Islamabad, Oct 18: Raast Transactions Reach Rs. 20 Trillion Milestone in Record Time Raast Transactions the nation’s first rapid payment system, has handled 892 million transactions totaling Rs. 20 trillion, according to a statement released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. The most recent trillion, according to the central bank, was accomplished in just sixteen days. The statement also stated that this demonstrates SBP’s dedication to facilitating and enabling digital payments for everyone. Real-time transaction settlement between individuals, companies, and other entities is made possible by Raast. The first use case for Raast, bulk payment, was implemented in…
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Islamabad, Oct 18: Selecting the appropriate A-Levels prep school can have a big impact on your academic standing and future admissions to universities. Many prominent universities in Pakistan are well-known for their excellent teaching standards, knowledgeable faculty, and stellar A-Level performance histories. In this article, we’ll examine the top 10 A-Levels institutions in Pakistan and provide details on their learning environments and graduation rates. 1. Beaconhouse School System There is clear evidence that Beaconhouse School System has a positive reputation in Pakistan, regarding the offering of quality of A-Level courses and leading the student for university level education. Some of…
Islamabad, Oct 18: Muhammad Aurangzeb, the federal minister of finance and revenue, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to continuing with extensive reforms on the fronts of energy, taxes, and SOE. Donald Blome, the US Envoy, paid the minister a visit in the Finance Division today. Bilateral cooperation and topics of mutual interest were covered during the meeting. US Envoy Donald Blome praised Pakistan’s government for enacting difficult and daring reforms, especially in the energy and taxes sectors, and acknowledged Pakistan’s efforts to improve macroeconomic stability. He restated his commitment to advancing high-caliber US investment for Pakistan’s economic development as well…
Islamabad, Oct 18: Details of the story indicate that the technology giant that owns Facebook, Meta, has just embarked on a string of targeted firing exercise that has impacted on some of its well-known units. Cuts are being said to affect works at WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs. Unlike previous masses layoffs, this current round of layoffs looks more strategic. According to insiders, the sackings are not part of a broad cost cutting exercise in the firm but are affiliated to restructuring within certain departments. Share of such losses are still likely to emerge from social networks as more people…
Islamabad, Oct 18: Senator Rubina Khalid who is the Chairperson for the Benazir Income Support Programmed or BISP has said that the Benazir Kafalat Program for the improved quarterly amount of up to Rs. 13,500 for the program beneficiaries has to be reached by the year 2025. This amount will be raised from Rs: 10,500 to Rs: 13,500 by the year 2025 she said while visiting Benazir Nashonuma Center at Sindh Government Hospital PIB Colony Karachi. In his meeting with the writers of the news release, the chairperson toured the facilities and conversed with the program beneficiary women to confirm…
Islamabad, Oct 18: Expressing a great deal of satisfaction, and perhaps relief at the end of the summit, at the warmth Indians were given during the course of the SCO summit in Islamabad, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in a message to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Deputy Prime Minister, and his counterpart Ishaq Dar said he, for the Indian side, appreciated the hospitality and the courtesies extended by the Pakistani government. Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar, who attended the SCO moot held in Islamabad, is the first foreign minister of the neighbouring nation to visit Pakistan in nearly a decade. Hours…
Islamabad, Oct 18: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan said that the meeting slated for October 18-21 in Dubai may affect the fate of the Pakistan’s ICC champions trophy scheduled for 2025. This meeting will also see the PCB officials providing detailed briefing sessions on the preparations for the event and the construction works on a number of important structures for the tournament. This meeting will determine the fate of the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan from February 19th to March 9th in 2025. One of the important topics that will be addressed is so called…
Islamabad, Oct 18: Pakistan’s bowler Sajid Khan takes seven wickets in the current Second Test match and set a new record of recent Test cricket history against Pak vs Eng Test Cricket Stadium, breaking the record of legendary spinner Mushtaq Ahmed, who had the Same record for 24 years. Outstanding among bowlers was Sajjid who captured five wickets in the first innings and bowled a deadly spell in which he got three English batsmen in a space of ten balls in the dying moments of the second day’s play. They credited his achievement as the first Pakistani spinner to do…
Islamabad, Oct 18: This year’s AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup qualifiers draw results are out with Pakistan seeing their familiar foes India in the same group. Following the drawings, which took place at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Pakistan was assigned to Group B. Pakistan will be accompanied by Indonesia (host nation), Hong Kong, China, India, and the Kyrgyz Republic. The 19 teams with the idea to qualify to the main stage have been divided into four groups of three groups of five teams and one group comprising four teams to participate in centralised league to be played…
Islamabad, Oct 18: The next season of the Abu Dhabi T10 League tournament will standardarily launch some of the world-famous crickets. These include the Pakistan crickets such as Mohammad Amir Imad Wasim crickets. Besides the core players, including Mohammad Amir, Sunil Narine, Akeal Hosein, and Kieron Pollard, the New York Strikers retained Amir. They are the defending champions. From the UAE side for the ILT20, the Sharjah Warriors have signed Muhammad Waseem and Muhammad Jawadullah. The talented Imad Wasim has been called up by the Morrisville Samp Army. He will play alongside Andries Gous, David Willey, Faf du Plessis, and…
