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ISLAMABAD: It is not only Jazz that has massively overcharged consumers, other telecom service providers have also pocketed billions and the matter has now landed in a Senate panel for investigation. The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication has called an urgent meeting on August 25 to probe the issue. Earlier, it was … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production Haroon Akhtar Khan held a meeting with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Minister for Power Division Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, the Federal Board of Revenue chairman and the State Bank of Pakistan governor to discuss contours of the National Industrial Policy. They held detailed … Read more
The epicenter of the 7.5-magnitude quake was in the Drake Passage, a body of water between the southernmost tip of South America and Antarctica.
[ KARACHI: Business leaders have urged the Sindh government to declare an emergency in Karachi after torrential rains paralysed the city, killing 17 people, submerging homes, and halting business activity. In a joint statement, Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) Zubair Motiwala and Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) President Muhammad Jawed Bilwani said Karachi, the … Read more
The court’s order was fractured, with the justices splitting over whether individual cancellations and the policy behind them could be challenged in a federal trial court.
BANGKOK: Thailand’s suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra testified on Thursday in a case seeking her removal from office over her handling of the kingdom’s border row with Cambodia. Paetongtarn, daughter of controversial but influential billionaire ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is accused of failing in her duties by not standing up for the country properly in … Read more
Jennifer Lopez has finally stepped into her lifelong dream with a show-stopping turn in the musical film ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’, and the newly released trailer makes one thing clear, she is ready for her grand cinematic return. Directed by Academy Award-winner Bill Condon, the adaptation blends gritty drama with Technicolor escapism as Lopez … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan arrived in Bangladesh on Wednesday night to begin a four-day official visit, scheduled from August 21 to 24. Upon his arrival in Dhaka, he was received by Bashiruddin, Adviser for Commerce of Bangladesh, and Imran Haider, High Commissioner of Pakistan. The visit is aimed at strengthening … Read more
ISLAMABAD: There are over 600,000 mosques and 23,000 factories in Pakistan, while the services sector employs 45% of the total workforce, debunking the myth that industry is the country’s main job-creating sector, according to the findings of Pakistan’s first-ever economic census. The economic census also revealed that out of a total of 40 million permanent … Read more
Thaksin Shinawatra, who has long jostled for power with Thailand’s military-royalist establishment, faces up to 15 years in prison.
