In-App biometric verification launched to facilitate Easypaisa customers

ISLAMABAD:There is no need for the Easypaisa customers to visit any agent, franchise or branch for upgrading their mobile wallet accounts as the leading digital payments application has introduced an in-app biometric verification system for the purpose. Earlier, customers had to physically visit an external location to biometrically verify their mobile wallet as mandated by […]

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30 % work on New Balakot City completed so far: NA told

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi on Thursday informed the National Assembly that unfortunately 30 per cent work on New Balakot City has been completed so far. In response to a question during Question Hour, the minister said the federal government had released Rs 1.5 billion for acquisition of land to the provincial Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa […]

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Rawalpindi records 0.19 per cent corona positivity rate

RAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi district coronavirus positivity ratio was recorded at 0.19 per cent here on Wednesday as two more cases were reported from the Rawalpindi Cantonment area and Potohar town each. According to new data released by the District Health Authority, as many as 46,563 coronaviruses established cases had been recorded, while 1764 had lost their battle […]

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NBP T20 Blind Cricket Trophy to start from Thursday

ISLAMABAD:The 12th edition of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) T20 Blind Cricket Trophy Grade-1 tournament will commence in Islamabad from Thursday, Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) announced here on Wednesday. “Eight top teams from across the country will compete for this national prime title,” Syed Sultan Shah, president of PBCC told REPORTER. According to Shah, […]

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Series of training courses in folk crafts, folk music in full swing

ISLAMABAD:A series of training courses in Folk Music & Folk Crafts is in full swing at National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) promoting traditional skills and inculcate awareness among people, particularly youth and students about the indigenous folk culture of the country. The courses include calligraphy, truck art, block printing, pottery, folk […]

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Balanced application of fertilizers recommended for better cotton production

MULTAN:Farmers must get soil analyzed from laboratory to get knowledge of soil strength and weaknesses to ensure balanced application of fertilizers for healthier cotton production, said the spokesman of Agriculture Department on Wednesday. He said that need-based or balanced application of fertilizers could increase cotton production by 25-30 percent. He said that farmers having weaker […]

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Confrontational politics badly damaging political culture: ANP Chief

PESHAWAR:Central President Awami National Party (ANP), Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that a trend of intolerance and impatience has been created in country’s politics that was shedding really a bad effect on political culture and taking the situation to a blind alley. He said the concept of respect in politics is being weakened intentionally and […]

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Body formed to find reasons behind cyber attack on NTC

ISLAMABAD:Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has constituted a committee to find out the reasons behind the foiled cyber-attack attempt on the National Telecom Corporation (NTC) networking side. The committee, headed by the IT ministry additional secretary, would also ensure that such attacks do not occur in future. The body included the officers from Pakistan […]

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