Face masks became a necessity for all due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many find it hard to breathe in them and generally hate the idea of wearing masks. Meanwhile many people welcomed the new accessory. To Maria, face masks are a great tool to help people hide snarky comments made under their breath. […]
COVID-19
Why Asad Umar is disappointed at Islamabad population figure?
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar informed that 21 percent of the total targeted population in Islamabad has gone through with the vaccination. Addressing the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce in the capital, Umar said Islamabad was showing a positive response rate and had reached a point where the “first rays […]
Porto prepares as Portugal steps into the Champions League breach once again
Lisbon: After Lisbon last year, now it is the turn of Porto. Once again Portugal has stepped in to save UEFA by offering to host the final of the Champions League, which for the second-year running was forced to move away from Istanbul due to the ongoing pandemic. With its Covid-19 crisis receding, a proven […]
Army commanders hope Afghanistan’s soil will not be used against Pakistan
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday chaired the Corps Commanders’ Conference at the General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army, according to a press statement, issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations. The ISPR statement said that the participants took comprehensive review of the global, regional and domestic security environment with […]
Pakistan’s demographic dividend conundrum and government choices
‘Pakistan is moving through a substantial demographic dividend’ is a ‘tag line’ attached to almost every policy or strategy paper written on Pakistan over the last two decades. More recently though, the catch phrase ‘embarking onto the knowledge based economy’ is becoming equally repetitive. The country has an exceptionally young population with 63% population under […]
Twitter users upset with Friends star Matthew Perry
The Friends star Matthew Perry faced the wrath of the Twitter users when he shared his Coronavirus vaccine merchandise. The American actor took to Twitter where he shared a photo of himself wearing a shirt with a Chandler Bing tone question printed on it: “Could I be any more vaccinated?” Perry wrote with the photo, “Could I […]
LCCI urges State Bank to lower banking spread in financing schemes
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the State Bank of Pakistan to lower banking spread in the central bank’s financing scheme for renewable energy and other sectors. In a letter to State Bank Governor Dr Reza Baqir, LCCI President Mian Tariq Misbah said that the business community appreciates the positive role […]
‘We are at war’ with Covid, says UN chief
The world is “at war” against Covid-19, the United Nation’s chief said on Monday, ca for the application of wartime logic and the inequitable access to the weapons needed to fight the pandemic. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the “tsunami of suffering” sparked by the coronavirus crisis while addressing the member states at the […]
PMLN leaders accuse govt of ‘fudging’ economic figures
KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-N has said that the federal government of the Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf has fudged figures to share ‘plethora of lies’ about its economic performance. Addressing a press conference, former federal minister for finance Miftah Ismail and former Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair said that the top three indicators of any economy were its GDP […]
LCCI making policy advocacy before budget
LAHORE: President of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Mian Tariq Misbah remained extensively engaged with various policymakers in Islamabad in order to make policy advocacy to convey viewpoint of the business community before budget. The purpose of these interactions was to have favourable policies for facilitating trade and industry to the maximum extent. […]