Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) beat Wall Street earnings estimates for the first quarter but offered a lighter-than-expected forecast on Tuesday, demonstrating the challenges the mature streaming service faces in its pursuit of growth. The company said it shifted a wider launch of a plan to crack down on unsanctioned password sharing into the second quarter to make improvements,…
ISLAMABAD: Led by National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf, the House is ready to kick off the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Constitution, which was passed solidly half a century ago. The month-long celebrations will commence on Monday (April 10). A Parliamentary Advisory Committee — comprising the Speaker, members from both Houses of Parliament and headed…
The Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Saturday directed the public to not deal with fake loan apps downloaded from Google Play Store. Asaan Qarza, which has been downloaded over one million times from Google alone, is one of 74 fake loan apps that entitlement to be a “professional 100% online loan application” that…
KARACHI: Digitalization offers innovative employment scenes to 23 per cent of Pakistan’s population that falls in the 20 to 34 years of age group and can add $60 billion to the Pakistan economy within the next seven to eight years. The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has equipped a Digital Report 2022 titled, “Recommendations…
According to a recent report by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is estimated to launch a foldable iPad in 2024. According to Kuo, the next iPad will not be released this year, and mass manufacturing of the new iPad Mini will start in Q1 of 2024. These iPads will be manufactured by Anjie Technology and will…
USD to PKR (Dollar Price in Pakistan Rupee) – US Dollar to Pakistani Rupee interbank exchange rate is PKR 228.91 as per Pakistan Interbank. This is the inter-bank closing currency exchange rate for the US Dollar to the Pakistani Rupee which is provided by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
KARACHI: The business community has said that the recent pledges for the restoration of the flood victims will not resolve the economic crisis in the country, a statement said on Saturday. The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has said the multilateral donors and friendly countries’ huge aid pledges might not bring…
Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s leading Islamic bank, has recently signed an agreement with Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), the largest combined gas company in North Central Pakistan, to enable digitalization of consumer bill collection via the bank’s state-of-the-art transaction banking solution (eBiz+), a statement said on Tuesday. Irfan Siddiqui, founding president and CEO of Meezan…
Twitter proclaimed Sunday it would no longer allow users to promote their accounts on several rival social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram, but the site’s mercurial owner Elon seemed to backtrack on the new policy just hours later. The sudden shift in the rules was the newest in a series of contentious changes made by Musk…
Multan: Zameen.com — Pakistan’s largest real estate enterprise — successfully organized a 3-day property sales event in the city. The event was attended by a large number of people and their families. Zameen.com’s Associate Director Sales Multan Rana Farukh Nadeem attended the event. The event showcased over 11 real estate projects, which are already popular…