Day: June 25, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA), the country’s sole representative trade body for the IT & ITES sector, and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the world’s leading body for professional accountants have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the country as a knowledge economy. Both organizations have […]

ISLAMABAD: The Met office on Wednesday forecast rain wind-thunderstorm in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, upper Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and Federal capital during the next 24 hours. While hot weather was expected in other parts of the country and very hot in plain areas. A shallow westerly wave was affecting upper parts of the country. Moist currents […]

ISLAMABAD: As per directions of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Qazi Jamil Ul Rehman, Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) constituted special squads to take action against vehicles with fancy and non-pattern number plates in the capital city . The action has also been ordered against those preparing such number plates and vendors, according to the […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has announced vacancies of Technical interns (Software Developers and Network Technicians) for a period of one year commencing in July/August 2021. The technical interns application form and required qualifications/ terms and conditions are mentioned in the advertisement available on the SC’s website www.supremecourt.gov.pk/careers. Interested candidates can apply online after going […]

ISLAMABAD: The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday gained 61.84 points, with a positive change of 0.13 percent, closing at 47, 962.54 points against 47, 900.70 points on the last working day. A total of 638, 843, 404 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 619, 119, […]

ISLAMABAD: In line with its objectives of creating a competitive and conducive playing field and to diversify the range of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) available to investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has specified the framework for issuance of Debt and Hybrid ETFs through Circular No 20 of 2021. The circular also […]

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Palestine, Ahmed Jawad A. Rabaei in a meeting, held here Thursday, with the Coordinator General COMSTECH, Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary discussed the mechanism for execution of 500 scholarships for Palestinian students. Prof. Choudhary informed that the programme management unit has been established at COMSTECH to execute this programme. He said, that […]

ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Thursday adjourned the hearing on mega money laundering reference against former president Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and others till July 8. A cross-examination of witness in the mega money laundering reference was also continued by the defence lawyer during the hearing. AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan […]