The Sindh government has abandoned its contributory pension scheme, reversing a policy launched only a year ago to reduce pension burdens. Under the Sindh Defined Contributory Pension Scheme (SDCPS), employees were to contribute 10% of their basic salary while the government added 12%. The system was expected to create long-term savings and ease pressure on…
Telenor Pakistan has been recognised with Diamond Award at the prestigious SHRM Star HR Excellence Awards – Middle East and North Africa for its outstanding achievements in the category of Corporate Social Responsibility The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest HR association based in the United States, honours organisations that exemplify visionary…
The East-West Center Association (EWCA) Islamabad Chapter hosted its plantation event “Make Islamabad Green Again”, at Yadgar-e-Dastoor. Marta Aparicio from the Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad attended as a special guest and inaugurated the event by planting the first sapling. Citizens from different walks of life came together to plant saplings…
Millions of users worldwide will face short daily interruptions in satellite-based internet and television from September 29 to October 6, 2025. The cause is a natural event called a sun outage, also known as solar fade or solar interference. Sun outages happen twice a year when the Sun moves directly behind geostationary satellites. During this…
Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) and Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology (GIKI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen industry-academia collaboration. The MoU was signed on 18th Sep, 2025 at ARL’s Morgah office by ARL Chief Executive Officer Mr. M. Adil Khattak and GIKI Rector Dr. Fazal Ahmad Khalid. The partnership…
Spain’s call for sanctions on Israel over its military actions in Gaza has triggered a storm in global football, putting FIFA under pressure to decide whether sport can remain separate from politics. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has publicly demanded that FIFA and UEFA follow the example set during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when Moscow…
Islamabad: The Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PM&DC) has announced that over 140,000 applicants have registered for the Medical & Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2025, which will be conducted nationwide as well as at designated only one international centers i.e, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Earlier, the MDCAT examination was scheduled to be held on October…
Two local gas producers, Dewan Petroleum and Al-Haj Enterprises, have reportedly struck dubious supply deals with third parties in a bid to secure gas marketing and distribution licenses from the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra). Inrevenors said that applications were submitted by third parties, partly based on future discoveries, which is contrary to OGRA’s…
As the government expedites work on executing the multi-billion-dollar Rekodiq Gold and Copper project, the government has decided to initiate a $390 million project to connect Gwadar through a Railway link. The government has declared the Reko-Diq Project as ‘qualified investment’ under the Act of Parliament and considers that railway track access is critical to…
Islamabad – Governor State Bank of Pakistan Jameel Ahmad inaugurated JazzCash’s Experience Lounge in Islamabad today. He was joined by Deputy Governor SBP Saleem Ullah, VEON Group CEO Kaan Terzioglu, JazzCash CEO Murtaza Ali, Jazz CEO and Chairman Mobilink Microfinance Bank Aamir Ibrahim, and Mobilink Microfinance Bank CEO Haaris Mahmood Chaudhary. Governor State Bank of…