Juvenile drivers, guardians fined with over Rs. 28.9295 million

KARACHI:The Karachi Traffic Police in its recently launched campaign against underage drivers and those responsible for permitting underage to drive, fined 26763 juvenile drivers and 15548 parents/ vehicle owners and issued tickets of about Rs. 28.9295 million since the launch of the drive on September 2nd this year. According to spokesman for Karachi Traffic Police […]

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Bank branches to operate extra hours on Oct.15

KARACHI:For facilitating the collection of government receipts, the field offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation (SBP-BSC) and authorized branches of National Bank of Pakistan will observe extended banking hours till 8:00 p.m. on Friday. For this purpose, a special clearing has been arranged at 6:00 p.m on the same day through National Institutional Facilitation Technologies […]

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; ECP agrees to hold first round of LG elections in Dec

ISLAMABAD:The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday agreed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s proposal of holding the first round of local government elections in the province in December 2021. The meeting presided over by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja asked the provincial government that the elections of Tehsil Councils should also be held in […]

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VIS reaffirms AAA ratings of PTCL

KARACHI:VIS Credit Rating Company Limited has reaffirmed entity ratings of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited at triple A/A-One plus. The medium to long-term rating of ‘AAA’ denotes highest credit quality, with negligible risk factors, being only slightly more than for risk-free debt of Government of Pakistan, said release on Thursday. The short-term rating of ‘A-1+’ denotes […]

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Sindh Governor, Iranian delegation discuss expanding parliamentary relations between Pakistan and Iran

KARACHI:Governor Sindh Imran Ismail and a 9-member delegation of Parliamentary Friendship Group of Iran Thursday discussed the matters related to strengthening friendly cooperation in various fields and expanding parliamentary interaction between Pakistan and Iran. The delegation led by Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani called on the Governor Sindh at Governor’s House here. Governor Sindh said that the […]

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PTI striving to root out corruption, bring back looted money: Saifullah Niazi

KARACHI:Chief Organizer Pakistan Tehreek Insaf, Senator Saifullah Khan Niazi Thursday said that the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led Prime Minister Imran Khan was focused on elimination of corruption from the country. He said, volume of corruption has decreased from Rs 1.5 trillion to Rs 271 billion due to steps taken by PTI government. Addressing […]

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