Day: April 29, 2022

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Shazia Marri Thursday announced that the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Kafaalat would expand its outreach to eight million families till the month of June and then 10 million afterward. “Unfortunately the increased ratio of poverty, inflation and unemployment in the country has led to economic instability […]

ISLAMABAD:Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) on Thursday announced the financial results for the third quarter of the current fiscal year ended on March 31, 2022, posting a profit of Rs 112.044 billion. “Net sales revenue clocked at Rs 240.267 billion translating to profit after tax of Rs 112.044 billion and earnings per share […]

ISLAMABAD:Chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), Nilofar Bkhtiar here on Thursday called on Federal Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada in his office . She congratulated him on assuming charge in the ministry,said in a press release issued here.

ISLAMABAD:The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has published a position paper that shared experiences and learnings from its Regulatory Sandbox project for the benefit of potential participants of the third cohort of Sandbox. The paper also encapsulates the journey of the first cohort participants and details of their testing methodology, performance and learning […]

ISLAMABAD:Chairman, Higher Education Commission(HEC) has expressed solidarity with the students and staff of the University of Karachi over the terrorist incident at the University’s Confucius Institute. Condoling the loss of valuable lives in the blast that killed four people including Chinese faculty members, in a statement on Thursday, Chairman HEC Tariq Banuri conveyed his profound […]

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister of Japan KISHIDA Fumio has congratulated the people of both Japan and Pakistan for successful completion of 70 years of their bilateral relations. In the message on the occasion of the anniversary of official establishment of Pak, Japan diplomatic relations on April 28, the Japanese Prime Minister conveyed his congratulatory remarks to celebrate […]

ISLAMABAD:Continuing its focus on driving digital inclusion, Jazz invested Rs 14.9 billion under its ‘4G for all’ ambition during the first quarter of 2022, taking its overall investment in Pakistan to US$10.2 billion. A majority of its capital expenditure during this quarter was on the addition of approximately 500 new 4G sites, reaching population coverage […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister of Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb announced on Thursday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected the summary to increase prices of petroleum products. In a statement, she quoted the Prime Minister as saying that the masses could not be punished for the incompetence, inefficiency and blunders of the previous government. The PM opined […]