South Asian businessmen in Middle East targeted with fake news from Israel on August 13, 2022LONDON: Several leading South Asian businessmen operating from the Middle Eastern countries have been targeted with fake news and disinformation in a well-organised scheme orchestrated through a network of fake online sites. The victims of the fake news articles are leading Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi businessmen who run successful businesses in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab […]
Australia supports cricket training for blind women on March 13, 2022The Australian High Commission sponsored a six-day cricket training and tournament for visually impaired women and girls from across Pakistan, organised in collaboration with the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) on 8-13 March. The training builds on Australia’s support to PBCC in the formation of Pakistan’s first blind women cricket team in 2018, which played […]
AHC, CEJ organise training workshops for media professionals on gender-sensitive reporting on December 15, 2021The Australian High Commission and the Center for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) organised online training workshops for media professionals on gender-sensitive reporting on violence against women. This is the second year running that the Australian High Commission has supported these training workshops with CEJ. This is closely tied to the international campaign 16 Days of […]
Tourism Department committed to restoring museums, historical sites in Punjab on December 3, 2021Secretary Tourism Capt (retired) Mushtaq Ahmad held a meeting with officials of the Agha Khan Cultural Society of Pakistan (AKCSP) at the Tourism Department. Kamran Lashari, Touseef Ahmed (CEO AKCSP), Rashid Makdoom (conservation expert), Wajahat Ali (Conservation architect), and Christopher Bouleau (Museum expert) were all present on the occasion. During the meeting, it was discussed […]
Experts stress need for boosting water productivity on December 1, 2021A panel of experts has stressed the need for boosting water productivity for better use in urban centres through the latest techniques and joint efforts as the resource is depleting at an unprecedented rate. The experts spoke at length on Wednesday at a webinar held during the 5th Karachi International Water Conference titled ‘Circular water […]
‘LAHORE – The Heart of Pakistan’ projects Lahore beauty in UK on October 9, 2021LONDON: The city of Lahore has been projected globally in London as a private real estate company has launched its campaign in several parts of London to showcase the rich heritage of Lahore on 150 of London’s iconic red buses to promote ‘LAHORE – The Heart of Pakistan’. On some of the busiest routes of […]
KSE-100 loses 284 points on September 17, 2021The KSE-100 fell about 300 points at the PSX on Friday after a second-session decline, completing the week in negative territory because of a worsening current account deficit, which totaled nearly $1.5 billion in August 2021. The benchmark KSE-100 traded lower after climbing to 47,000 in the first session, losing all of its gains to […]
Punjab boxing retain Abid Hussain as president on September 12, 2021LAHORE: The Punjab Boxing Association general body retained Abid Hussain, commonly known as Abid Boxer as its president. However, they elected Rao Zahid Qayyum as its new chairman. The general body of the Punjab Boxing Association yesterday elected its new office-bearers for the next term of four years here. The meeting was chaired by Abid […]
FPCCI chief terms SBP’s SAAF grossly insufficient, self-contradictory on September 5, 2021KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) president Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo expressed his dissatisfaction over the exorbitant interest rate of up to 9% allowed to commercial banks under SBP’s SME Asaan Finance Scheme (SAAF). He added that SBP will provide refinancing to the commercial banks at 1% and they will […]
Devaluation drags Pak rupee to bottom of currencies on September 5, 2021Due to a surge in demand for the US dollar to pay for imports, the Pakistani rupee has become Asia’s worst-performing currency, compared to its standing as the world’s top performer six months ago. It hit a 13-month low of Rs166.98 against the US dollar in the interbank market. The collapse of the Pak rupee […]