Karachi, May 21, 2019: Thar Foundation held the first tri-lingual Spellathon for the school children of all Thar Foundation managed schools in Tharparkar, 72 school students between the ages of 04 and 14 from 06 campuses of Thar Foundation competed with one another in a spelling competition to show off their spelling skills. The tournament…
Jeddah, May 21, 2019: Saudi Arabia’s airforces intercepted two ballistic missiles on Monday, including one heading for Makkah and the other for Jeddah, Al Arabiya reported, citing eyewitnesses. The weapons were fired by Houthi militants from Yemen, the report said. The kingdom’s air defense forces destroyed the ballistic missiles over Taif. Saudi authorities are yet to issue…
Tuesday, May 21, 2019: President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that effectively bans US companies from using any telecoms equipment manufactured by China’s Huawei. The White House said the order declared a “national emergency” in relation to threats against US telecommunications and authorized the US commerce secretary to “prohibit transactions posing an unacceptable…
Karachi, May 20, 2019: The State Bank of Pakistan has announced to increase the policy rate by 150 basis points to address the microeconomic issues. According to SBP announcement, Policy rate decision taking into account the current considerations and the evolving macroeconomic situation, the Monetary Policy Committee noted that further policy measures are required to address…
Karachi, May 18, 2019: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry held an emergent meeting of its members at its head office Karachi under the chairmanship of Abdul Rauf Mukhtar, Acting President of FPCCI and reviewed/discussed the new tax amnesty scheme namely “Asset Declaration Scheme 2019” as announced by the PTI government which has come…