MoU signed for Pakistan’s largest internship programme

Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Programme and PepsiCo Pakistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer the largest internship programme in the country,...

Ministry directs for recovery of illegal salaries, perks from ETPB chairman

LAHORE: The ministry of religious affairs and interfaith harmony (MoRA&IH) has directed for recovery of 211 days salary and other perks and privileges obtained contrary...

Govt jacks up petrol, diesel prices by up to Rs2.13

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday increased the price of petrol by Rs2.13 per litre for the next 15 days of June 2021, according...

Writing skills 

The art of good writing comes from Good Reading. Writing is not an easy part as people think, if you skip the one part...

IMF hopes 

Federal Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin, ruling out any disagreement between Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Monday said the Extended Fund Facility...

“Poverty”

I hope this email finds you in the best of health. I am a student of Mass Communication and doing my BS from the...

Budgeting for sustainable growth

The government unveiled the budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022, with the outlay kept at Rs8,478 billion and the tax target set at an...

Moguls of Lahore and Martyrs of Larkana 

Larkana and Lahore are two cities of the same country but with different reception from the centre. The former is the political epicentre of...

Plunge in the right direction

While the opposition parties in the parliament have rejected the budget outright, dubbing it anti-people, and have vowed to obstruct its approval by the...

Turning the National Assembly into a rubberstamp

On Monday, Treasury members disrupted the Opposition Leader’s opening speech on the budget, something that has never happened in the country’s parliamentary history. Yesterday’s...

West versus China

US President Joe Biden is on his first foreign tour since getting elected, a necessary exercise that had to be put on hold until...

G-20 suspends Pakistan’s $3.17bn debt payment by year-end: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: The G-20 has suspended Pakistan's debt payment of $3.17 billion by the end of this year. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhary...