KARACHI: Pandamart has achieved a major milestone as it opened its 50th store in DHA Phase 8, Karachi, a statement said. Pandamart, the country’s leading online groceries delivery platform, has established over 50 stores within just over a year since the first store was opened in Bahadurabad, Karachi in November 2020. Speaking about pandamart’s rapid … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday declared the plot allotment scheme for judges, bureaucrats, and government employees in special sectors of the federal capital as illegal and unconstitutional. A bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani pronounced the reserved verdict in the case pertaining to the allotment of plots … Read more
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Wednesday termed Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML) Chief Nawaz Sharif as the ‘most unfortunate’ leader in the world who fled to London and is staying there on fake medical reports. While addressing the media in Islamabad, he said, “There is no such unfortunate leader in the world like Nawaz … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan reported 7,048 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the fifth day with over 7,000 new infections amid the country’s ongoing battle against the Omicron variant of the virus, according to figures released by the National Command and Operation Center on Monday. With the new cases, the country’s number of overall confirmed cases has … Read more
Exports boost Al Shaheer 80% revenue Preference for the Al Shaheer Corporation (ASC) stems from diversification into frozen food business, insulation against the rupee depreciation, and attractive trading multiples significantly lower than industry peers. The company has a market share of over 8 per cent in the country’s meat exports. ASC derives 80 per cent … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The government’s decision to rebase the economy from the fiscal year 2005-06 to 2015-16 has added Rs3.1 trillion in its value and jacked up last year’s GDP growth to 5.57 from 5.37 per cent. The change in the base-year was welcomed by stakeholders and experts, however, they said that it also exposed the structural … Read more
Located 45 kilometres from Islamabad, Wah Cantonment is a sprawling complex of 14 defense production and home to Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF). Its 14 defense production units and 12 subsidiaries produce 112 major defense products, commercial explosives and industrial chemicals. The main products include: automatic rifles, machine-guns, snipers, sub-machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, complete range of … Read more
Located 45 kilometres from Islamabad, Wah Cantonment is a sprawling complex of 14 defense production and home to Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF). Its 14 defense production units and 12 subsidiaries produce 112 major defense products, commercial explosives and industrial chemicals. The main products include: automatic rifles, machine-guns, snipers, sub-machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, complete range of … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan reported 7,539 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center said on Thursday. The country’s overall number of confirmed cases has risen to 1,393,887, according to the center, which leads Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic. Another 25 people lost their lives due to COVID-19 over the … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has added 5,196 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. The country’s number of overall confirmed cases has risen to 1,386,348, according to the NCOC, the department leading Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic. Another 15 people lost their lives over the … Read more
Federal Science and Technology Minister Shibli Faraz has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan to fulfill its promise of using the electronic voting machine (EVM) in the local government (LG) elections in Punjab and Islamabad, Bol News reported. While talking to the media on Wednesday, the minister said the electoral body can procure EVMs from … Read more
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has launched Naya Pakistan Qaumi Sehat Card scheme in Islamabad on Wednesday. Under the scheme, all families of Islamabad, Punjab, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), and Tharparkar will be provided free medical treatment of Rs1 million a year at government and private hospitals. Addressing the launching ceremony of … Read more
KARACHI: A H Group Chairman Yasir Ali Mahsud and Pak World Trade and Expo Centre Founder Chairman Khursheed Barlas signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), where A H Group will sponsor the event of Peshawar International Property Expo being held from February 11 to 13, 2022, a statement said. A H Group also announced another … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan added 6,540 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Saturday. Following the new infections, the overall cases in Pakistan have reached 1,360,019, said the NCOC, adding that the country’s positivity rate stood at 11.10 percent after 58,902 tests were conducted over the … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan confirmed 6,808 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Thursday. The NCOC said the country has conducted 24,356,373 tests so far, confirming 1,345,801 cases in total. Over the above mentioned period of time, 426 patients have recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad’s envoy to Cairo, Sajid Bilal, met representatives of the Egyptian business community on Tuesday to discuss ways to bolster bilateral trade, Arab News reported. Ambassador Bilal met leaders of Egypt’s oldest chamber of commerce, the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, and Alexandria Business Association. During the meetings, the Pakistani envoy discussed with Alexandria Chamber of Commerce … Read more
KARACHI: A majority of respondents in the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) survey, indicated that it takes 1 to 3 years to resolve a standard intellectual property rights (IPR) dispute. The OICCI has announced the key findings of its latest IPR survey 2021 where 37 per cent of the respondents indicated that … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A policeman and two armed robbers were killed while four others including two policemen injured during an exchange of fire between police and culprits in the country’s capital city of Islamabad late Monday night, police sources said. Read more: Three policemen arrested from Lahore for allegedly robbing citizen The incident occurred when a police team … Read more
ISLAMABAD: In recognition of its forward-looking human resource practices and work culture, the PTCL Group has won the prestigious Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Benchmark (GDEIB) Award in five categories, a statement said. The achievement highlights the group’s standing as a progressive and wholly employee-centric organisation with unique attributes that have been validated previously, as … Read more
A newly-elected Member of the Punjab Assembly (MPA) was excited after receiving a call saying the party chief wanted to see him at his hilltop residence in Islamabad. The lawmaker — elected to the assembly for the first time in the 2018 elections – was a new entrant in the party. All the way there, … Read more
KARACHI: Airblue, Pakistan’s second-largest airline, has resumed international flight operations to the United Arab Emirates. Airblue had received relevant permissions from the Pakistan government and as approvals from the UAE government were received, the airline announced its flight schedule. Airblue aims at flying to most of the cities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. It … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz on Monday said that the upcoming local government (LG) elections in the federal capital would be held using the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). “The government was cooperating with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the use of the EVMs,” he said while addressing a news conference … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Usually at night one comes across mainly teenage garbage pickers carrying big sacks and torches that are fixed to their caps. They are usually looking for items like plastic utensils, glass, metals, paper and cartons from the garbage dumps in the residential and commercial areas of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The … Read more
Leading Pakistani actor Osman Khalid Butt and Actress Hareem Farooq’s dance video has surprised social media users. Read more: Osman Khalid Butt clarifies wedding rumours with Sidra Niazi A local Instagram news account reports, “Hareem Farooq dances to ‘Chaka Chak’ on her friend’s wedding and aren’t those popular moves just on point. View this … Read more
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — Pakistan on Tuesday confirmed 898 new COVID-19 cases, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. According to the NCOC, the country has confirmed 1,298,763 cases so far, including 1,257,600 recoveries. Pakistan currently has 12,213 active cases who are under treatment in hospitals, including 652 in critical condition. … Read more
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — Pakistan has so far registered 352 infections of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, an official from the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday. Rana Muhammad Safdar, director general of health at the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, told Xinhua that a total of 352 Omicron cases have … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad United head coach Azhar Mahmood won’t be looking at individual performances but would see who gives best for the team. The former all-rounder said he was looking forward to a successful Pakistan Super League (PSL) 7 with Islamabad United and feels team skipper Shadab Khan was a big believer in using new innovative … Read more
As the country braces for the fifth wave of coronavirus and the rise in Omicron cases, Pakistan on Monday reported 708 Covid cases—the highest since October. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), some 45,643 tests were conducted across the country during the last 24 hours. Out of them, 708 samples returned positive … Read more
