Melissa Villaseor had been on the show for six seasons and was regarded as a key player. Marcello Hernández, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker have taken their place. The 48th season of Saturday Night Live began airing earlier this month. Fans of Saturday Night Live were taken aback on numerous occasions during this … Read more
KARACHI: Moody’s on Thursday downgraded Pakistan’s outlook from stable to negative due to the country’s external vulnerability risk and uncertainty around the country’s ability to secure additional financing to meet its needs, a statement said. Pakistan’s external vulnerability risk has been amplified by rising inflation, which puts downward pressure on the current account, currency and … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee gained 28 paisas to reach Rs197.59 on Thursday on the back of positive sentiments on the economic and political front in the country. The local unit recorded an increase of 28 paisas to close at Rs197.59 to the dollar from Wednesday’s closing of Rs198.87 in the interbank foreign exchange market. The … Read more
The Sehat Sahulat Programme – commonly known as the health card scheme – is a flagship programme of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government which has brought great relief and sense of protection to millions of families, who hardly make ends meet. The card provides free of cost medical treatment coverage of up to Rs1 million … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam on Wednesday stressed the need for ensuring easy access to credit facility for growers in order to promote and develop the agricultural sector in the country. The Minister chaired a meeting of the National Coordination Committee of Agriculture Transformation Plan to discuss the progress … Read more
WASHINGTON: With inflation expected to remain high for some time, the US central bank is likely to raise interest rates soon after it ends its bond-buying programme in March, a Federal Reserve board member said on Friday. The Fed earlier this week announced it will accelerate the end to its stimulus programme after inflation last month … Read more
KARACHI: Huawei Cloud has announced the launch of ‘Spark’, a new startup ecosystem support programme, aiming at empowering the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to develop their cloud capabilities, a statement said. This initiative is the first step towards supporting Huawei Cloud partners in line with the recently launched Oasis Programme, where Huawei announced plans … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The government is focusing on the completion of the privatisation programme in the stipulated time, an official said. Chairing a meeting of the Privatisation Board, Federal Minister for Privatisation Muhamamdmian Soomro said that the issues regarding the privatisation of the state-owned entities were being jointly resolved by various departments and divisions. The board recommended … Read more
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is preparing 160 privatisation deals and intends to announce more of these operations next year, Arab News quoted Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan, as saying. Speaking at the Financial Stability Conference, Al-Jadaan said while the Al-Jadaan will not be fully privatiSed as a service provider, parts of it, such as radiology, could be. He … Read more
KARACHI: Engro Foundation signed a letter of understanding with the Ministry of Climate Change and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to develop a forest restoration and carbon offset programme, a statement said on Thursday. The Engro Foundation, which is the social investment arm of the Engro Corporation, will work alongside the government stakeholders and respective provincial … Read more
NEW YORK: The number of Covid-19 pandemic related hospitalisations in the United States reached above 100,000 last week for the second time, overwhelming caregivers capacity in several states and spawning an urgency to vaccinate more of the eligible. “Keeping ahead of demand is harder now than during earlier surges,” reported The Washington Post on Sunday … Read more
DUBAI: Expo 2020 Dubai has revealed the calendar for its ‘Programme for People and Planet,’ a schedule of events, experiences, thought-leadership and public conversations that aims to find solutions for some of the most pressing problems facing our world, WAM reported. Designed with and for the global community, the programme will harness the connecting power … Read more
ABU DHABI: The UAE has announced a pledge of dirham 367 million ($100 million) to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to support the strategic plan for educational programmes in developing countries, over the coming five years (2021-2025), reported WAM. This came during the participation of Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The government’s Kamyab Pakistan Programme aims at uplifting the 4.5 million underprivileged households who are registered with the National Socio-Economic Registry (NSER) of the Ehsaas programme, a senior government official said. Chairing a meeting of the Steering Committee and the Advisory Board of the Kamyab Pakistan Programme through a video-link, Federal Minister for Finance … Read more
