Islamabad, Oct 19: Honor X7c Price Revealed Entry-Level Smartphone Launches at Just $212 Honor’s most recent low-cost offering, the X7c, went live last week and is now officially available. Additional hardware information and a price tag are included in the official announcement. Design and Display The screen is built on a 6.77-inch TFT LCD panel with a refresh rate of 120 Hz and 720p resolution. While most smartphones prioritize high peak brightness, the Honor X7c can lower its brightness to as low as 2 nits in low-light conditions. In addition to having IP64 dust and water resistance, the peak nits…
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Islamabad, Oct 19: KP Universities Face Severe Financial Crisis Over 34 universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) are reportedly experiencing a serious financial crisis, with cumulative losses totaling more than 15 billion rupees, according to ARY News. The dilemma is caused by a significant disparity between revenues and expenses, with colleges spending 34 billion rupees overall while only receiving 18 billion rupees in revenue. This disparity has gotten even wider due to rising compensation and pension costs. Additionally, starting 2018, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has frozen a 9.4-billion-rupee yearly award. In contrast, during the fiscal year 2023–2024, the province government…
Islamabad, Oct 19: Virat Kohli 9000 Test Runs: Joins Elite Club as Slowest Indian to Achieve Milestone In the rain-affected third innings of India’s first Test match against New Zealand in Bengaluru, Virat Kohli reached yet another significant milestone in his remarkable career. On day three, the 35-year-old displayed his batting prowess once more, leading the team’s comeback from a record-low score in the first innings. After Glenn Phillips removed Kohli on the final delivery of the day, India reached 231/3, 125 runs behind New Zealand. Virat Kohli 9000 Test Runs with his courageous knock, joined the ranks of legendary Indian…
Islamabad, Oct 19: Snapdragon 8 Elite Outperforms iPhone 16 Pro with Record-Breaking Benchmark Scores On Monday, Qualcomm is expected to unveil its newest flagship processor. Even before its official release, the Snapdragon 8 Elite—previously known as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4—is creating a stir with its preliminary benchmark results. A Realme GT7 Pro prototype’s leaked benchmark score has surfaced, demonstrating the chipset’s remarkable powers. On the AnTuTu test platform, the device apparently got an astounding 3,025,991 points, setting a new performance record. This score significantly outpaces competitors in the mobile processor arena. Apple’s A18 Pro, for instance, typically scores around…
Islamabad, Oct 19: PCB Proposes Solution to Ensure India’s Participation in ICC Champions Trophy 2025 India’s participation in the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, which is slated to take place in Pakistan from February 19 to March 9, is something that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is actively pursuing. The fact that all other participating countries have confirmed their participation raises serious concerns for everyone because of the unknowns surrounding India’s visit to Pakistan. The CEO of the ECB had previously declared that India must participate in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and had alluded to “contingencies” if the impasse…
Islamabad, Oct 19: Mohammad Amir Defends Babar Azam Against Backlash Amid Growing Criticism Following Pakistan’s test victory over England in Multan, fast bowler Mohammad Amir of Pakistan has stepped up to support former captain Babar Azam. After Pakistan’s victory, internet trolls turned Babar into a laughingstock and a source of jokes, linking his absence from the team to Pakistan’s victory. The 30-year-old has been the subject of intense scrutiny due to his recent bat-related mishaps. The criticism of Babar only intensified when Pakistan stopped a protracted losing streak of home games. Babar gained an odd ally in Mohammad Amir, who…
Islamabad, Oct 19: At the Oman Cricket Academy Ground in Muscat, Oman, Pakistan A and India A will begin their respective ACC T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 campaigns at 6:30 PM PST. This matchup promises to be another exciting one between the longstanding rivals. The two teams have not played since the final of the previous year, when Pakistan A defeated India A by 128 runs at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo to win the trophy for the second time in a row. Their fifteenth meeting is already scheduled against a tense backdrop and looks to be another slobber knocker…
Islamabad, Oct 18: Central Power Generation Company Limited (CPGCL) has been fined Rs. 50 million by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) for making misleading submissions that affected end-user electricity pricing. A national daily revealed that CPGCL’s Guddu Thermal Power Station received a gas booster from Engro Corporation at no cost yet charged over Rs. 1.24 billion in tariffs without providing the full data. NEPRA discovered that CPGCL had received a gas booster compressor station (GBCS) at free cost from Engro, but had failed to reveal this information. The regulator found that this was not approved by the Economic…
Islamabad, Oct 18: SBP to Cut Interest Rate by 200 Basis Points in November Amid Declining Inflation The SBP to Cut Interest Rate for October 2024 of Pakistan’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) is 6.5–7.0 percent YoY (+0.9 percent MoM), which would raise the 4MF25 average to 8.6 percent from 28. percent in 4MFY24. According to research by Topline Securities, food inflation is predicted to grow by 0.7 percent MoM in October 2024, primarily due to rising wheat and chicken costs. Interest rate outlook: On November 4, 2024, the Central Bank will hold its monetary policy meeting. According to the report,…
Islamabad, Oct 18: Ahtisham Ali, advisor to the chief minister of health for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, stated here on Thursday night that the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was offering internships to Pakistani medical students studying abroad. In response to a question of order in the KP Assembly, the chief medical assistant stated that internships for medical students with degrees from foreign medical schools and universities are offered on a merit-based basis, subject to space availability, in all teaching medical facilities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He stated that the main obstacles in this respect were the scarcity of seats and the lack of…
