News Agency

Two agents arrested for illegally deducting Benazir Income Support Program payments

News AgencySeptember 24, 2022September 24, 2022

by News AgencySeptember 24, 2022September 24, 202280

Two agents of the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) were arrested from Degree College Daur for making illegal deductions in the BISP payments to beneficiaries....

Space

NASA gears up to deflect asteroids, in key test of planetary defence

News AgencySeptember 23, 2022September 23, 2022

by News AgencySeptember 23, 2022September 23, 202291

NASA on Monday will attempt feat humanity has never before accomplished deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a...

Main Pakistan

Wings clipped, NAB can now only take up cases exceeding corruption of Rs500m

News AgencySeptember 21, 2022September 21, 2022

by News AgencySeptember 21, 2022September 21, 2022119

The allied government in the federation has clipped the wings of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) limiting its powers by an amendment in the NAB...

Main Pakistan

Japan, Pakistan agree on debt deferral of $160mln

News AgencySeptember 21, 2022September 21, 2022

by News AgencySeptember 21, 2022September 21, 2022128

The governments of Japan and Pakistan agreed on debt deferral amounting to $160 million, as the last phase of “the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative...

Pakistan

Six rental power corruption references returned after NAB amendments

News AgencySeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022

by News AgencySeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022178

An accountability court on Tuesday returned six rental power corruption references filed against former Prime Minister and now Speaker of National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf,...

World

Japan pledges $30bn investment in Africa

News AgencyAugust 31, 2022August 31, 2022

by News AgencyAugust 31, 2022August 31, 2022186

Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a $30 billion investment in Africa, saying his country will contribute vigorously to African development. “Japan aspires to be...

Space

Why did NASA call off launch of Artemis 1 Moon rocket?

News AgencyAugust 30, 2022August 30, 2022

by News AgencyAugust 30, 2022August 30, 202259

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) called off the test flight of its largest-ever Moon rocket Artemis 1 because of a temperature issue with one...

Pakistan Business & Economy

No tax amnesty scheme without approval from NA, IMF assured

News AgencyAugust 23, 2022August 23, 2022

by News AgencyAugust 23, 2022August 23, 202283

Pakistan has to compulsorily get approval from the National Assembly before launching a Tax Amnesty Scheme, according to IMF conditions for the economic bailout to...

Cryptocurrency

South Korean founder of failed Terra coin admits he was ‘wrong’

News AgencyAugust 17, 2022August 17, 2022

by News AgencyAugust 17, 2022August 17, 2022210

The co-founder of the failed Terra cryptocurrency, which collapsed and wiped out about $40 billion of investors’ money in May, has admitted he was “wrong”,...

World

Britain disputes lack of access to EU science research programmes

News AgencyAugust 17, 2022August 17, 2022

by News AgencyAugust 17, 2022August 17, 2022153

Britain has launched dispute procedures with the European Union over its exclusion from the bloc’s scientific research programmes, using a mechanism set out in a...

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NASA gears up to deflect asteroids, in key test of planetary defence

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46m mobile phones assembled in 11 months in Pakistan

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Ericsson named as leader in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant

Fourth radio interface technology added to 5G standards

Two agents arrested for illegally deducting Benazir Income Support Program payments

NASA gears up to deflect asteroids, in key test of planetary defence

Wings clipped, NAB can now only take up cases exceeding corruption of Rs500m

Japan, Pakistan agree on debt deferral of $160mln

Six rental power corruption references returned after NAB amendments

Japan pledges $30bn investment in Africa

Why did NASA call off launch of Artemis 1 Moon rocket?

No tax amnesty scheme without approval from NA, IMF assured

South Korean founder of failed Terra coin admits he was ‘wrong’

Britain disputes lack of access to EU science research programmes

Pakistan’s foreign reserves drop by $308 million: SBP

Ishaq Dar takes oath as Senator amid PTI’s protest

PTA issues revised quality of service regulations for fixed broadband services

US announces additional grant of $10m for Pakistan

Miftah steps down, Ishaq Dar to replace him as finance minister