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SECP releases annual report for FY2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued its annual report for the fiscal year 2019-20. The report contains details of measures taken…
Systems Limited opens up new office in Islamabad
Pakistani IT services giant Systems Limited has opened up a new office in Islamabad. According to the company’s website, the development has been motivated by…
Police & CPLC launch app for verification of corporate workers
Employers now have a tool that they can use to know exactly who they are hiring! This development comes as a result of the efforts…
KE to spend Rs. 26 billion to upgrade Karachi’s infrastructure and stop loadshedding (hopefully)
K-Electric (KE) has allocated an amount of Rs. 26 billion to upgrade the infrastructure of Karachi to reduce the number of disruptions in the city…
PAF received the highest number of JF-17s in the first half of 2020
The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), Kamra, has delivered 14 dual-seat JF-17 fighter jets to the Pakistani Airforce (PAF) according to sources. The dual-seat variant of…
China to supply 50 drones to Pakistan for defence purposes
The Chinese state media has announced its decision of selling 50 Wing Loong II armed drones to Pakistan according to sources. Pakistan was in talks…
HEC’s World Bank funding to be cancelled if Rs. 2.27b grant not approved
A supplementary grant worth Rs. 2.27 billion has been sought out by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan to avoid the cancellation of financial…
Here are 5 tech companies operating in Pakistan that were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
The Coronavirus pandemic has truly shaken the foundations of economies all around the world. As of June 2020, 3 million people had lost their jobs…
PM Imran Khan signs letter on trilateral train project with Afghanistan & Uzbekistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan signed a letter today for a joint approach with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan for asking international financial agencies to finance the railway…
Pakistan’s fintech giant Finja raises $9 Million in Series A1 round
A few days back, we reported about Finja getting a much-needed approval from SECP to start pilot operations for their peer-to-peer platform. That was pretty…
Government working to boost IT exports to $5 billion by 2023
The Minister for IT & Telecommunication, Syed Amin Ul Haque, has said that the government is working on an initiative to boost the IT exports…
In a first, Punjab govt launches online portal for retirement of teachers
For the first time in the nation’s history, School Education Department (SED) Punjab today launched an online portal for the retirement of teachers. Geared towards…
Alarming mortality rate in Punjab despite second wave of COVID-19 slowing down
The second wave of COVID-19 seems to be receding as the number of confirmed cases across Pakistan have stayed below the 2,000 mark for three…












