Tue, 21-Oct-2025

PTA Receives More Than 19,000 Complaints About Telecom

PTA announces cyber security awareness week 2024

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) reported receiving 19,223 complaints from telecom consumers against various operators in August 2024, with an impressive resolution rate of 99 percent, as 19,061 complaints were successfully addressed. Data revealed that the complaints were filed against a range of telecom providers, including cellular mobile operators (CMOs), Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), … Read more

Iran protests: Students complaints to the paramilitary speaker

Iran protests

A recent online video purports to show schoolgirls jeering at a member of Iran’s dreaded paramilitary Basij force after nationwide anti-government demonstrations moved to the classroom. When the man was asked to address them, the teenagers waved their headscarves in the air and yelled, “Get lost, Basiji.” The protests started by the death of a … Read more

Uninterrupted power supply to be provided during Eid-ul-Adha

Uninterrupted power supply to be provided during Eid-ul-Adha

Shahid Iqbal Chaudhry, Chief Executive Officer of Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has announced that uninterrupted power supply will be provided throughout the region during Eid-ul-Adha holidays. According to details, CEO of the company, Shahid Iqbal Chaudhry while talking about loadshedding in a statement said that power transmission from more than 1100 feeders, 103 grid … Read more

Uber’s safety report reveals over 3,000 sexual intimidation incidents

Uber’s safety report reveals over 3,000 sexual intimidation incidents

Uber has finally released its full safety transparency report, including stats around sexual assault and harassment over 2018 and 2017 in the United States (US). “Uber’s US Safety Report includes information about Uber’s actions on safety, as well as data on the most serious safety incidents reported on our ridesharing platform in 2017 and 2018,” … Read more

NAB sets up a committee to resolve trader community’s complaints

NAB Lahore

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has formed six-member committee to address the reservations of business community here on Monday. The committee includes Vice President SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Iftikhar Ali Malik, President Pakistan Federation of Chamber and Industry Daro Khan Achakzai, former President Bank Al-Falah Atif Bajwa, President Lahore Chamber and Industry Anjum Nisar, … Read more

PM orders to develop ‘Mera Bacha Alert’ application for missing children

PM Khan orders to develop ‘Mera Bacha Alert’ app to trace missing children

Taking stern notice of the increasing untoward incidents with children in the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday ordered to develop an application ‘Mera Bacha Alert’ for the immediate redressal of the complaints related to missing children. The decision was taken by the prime minister in today’s federal cabinet meeting, after getting the briefing … Read more

PM decided to replace the MPs for raising inflation in NA

PM Imran lashes out at PTI MPs for bringing up inflation in NA

Prime Minister Imran Khan lashed out at a lawmaker from his party during a meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s parliamentary members on Monday. PTI lawmaker Noor Alam Khan, from Peshawar, had raised the issue of inflation and criticized the incumbent government on the Assembly floor earlier, which did not go down well with the premier. … Read more

Returning the looted money is our top priority: Chairman NAB

Chairman NAB addresses Open Kachehri

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice Javed Iqbal directed his subordinates to computerize the record of people’s complaints, deal with respect and inform them about the latest status of their complaints. Addressing ‘Open Kachehri,’ he directed the concerned to take the complaints to logical conclusion and no laxity in this regard would be tolerated. He … Read more

NAB is determined to end corruption: Chairman NAB

Chairman NAB presides a meeting

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed 600 corruption references in various accountability courts during the last 22 months, said NAB Chairman Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal. While chairing a meeting to review the performance of operation, prosecution, training, research, awareness and prevention divisions of NAB, he said NAB has devised an effective anti-corruption strategy to eradicate … Read more