Islamabad: August 13, 2020: Universal Service Fund (USF) BOARD has approved projects to provide Hi-Speed Mobile Broadband In Balochistan and Sindh. Federal Secretary Ministry of IT and Telecommunication Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui chaired 73rd Board of Directors meeting of Universal Service Fund (USF) on Thursday. The Board approved award of contracts to PMCL (Jazz), CMPAK (Zong)…
Karachi, 13 August 2020: Standard Chartered, in partnership with Sightsavers International, the Bank’s Seeing is Believing programme implementation partner, is supporting the Pakistani community during these challenging times by supporting various relief projects. To minimise the risks of COVID-19 for health care professionals in Pakistan, funds allocated will support the safety of frontline health professionals…
KARACHI, August 13, 2020: In an effort to further enhance ease of doing business in Pakistan, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has introduced a new mechanism to enable the companies in Pakistan to make instant payments for acquiring digital services from globally recognized digital service provider companies, without any hassle. Now local companies can…
Karachi, August 12, 2020: Civil society, human rights and labour rights activists on Wednesday welcomed the statement by the Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Prof. Dr. Qibla Ayaz who has termed the arrest and keeping detained the Chief of Jang Group Mir Shakeelur Rehman by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as “anti-Shariat and…
Karachi, August 12, 2020: Facebook announced the winners of its Foundation Integrity Research: Misinformation and Polarization request for proposals. Among the global list of winners are Ayesha Ali, Agha Ali Raza and Ihsan Ayyub Qazi from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), whose proposal shone during the competitive selection process. Misinformation and polarization are fundamental…