ISLAMABAD: Microsoft Pakistan and the Commission for Higher Education (HEC) signed an Agreement for Transformation of Education (ETA) through a virtual meeting held between the President of the HEC, Dr. Tariq Banuri, and Microsoft's vice president of education - Europe, Middle East and Africa, Mark East. Other key executives from both sides also attended the virtual event to help academic institutions take...
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Railways Safari Tourist Train, which was launched to promote the culture, beauty and tourism of the Potohar region, inaugurated on Sunday February, 21,2021 from Golra Station to Attock Khurd. Tourist trains will take tourists every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Golra Station to Hassan Abdal, Attock Khurd and Attock City and surroundings. The journey ends at the historic...
Gwadar, February 19, 2021 - The newly opened Gwadar cricket stadium, set against the backdrop of the white clay hills of Koh-e-Mehdi and the blue waters of Gwadar Bay, on the southwestern coast of Baluchistan, has received nothing but praise by ICC The governing body of cricket, has also stunned cricket fans around the world with the picturesque view making it one of only seven scenic cricket stadiums in...
Valve's popular MOBA game, DOTA 2, will have an anime series on Netflix. It will be an 8-episode series called Dota: Dragon's Blood and will launch on Netflix on March 25th. It seems that more and more of the best PC games are ready for animated adaptations. Not only do we have Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf and a Tomb Raider 'anime' series on the way - streaming...
KP DISTRCITS Around 13 districts out of a total of 35 in the KP province are without land record known as land settlement. These include the newly merged tribal districts. Hence, posing a serious challenge to the Revenue Department. Official sources said that land settlement has been in the final stages in Chitral Upper and Lower. However, we have started work on the land records in Malakand in 2019 and...
Islamabad, February 16, 2021 - Ufone has now eliminated the need to install the physical SIM for Its customers with the introduction of eSIM. The Pakistani telecom operator has partnered with Giesecke + Devrient Mobile Security (G + D) to roll out these SIMs across the country. The Ufone eSIM platform allows customers to integrate multiple SIM card numbers directly into their phone or IoT device with a...
'The developers of illegal companies will be penalized’ LAHORE: Punjab Minister of Law and Cooperatives Raja Basharat said those who have developed illegal housing companies across the province will face punishment and directive from Prime Minister Imran Khan as savings protection would be guaranteed to the poor. He said this on Tuesday while chairing a meeting of the National Coordination Committee...
Claim to have a cricket stadium costing Rs358m To all the cricket and nature lovers out there, this one’s for you, especially the one’s residing in Pakistan. The provincial government has approved the construction of Hayatabad, Peshawar, and Kalam Valley cricket stadiums. Speaking of the regional sports games that Pakistan is renowned for, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, during his stay at...
Zaha Hadid Architects wins the competition for the construction of Phase II of the Beijing Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), founded by Pritzker Architecture Award winner Zaha Hadid, won the design competition for the construction of the second phase of the Beijing International Exhibition Center. The announcement comes just weeks after it was confirmed that the architects will work on two new projects: the...
Authorities have completed the assessment of land acquisition and transfer of services in the Leh Expressway (Nullah Lai) and flood channel project. However, the decision on the financial model remains indecisive, an official shared on Monday(25.1.2021). Prime Minister Imran Khan recently chaired a high-level meeting on the project. Thus, during the meeting he formed a committee to conclude the...
SIGNAL-FREE ROAD Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) has directed the authorities concerned to make F-10 Service Road (East) a signal-free road. While, utilizing staff, machinery and resources of the Authority. Chairman CDA Aamer Ali Ahmed visited F-10 sector along with Director MPO, Director Environment and other officers. Moreover, he inaugurated the F-10 signal-free project. Speaking at...
PARKING PLAZA The Capital Development Authority CDA is in the process of identifying location for building a multi-story parking plaza in Islamabad, chairman of the authority said. The development agency and the top representatives of traders of capital checked the missing facilities at the city’s markets. Lack of development and maintenance has spoiled the look of commercial areas in the federal...
PM IMRAN KHAN LAHORE VISIT Prime Minister Imran Khan presided over a review meeting about progress on the projects of Ravi Project. Moreover, he also reviewed the Central Business District in Lahore and the relocation of Walton airport. Officials informed the PM that local and foreign investors are expressing interest in the Ravi City project. In addition, agreements with renowned construction companies...
PDM’S PROTEST The Islamabad Traffic police has issued a traffic plan amid the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) protest. PDM will protest outside the Election Commission of Pakistan in the federal capital today (19.1.2021) PDM will start from the garrison city and head towards Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the federal capital. The Rawalpindi administration has finalized the traffic and...
INTRODUCTION Although, banking sector being quite dynamic in Pakistan. Moreover, consumers are making extensive use of different types of loans for various purposes, making use of mortgages or home loan service is still not as prevalent as other types of finances. People in Pakistan spend their lives in saving the money, in order to be able to buy their own house. Still, very few can manage to actually...
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WORTH PKR 100 BN As the government has been focusing on the construction sector, data released by Capital Development Authority (CDA) showed that Federal capital generated an economic activity worth around Rs100 billion. Contrary to the calendar year 2019 when BCS approved maps of around 350 buildings, the Building Control Section (BCS) of the civic agency in 2020 approved maps of 2,315...