Day: October 9, 2021

KARACHI:Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh on Friday alleged PPP government of selling government jobs and appealed Chief Justice Sindh High Court to take notice of violation of merit in recruitment. Haleem Adil Sheikh, in a statement said that PTI would take up the issue in Sindh Assembly as it was […]

KARACHI: The Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi Friday organized the book launching ceremony of “Taqseem se Taqseem Tak” at the Haseena Moin Hall here. Shabbar Zaidi, Iqbal Lateef, Ikhlaq Ahmed, Saira Ghulam Nabi, Ahmed Imtiaz expressed their views on the occasion while the event was presided by Prof. Sehar Ansari, sad a statement. Author Naheed […]

KARACHI:Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday urged the World Bank to provide technical assistance for conducting feasibility study for construction of an alternate barrage of 89-year-old Sukkur barrage. “This feasibility study component is a part of the World Bank sponsored Sindh Barrage Improvement Project and we are seriously considering constructing the new […]

KARACHI:The Institute of Space Science and Technology (ISST) University of Karachi on Friday organized International Conference on space science and technology to celebrate World Space Week. The theme of World Space Week 2021 was “Women in Space”. World Space Week is celebrated annually from October 4 to 10 to create awareness about space science. The […]

KARACHI:VIS Credit Rating Company Limited has maintained the entity ratings of Samba Bank Limited at double A/A-One. Outlook on the assigned ratings has been revised from ‘ positive’ to ‘Rating Watch – Developing. The long term rating of ‘AA’ signifies high credit quality; protection factors are strong. Risk is modest but may vary slightly from […]

KARACHI: Vice Chancellor Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Prof. Dr. Mujeebuddin Sahrai Memon on Friday said Sindh Forest Department (SFD) would provide 20,000 native plants to Malir Campus of the varsity. He expressed these views while addressing a signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) held here. SMIU Registrar Ghulam Mustafa Shaikh, Deans, chairpersons, and […]

KARACHI:State Bank of Pakistan on Friday launched a dedicated landing webpage, https://www.sbp.org.pk/hcf/index.html, on its website for promoting housing and construction finance. The page contains extensive information on housing and construction finance and Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar, Government’s flagship markup subsidy scheme for affordable and low cost housing finance, said a State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) […]

KARACHI: VIS Credit Rating Company Limited (VIS) has reaffirmed the entity ratings of Sialkot Motorway Infrastructure Management (Private) Limited at single ‘A’ minus A-two. The medium to long-term rating of ‘A-’ denotes good credit quality coupled with adequate protection factors. Moreover, risk factors may vary with possible changes in the economy. The short-term rating of […]