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Largest offline populations: India tops list, Pakistan fourth, says World...
KARACHI: Pakistan is among the five least connected countries, revealed a World Bank study, which said that internet remains unavailable, inaccessible, and unaffordable to a majority of the world...
View ArticleReincarnation announced, but resurrection pending
KARACHI: Google recently launched a localised (.pk) version of YouTube in Pakistan. Many celebrated the development, while a few raised eyebrows. Most thought it now implied a smooth return of YouTube...
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Generators pose health risk to domestic users
KARACHI: With summer fast approaching, the residents of Karachi are likely to suffer hours of load-shedding in coming months. While many will painstakingly wait for power supply to resume, others will...
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Govt aimed for 1 million traders, 128 avail scheme
ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be an embarrassing outcome for the government, only 128 traders have so far availed the ‘tax amnesty scheme’, contributing a paltry sum of Rs20 million to the national...
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The Big Five and their top executives’ total salary
KARACHI: Total remuneration of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) president increased 51% in 2015 despite the share price of the state-owned bank plummeting 22% over the same 12-month period....
View ArticleExisting carmakers unlikely to win tax benefits
ISLAMABAD: The existing car assemblers may not get similar tax benefits that the government wants to offer to new investors for attracting a European brand after tax authorities have again opposed the...
View ArticleThe Art of Storytelling: Local reporters become lazy, outsiders do objective...
KARACHI: Sometimes, local reporters become lazy while outsiders do authentic, objective reporting, said novelist, playwright and radio presenter Mohammed Hanif. He was speaking at a session, titled...
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The displaced in Bannu: IDP survey reveals domestic violence, early marriages
PESHAWAR: Following military operations against militants in North Waziristan Agency, at least 85,000 families fled to Bannu district; 2,654 families in settlements in just Bannu tehsil alone. The...
View Article300 years of history: Last of chaupals, the archetypal boys club
PESHAWAR: A chaupal, a rural community space, was once where men met for a chat and some qehwa (Green tea). It was the proverbial old boys club, the college fraternity, the village square – another...
View ArticleMargins of oil firms, dealers rise up to 271%, reveals regulator
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has revealed that margins of oil barons have soared up to 271% over a seven-year period from 2009-16 and keeping this in view it has suggested...
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