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Foreign exchange rates

Posted on June 3, 2021

KARACHI, The Exchange Rates Committee of Financial Markets Association of Pakistan issued the following exchange rates bulletin, here on Thursday. LIBOR FOR CALCULATING INTEREST ON SPECIAL US DOLLAR BONDS VIDE SBP F.E. CIRCULAR NO.42 & 21.07.98 & 04.08.98 RESPECTIVELY. LIBOR VALUE 6 MONTHS US DOLLAR […]

SCO officials call for strengthening connectivity to boost economic cooperation

Posted on June 3, 2021

BEIJING, Officials from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries agreed to take measures, including strengthening connectivity, pushing forward e-commerce, building unified payment system, and deepening trade cooperation between member countries in order to offset the blow brought by COVID-19. Against the backdrop of the transformation of […]

US airlifts medical supplies to combat coronavirus in Pakistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka

Posted on June 3, 2021

WASHINGTON, The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has airlifted emergency medical supplies to Pakistan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka to help save lives and stop the spread of coronavirus and continue to meet the urgent health needs across South Asia. “The […]

Over 200 million to be rendered jobless in 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic: UN agency

Posted on June 3, 2021

UNITED NATIONS, More than 200 million people are expected to be rendered jobless in 2022 due to the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations labour agency said Wednesday, noting that women and youth workers would be the hardest-hit. The International Labour […]

ECOSOC Chief Munir Akram calls for ‘robust’ global efforts to fight corruption

Posted on June 3, 2021

UNITED NATIONS, The President of UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, Wednesday called for strengthening international cooperation to fight corruption, which leads to massive outflows of illicit finance out of developing countries and is one of the main reasons for their […]

CM declares Covid vaccination mandatory for every citizen, salary of non-vaccinated govt officials to be stopped

Posted on June 3, 2021

KARACHI, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday declared coronavirus vaccination mandatory for every citizen of the province and ordered that the salaries of non-vaccinated government officials should be stopped from July. He stated this while residing over a meeting of the Provincial […]

Federal Govt further enhances 200 MW supply to K-Electric: Hammad

Posted on June 3, 2021

ISLAMABAD, Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar has said that additional 200MW electricity was being provided to K-Electric to get rid of Karachiites from power load-shedding. On his social media handle, the minister said on Thursday that earlier the federal government was providing 350 MW electricity […]

700 PIA employees possessing fake degrees terminated so far: Senate told

Posted on June 3, 2021

ISLAMABAD, Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Thursday informed the Senate that as many as 700 employees of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) who were inducted on fake degrees and political ground during past governments tenure have been terminated so far. In response to various […]

Kashmiris urged to observe blackout on Friday night

Posted on June 3, 2021

ISLAMABAD, Jammu and Kashmir National Front (JKNF) Thursday urged the people of Kashmir to observe a complete blackout on Friday night, between 8PM to 9PM as a mark of protest against the stepped-up Indian state terrorism and its Machiavellian machinations aimed at suppressing Kashmiris’ ongoing […]

‘Koi Bhooka Na Soye’ network being extended to other cities: Senate told

Posted on June 3, 2021

ISLAMABAD, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Thursday apprised the Senate that network of “Koi Bhooka Na Soye” launched under Pakistan Bait-ul Mal (PBM) was being extended to other cities of the country including Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Quetta and Karachi. […]

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Foreign exchange rates

SCO officials call for strengthening connectivity to boost economic cooperation

US airlifts medical supplies to combat coronavirus in Pakistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka

Over 200 million to be rendered jobless in 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic: UN agency

ECOSOC Chief Munir Akram calls for ‘robust’ global efforts to fight corruption

CM declares Covid vaccination mandatory for every citizen, salary of non-vaccinated govt officials to be stopped

Federal Govt further enhances 200 MW supply to K-Electric: Hammad

700 PIA employees possessing fake degrees terminated so far: Senate told

Kashmiris urged to observe blackout on Friday night

‘Koi Bhooka Na Soye’ network being extended to other cities: Senate told

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