Islamabad, Sep 5: Sardar Muhammad Bukhsh Khan Mahar, the provincial minister for agriculture in Sindh, stated on Thursday that the province’s cotton crop had lost Rs. 4 billion as a result of the recent rains. Speaking with the media, the minister stated that just as farmers lost their lives in 2022 as a result of the rains, we are planning to do the same this time around. In order to guarantee that farmers would have access to fertilizer, he claimed to have spoken with representatives from fertilizer companies. He emphasized the various problems farmers were having with fertilizers. He continued,…
Author: Iqra Khan
Islamabad, Sep 5: The UN climate chief said on Thursday that the effects of global warming are costing African countries up to 5% of their economic production and that more funding is needed to help them adapt to the changing environment. Merely 1% of yearly global climate money is allocated to the 54-nation continent, which has endured the burden of climate change despite emitting significantly fewer pollutants than the industrialized world. At a meeting of African environment ministers in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said, “The climate crisis is…
Islamabad, Sep 5: The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) oversees the Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) Under G-to-G agreements, which enables labor export and emigration. In accordance with the National Internship Program (NIP), OEC provides recent graduates with paid internships. Postgraduates, offering professional experience and useful skills in a fast-paced setting. According to an official source who spoke with APP, internships are currently being offered in the following fields: discipline and positions; management sciences; information technology and computer science; planning and development; finance, accounting, and economics; and discipline and positions (01 Position). He stated that there is…
Islamabad, Sep 5: Since Pakistan is a net importer of oil, the drop in global oil prices is expected to help the country, according to a research released on Thursday by trading house JS Global. According to the research, after a spike in 1HCY24, oil prices have dropped by over 20 percent ($17/bbl) during the last five months, to $72.9, which is the lowest level in 15 months. Essentially, since 4QCY21, the aforementioned price has scarcely remained below $73/bbl, making the current pricing among the lowest in the last three years. According to the research, the two most important economic…
Islamabad, Sep 5: Google has officially made the source code for Android 15 available on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), indicating that the most recent iteration of its mobile operating system will soon be available. This has also led to some intriguing discoveries regarding the features of Android 15. A redesign of the Google Keyboard, also referred to as Gboard, the standard Android keyboard, is one of the upgrades included with the new operating system. The keyboard is being updated to increase the accuracy of autocorrect. Gboard can currently only autocorrect words or finish your sentences by assuming the…
Islamabad, Sep 5: The much awaited Computerized Payment Receipt (CPR-FE) for the payment of Federal Excise Duty (FED) on the allotment or transfer of commercial property, as well as the initial allocation or transfer of open plots or residential property, has finally been released by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). The Federal Excise Rules, 2005 were amended on Thursday by a S.R.O.1376(I)/2024 issued by the FBR in this regard.When it comes to the process of collecting duty, each developer or builder must pay duty at the rate specified when commercial property is allocated or transferred, as well as when…
Islamabad, Sep 5: Pakistan’s dedication to the Commonwealth and willingness to actively participate in fostering intra-Commonwealth commerce and furthering the Commonwealth’s sustainable development objectives have been underlined by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar. Today in London, he was speaking with Patricia Scotland, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Ishaq Dar emphasized Pakistan’s leadership in driving the young agenda of the Commonwealth and expressed gratitude to the Secretary-General for his backing in setting up the Commonwealth Asia young Alliance Secretariat in Pakistan. Secretary-General Scotland reminisced on the kind treatment she received on her first visit to Pakistan this past month. She reaffirmed…
Islamabad, Sep 5: The Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS), the Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), and the Aga Khan University Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD) collaborated to organize the Collaborative Symposium on Climate Change and Health & Development Consequences in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities. Experts, decision-makers, and interested parties gathered at the Pakistan Academy of Sciences in Islamabad to talk about the increasing effects of climate change on Pakistan’s health, agriculture, and economic stability. The symposium’s main guest, Honorable Minister Ahsan Iqbal, underlined: “Politicians, judges, or any other institution cannot solve climate change on their own.…
Islamabad, Sep 5: At a ceremony held here on Thursday, Google, the multinational tech giant, announced plans to create 500,000 Chromebooks in Pakistan. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received the first computer as part of the program. Farhan S. Qureshi, Regional Director of Google for Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, gave the prime minister the Chromebook. Speaking at the event, the prime minister acknowledged Google’s contributions to Pakistan and the world at large. He thought that Pakistan’s youth had a great deal of potential in the field of information technology, which might be crucial to the country’s economic growth. He stated…
Islamabad, Sep 5: Pakistan has reiterated its commitment to stepping up efforts and collaborating with other nations to jointly realize the vision of a global community free from drug misuse. At a side event on combating the global drug problem, Ambassador Usman Jadoon, the deputy permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, stated, “Our efforts must be guided by the need to address and counter all aspects of the world drug problem–the entire chain starting from illicit cultivation to demand reduction.” The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Permanent Missions of Russia, Pakistan, China, Cuba, Egypt,…
