Islamabad, Aug 18: CEO of Asian Institute of Eco-civilization, Research, and Development (AIERD), Shakeel Ahmed Ramay on Sunday said Pakistan should shift its foreign policy focus from balancing United States (US), European Union (EU), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), or China relations to prioritizing its interests, recognizing that its strategic location was relative. He alongwith guest speakers expressed their respective views while participating in an event titled “China, Middle East, and the Role of Pakistan,” organized by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS). Nabila Jaffer, Research Analyst, leading China program at the IRS, in her introductory remarks, highlighted the changing regional…
Author: Iqra Khan
Islamabad, Aug 18: President Asif Ali Zardari had called for enhancing the national forest coverage by planting more trees to help mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change and global warming. He said that Pakistan was one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change and global warming, and urged the youth and civil society in helping increase forest cover and planting more trees to mitigate their adverse impacts. The President expressed these views while planting a “Neem” sapling at Bilawal House, Karachi, as a part of the annual Monsoon Tree Plantation Campaign on Sunday (August 18) also marks the…
Islamabad, Aug 18: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has launched an online system for the submission and approval of residential development proposals, marking a significant step towards modernization. According to specifics, LDA is continuously working to improve citizen services and expedite urban development procedures, and this new project is one of such efforts. Residential building proposals are currently being accepted through the internet portal of the LDA Citizen Facilitation Centre, also referred to as the One Window Cell. Twelve private housing schemes have already submitted blueprints to the LDA E-Khidmat Center in its first phase, and the corresponding digital challans…
Islamabad, Aug 18: The Sindh Cabinet approved a grant-in-aid of PKR 10.065 billion for the construction of 80-square-yard houses for 6,932 people who were forced to flee their homes after Gujjar, Orangi, and Mahmoodabad nullah homes were demolished. According to specifics, the Malir Development Authority has granted 258 acres of land in Taiser Town Scheme 45 for the development of the housing project. Provincial ministers were present at the Thursday cabinet meeting, which was presided over by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah. It was mandated that the local government department submit the updated PC-1, which will cost Rs4.62 billion,…
Islamabad, Aug 18: Another important day has arrived with the arrival of a new high-end electric sedan and crossover SUV. We are talking about the recently released Deepal L07 and S07. Fasten your seat belt firmly! This is not where the episode ends. Today, BYD, the top EV manufacturer in the world, will also make a splashy entrance into the national electric league. The corporation is about to join our electric domain in a matter of hours. To put it simply, a revolution in green mobility is about to occur in Pakistan. Outside: Harmony of Form and Function Returning to…
Islamabad, Aug 18: The Italian supercar manufacturer, Lamborghini, has unveiled the “Lamborghini Temerario 2025,” the next generation of Huracan, ten years after the first model’s release. It is equipped with a gasoline engine and electric motors, and Lamborghini refers to it as an HPEV (High-Performance Electrified Vehicle). This car has an unusual engine that was completely redesigned for it. The Temerario engine has a 90-degree “Hot V” configuration with two turbochargers operating at a maximum pressure of 36 PSI, in contrast to the standard V-series engine’s 60-degree piston arrangement. Titanium connecting rods and cast aluminum alloy cylinder heads in the…
Islamabad, Aug 18: The experts and young people at a youth training workshop on learning not to burn household waste have vowed to curb open waste burning (OWB) which was the leading source of air pollution and carbon emissions in all the major cities of the country.The Institute of Urbanism (IoU), with the support of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), organized a youth capacity-building workshop titled ‘Let’s Learn Why Not to Burn’. The event brought together a diverse group of experts, stakeholders, students, and members of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme’s (PMYP) Green Youth Movement (GYM) clubs to address…
Islamabad, Aug 18: Shaza Fatima, the minister of state for IT and telecom, attributed the nation’s widespread internet slowdown on the growing usage of virtual private networks, or VPNs, on Sunday. She made an effort to reassure reporters during today’s press conference that VPNs are solely to blame and that the federal government has not purposefully slowed down or shut down the internet. According to her, using a VPN excessively might cause connections to lag by sending data across distant servers.The minister made no particular effort to discuss any developments about the recently installed national firewall that regulates social media.…
Islamabad, Aug 18: The deadline for filing Federal Excise and Sales Tax returns for the July 2024 tax period has been extended by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to August 23, 2024. August 18, 2024 was the deadline for submitting monthly sales tax return forms. Regarding this, the FBR has sent a directive to all countywide Inland Revenue officials.The Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) has instructed the field formations here on Saturday. The FBR has directed that the deadline for submitting the Federal Excise Return and Sales Tax for the tax period ending in July 2024 be July 20,…
Islamabad, Aug 18: Following modest gains on Friday, the price of gold increased by Rs. 2,500 per tola in Pakistan on Saturday, reaching an all-time high once more. The price of 24 carats of gold increased by Rs. 2,500 per tola to Rs. 260,200, while the price of 10 kilos increased by Rs. 2,144 to Rs. 223,080, according to figures released by the Karachi Sarafa Association. According to the Sarafa Association, the local market’s price of gold has been kept Rs. 4,500 per tola below its true cost.This week, spot gold increased 3.1% on the global market to $2,507 per…
