Author: Sophia Siddiqui

Pakistan has been elected as a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the term 2024-2026, in the election held on 8 June 2023 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Pakistan will take its seat at ECOSOC on 1st January 2023. Pakistan has served on the 54-member Council for ten times in the past, serving as its President on six different occasions (1952, 1957, 1975, 1995, 2005 and 2020). At ECOSOC, Pakistan has been a leading voice and a consensus-builder on promoting international economic cooperation and sustainable development. During its new term, Pakistan will continue…

President Dr Arif Alvi has directed COMSATS University to provide its student with a chance to complete his education as his future was at stake because his admission was cancelled by the university after he had already completed 7 out of 8 semesters of his degree. COMSATS had cancelled Mr Hammad bin Zain’s admission after 3.5 years on the ground that he was not eligible for admission to the university in 2017 as he had obtained fewer marks than required. The President said that it was surprising that the administration of the University could make such a huge error by…

Commerce Minister Naveed Qamar has invited British Pakistanis to invest in Pakistan to benefit from profitable business opportunities and business friendly environment in the country. He was addressing a reception hosted by High Commissioner Moazzam Ahmad khan at the Pakistan High Commission London. The event brought together UK Parliamentarians, British Pakistani community, and businesspersons. During his speech, Minister Qamar called upon the British Pakistanis to explore the diverse investment opportunities in Pakistan and highlighted the potential for lucrative profits. He gave an overview of the favorable business environment in Pakistan, mentioning the presence of successful British companies operating in the…

President Dr Arif Alvi has called for revisiting the national priorities to steer Pakistan out of its present socio-economic and political difficulties. He said that it was the responsibility of the leadership of all institutions to focus on addressing the major challenges, including overcoming poverty, improving the economy, checking population growth, providing health and education facilities, and eliminating inequalities from society, especially in the rural areas of the country. The President expressed these views while talking to the participants of the Senior Officers’ Leadership Course (SOLC-10), who called on him, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, today. Talking to the officers, the President underlined…

Saquib Ahmad, Managing Director, SAP Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan, said that SAP helped Pakistan to digitalize its public sector.  He added AP has made AGPR office tech-effective and time-efficient. He was interacting with the media at a local hotel in Islamabad today on Monday. Saquib highlighted  about the system also extends to the SBP’s Micro Payment Gateway, RAAST, enabling unified disbursements of payments to vendors, contractors, and pensioners. Leveraging SAP software, the AGPR office has fully automated and integrated processes, allowing for automated pension disbursements to 1.2 million pensioners. He added that all these efforts are in line with SAP’s…

A student from Sindh has become the first from the province to conquer Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. Asad Ali Memon who studies in the Institute of Business Management (IoBM). He said he was the only person from Sindh to conquer the Everest having height of 8,849 metres. Earlier, Sajid Sadpara climbed the world’s highest mountain without oxygen’s support. Not only that, the young Sadpara wishes to summit all 14 eight-thousanders peaks. Separately, Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani climbed Mount Everest and with that she became the second woman from the country to summit the world’s highest peak. The first…

The automotive industry has laid off thousands of workers in recent months due to a decline in the sale of vehicles and spare parts triggered by the government’s ban on the import of raw materials, massive depreciation of the rupee and soaring inflation. According to Arab News, Pakistan is facing its most daunting economic crisis to date, with foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) falling to $4 billion, barely enough to cover three weeks of imports, and the rupee plummeting to historic lows against the US dollar. The country had imposed restrictions on the import…

 Chairman HEC Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad held an interactive session with 30 Afghan faculty members who are attending a three-week capacity building programme at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) under HEC Afghan Project. The Chairman urged the Afghan faculty members to act as master trainers and further delegate their key learnings gained through capacity building programme to their colleagues at universities and other academics to continue the learning process. The faculty members appreciated HEC’s initiative for capacity building of Afghan teaching staff and showed interest in future collaborative research and projects. While appreciating e-library facilities in Pakistan, Afghan…

Hotel owners in  Mansehra district  have announced huge discounts for the tourist to attract them in Naran, and  Kaghan. These offers are not limited to rooms only but it consist of food,  four-wheel transport,  and other amenities. The tourism in Kaghan and Naran valley to attract tourists’ attention after the raging floods wreaked havoc in the country. The President of the Hotels Association Naran and Kaghan, Seth Matiullah announced these offers while addressing a press conference on Monday.  Large no of media and hotel owners in Naran attended the conference. He also urged people to visit the valley because businesses…

SHARJAH: Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah held his nerves calm in a tense run chase and smashed consecutive sixes to power his side over the line and into the final of the Asia Cup 2022. Set to chase 130, Afghanistan bowlers made it hard for Pakistan but Naseem smashed two sixes on the first two deliveries of the final over to power the Green Shirts into the final of the continental event. The men in green were off to a dismal start to their run chase as their captain Babar Azam perished for a golden duck in the first over, while…