Karachi, June 3, 2019: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), through 16 field offices of its subsidiary SBP-Banking Services Corporation (SBP-BSC), provided fresh banknotes of various denominations aggregating to Rs. 360 billion, including Rs. 61 billion of Rs.100 and below denominations, via cash counters of banks and SMS service (8877) to the general public during…
Islamabad, May 26, 2019: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Sunday chaired a meeting to review Budget proposals. On the occasion, Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Shabbar Zaidi gave a presentation about the budget proposals for the 2019-2020 and proposed various steps to expand the…
Islamabad, May 7, 2019: Pakistani telecom company Ufone completed the first phase of its flagship Summer Internship Program (SIP) 2019. The team visited multiple higher education institutes across the country to conduct awareness sessions, short-list candidates and place them on real-time projects within the organization. More than 1500 applicants participated in the drives out of…
Islamabad, May 7, 2019: The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony was planning to establish an Emergency Management System (EMS) for Hajj 2019 to cope with any emergency during Hajj 2019 especially during Hajj days. According to official sources, the EMS would help to tackle emergencies, the detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs/Guidelines) would be…
Karachi, April 30, 2019: The Startup Weekend Karachi event kicked off on Friday, April 26, at The Nest I/O with over 100 participants from diverse backgrounds and different ages gathering under one roof with only one thing in common – a passion for entrepreneurship. The theme this year was “Start for the City” and over…