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Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

OICCI Urges Urgent Climate Financing To Secure Pakistan’s Future At Launch Of Its 3rd PCC Report

Ranked first on the Climate Risk Index 2025 despite contributing less than 0.9 percent to global greenhouse gas emission...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Pakistan to Get Rs. 2.52 Billion Centre of Excellence in Gaming and Animation

Work has started on Pakistan’s first Centre of Excellence in Gaming and Animation (CEGA), a major initiative by the Igni...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

5G is Coming Soon and Satellite Internet Will Follow: PTA

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Major General (Retd) Hafeez ur Rehman has stressed the need to embra...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Audit Uncovers Fake Deliveries in Rs. 20 Million Livestock Vaccine Scam

A special audit of Islamabad’s veterinary laboratories has uncovered serious irregularities in the supply of vaccines me...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

50% Tariff on Indian Basmati Gives Pakistan Competitive Edge in US Trade

The 50% tariff imposed by the Trump administration on Indian goods, including basmati rice, has significantly reshaped t...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Bank Alfalah, Dawood Foundation Launch Youth Financial Literacy Exhibit for Pakistan’s 78th Independence

Bank Alfalah has partnered with The Dawood Foundation’s MagnifiScience Centre (MSC) to launch a first-of-its-kind intera...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

PSX to Remain Closed This Thursday

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has announced a public holiday on Thursday, August 14, 2025, in observance of the coun...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Govt Auctions 405-Kanal Plot Owned by Malik Riaz’s Son

The federal government on Monday auctioned 405 kanals of land belonging to Ali Riaz Malik, son of property tycoon Malik...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Pakistan Fulfills Another IMF Condition

Pakistan has fulfilled a key condition set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to extend the average maturity timel...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Barrick Turns to US, Global Lenders for $3.5 Billion Reko Diq Financing

Barrick Mining is pursuing up to $3.5 billion in financing from the United States and other international lenders to dev...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

IMF Flags Gaps in Pakistan’s Anti-Corruption Framework

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised concerns over Pakistan’s ability to effectively identify politically ex...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Govt Panel Proposes Major Amendments to Companies Act 2017

In a bid to align Pakistan’s corporate framework with international standards, a high-level subcommittee on regulatory r...

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12

Aug 2025

Aug 12, 2025 • 5 min read

PTA Suspends License of Internet Service Provider

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has suspended the license of IJ Internet Services (Private) Limited for o...

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11

Aug 2025

Aug 11, 2025 • 5 min read

Hyundai Offers its Hybrid Cars on Easy Monthly Installments

Hyundai Pakistan has announced an Independence Day offer whereby customers can get cars from Hyundai’s advanced hybrid l...

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11

Aug 2025

Aug 11, 2025 • 5 min read

Govt to Reimburse IT Grads, Professionals for International IT Certifications

The federal government will now reimburse IT graduates and professionals if they undertake approved international IT cer...

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11

Aug 2025

Aug 11, 2025 • 5 min read

Protected Electricity Slab Unlikely to be Expanded to 300 Units: Minister

Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari informed the National Assembly on Monday that electricity cha...

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11

Aug 2025

Aug 11, 2025 • 5 min read

Pakistan Building Rs. 100 Billion Road from Karachi to Chaman

Parliamentary Secretary for Communications Gill Asghar Khan informed the National Assembly on Monday that Rs. 100 billio...

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11

Aug 2025

Aug 11, 2025 • 5 min read

Rumors Regarding the Auction of Imran Khan’s Bani Gala Property Are False

Multiple rumors are circulating on social media regarding the planned auction of former prime minister Imran Khan’s Bani...

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11

Aug 2025

Aug 11, 2025 • 5 min read

Rupee Extends Winning Streak Against Dollar With Slight Gain

The Pakistani Rupee (PKR) on Monday appreciated by 01 paisa against the US Dollar (USD) in the interbank trading and clo...

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11

Aug 2025

Aug 11, 2025 • 5 min read

Finance Minister Announces Deregulation of Sugar Sector

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced on Monday that the government would fully deregulate the sugar sector. He...

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11

Aug 2025

Aug 11, 2025 • 5 min read

Utility Stores Closure Leaves Employees Without August Salaries

The closure of the Utility Stores Corporation has left employees without their salaries, as ten days of August have alre...

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