. Her acting career began with the Private television drama series “Quddusi Sahab Ki Bewah.”

Kompal Iqbal is often seen traveling with her sister Sumbul Iqbal and their tour Pictures are adored by the fans on social media.

She is celebrating her birthday today. She used Instagram to share photos from her birthday celebrations with her fans. Kompal looked gorgeous in her birthday photos. She was spotted posing in front of a cake and balloons, have a look!

 

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Two injured in acid attack at station in Tokyo

Bahawalpur acid attack

Tokyo: At least two people sustained burn injuries in an acid attack at a Tokyo subway station with the perpetrator still at large, police and local media said on Wednesday. The attack took place at Shirokane Takanawa station in an upscale part of Tokyo in the wee hours of Wednesday, while the Paralympics opening ceremony … Read more

Unilever Pakistan Foods profit up 7.48 per cent

KARACHI: Unilever Pakistan Foods has announced a net profit of Rs966.64 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, which is 7.48 per cent higher than Rs899.32 million recorded in the corresponding quarter last year, a bourse filing said on Wednesday. The earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter clocked-in at Rs151.75 as against Rs141.18 … Read more

EUR TO PKR: Today Euro rate in Pakistani Rupees on, 25th August 2021

EUR TO PKR

Karachi: Today EUR to PKR (Euro Rate in Pakistan Rupee) – EURO to PKR today on 25th August 2021 is Rs. 192.90. This is the inter-bank closing exchange rate for the EUR to Pakistan Rupee which is provided by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) every day. EURO to Pakistani Rupee conversion is based on open … Read more

GBP TO PKR: Today 1 British Pound to PKR on, 25th August 2021

GBP TO PKR

Karachi: Today GBP to PKR (British Pound Rate in Pakistan Rupee) – Pound to PKR today on 25th August 2021 is Rs. 225.30. This is the inter-bank closing exchange rate for the GBP to Pakistani Rupee which is provided by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) every day. Pound to Pakistani Rupee conversion is based on … Read more

USD TO AED: Today Dollar Rate in UAE Dirham on, 25th August 2021

USD TO AED

Today USD to AED (Dollar rate in UAE Dirham) – Dollar to AED today on 25th August 2021 is AED. 3.67 . This is the inter-bank closing exchange rate for the Dollar to AED which is provided by the International market. Dollar to UAE Dirham conversion is based on open market rates which are set by … Read more

USD TO SAR: Today Dollar Rate in Saudi Riyal on, 25th August 2021

USD TO SAR

Today USD to SAR (Dollar rate in Saudi Riyal) – Dollar to SAR today on 25th August 2021 is SAR. 3.75. This is the inter-bank closing exchange rate for the Dollar to SAR which is provided by the International market. Dollar to Saudi Riyal conversion is based on open market rates which are set by the … Read more

BankIslami earns Rs1.16 billion profit for first-half

KARACHI: The BankIslami Pakistan Limited has announced Rs1.16 billion as net profit for the first-half of 2020, a bourse filing said on Wednesday. The net profit of the bank increased 8.29 per cent, compared with the after-tax-profit of Rs1.073 billion in the same half of the last year. The total income of the banks fell … Read more

SBP brings transparency in sale of third-party products

State Bank of Pakistan

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday issued instructions to address concerns and bring transparency in the sale of third-party products for consumers’ convenience and protection, a statement said. The central bank said in addition to the typical banking products or services, the banks often offer or sell other financial products that are … Read more