Islamabad: “We recently had a troubled learning from one of our interventions that majority of the marriages of young girls result in complete disconnection from the previous life. The opportunities of staying in touch with former class fellows, continuing education, starting a career or empowerment are lost.” These were the views shared by Areebah Shahid,…
RAWALPINDI: Commander Royal Navy of Oman Rear Admiral Saif Nasser Mohsen al Rahbi on Monday praised the Pakistan Navy’s contribution to maritime security. He expressed these views during the meeting with Naval Chief Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi in Islamabad. The meeting focused on issues of mutual interest and the advancement of bilateral naval cooperation. The Pakistan…
The burden of power theft, mismanagement and inefficiencies cannot be shifted on to the consumers on the plea of fuel adjustment, an official said on Saturday. The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has condemned the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to raise power tariff by Rs4.3/unit in January…
ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has awarded the mandate for the deployment of Point-of-Sales (POS) terminals to HBL for the acceptance of credit and debit cards at NADRA Centers across the country. These POS terminals are being deployed at all NADRA Centers on the directives and recommendation of the government of Pakistan and…
ISLAMABAD: To enhance the ability of Pakistani enterprises’ capacity to produce, distribute and sell products and services more efficiently than competitors, the Federal Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Strategic Trade Policy Framework (STPF) till 2025. Priority sectors have been identified under the STPF after studying the international demand trends, on the one hand, and the…
PARIS, Dec 18, 2021 (AFP) – The much-delayed launch of the James Webb space telescope will go ahead on December 24, NASA and the company overseeing the launch confirmed on Saturday. The project, begun in 1989, was originally expected to deploy the instrument — which will be the largest and most powerful telescope ever to be…
Spider-Man: No Way Home, the latest Marvel superhero film, is smashing pandemic-era box office records throughout the world. According to Deadline, the picture had already earned $302.9 million globally by Saturday and is expected to surpass the half-billion-dollar mark by Sunday. The Jon Watts-directed film had the second-largest opening day of all time in the…
BEIJING: China stands ready to work with Pakistan to promote the high-quality development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) so that it will drive growth and benefit people’s livelihood and play a bigger role in promoting regional connectivity and economic integration, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. “The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a pilot project of…
WhatsApp has been discovered to be testing the ability of group admins to remove certain messages for the entire group. Despite years of debate and harsh criticism, this appears to provide group leaders more flexibility to limit spam and misinformation that is frequent within ordinary WhatsApp groups. WhatsApp developed many features in his update, as reported by…
Time magazine on Monday named Tesla chief and space entrepreneur Elon Musk as its person of the year 2021, citing his embodiment of the technological shifts but also troubling trends reshaping people’s lives. Musk — who overtook Amazon founder Jeff Bezos this year to become the world’s wealthiest person — wields impact on Earth with…