Asian Airports Dominate Rankings for Best Customer Service in 2019 [Images]

Airports Council International’s (ACI) Airport Service Quality (ASQ) ranking for the airports with Best Customer Service for 2019 has been published, with Asian airports dominating the rankings across all categories.
ACI’s ASQ program is the most widely acknowledged benchmarking program that aims to gauge the experience of air travelers when they land at an airport.
The ASQ program offers airports across the world insights that allow airports to better comprehend passenger’s views and expectations and improve their services and products.
ACI compiles ASQ rankings on following indicators:
How passengers rate airport services How an airport competes with other airports in traffic volume, size, and region How passengers’ views regarding certain airport change over time Which specific aspects of airport passengers prefer the most ASQ rankings for Best Customer Service are divided into 6 categories based on annual traffic volume.
Here are the rankings across all the categories.
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Hilarious: Ben Dunk Just Found the Winner of His Bubble Gum Challenge [Videos]

Ben Dunk is a very famous man in Pakistan right now. His casual bubble blowing while hammering the opposition bowlers at will has made him an instant celebrity and Pakistanis can’t get enough of the memes.
To top it off, Chadwick Walton grabbed him by the legs in their Karachi vs Lahore match to provide plenty of material for the meme lords.
His signature bubble-blowing style has given rise to a new Ben Dunk bubble gum challenge.
Peshawar Zalmi fast bowler, Hasan Ali, has already tried the new challenge and failed, pretty much.
Following him, fans have also started taking part in the challenge, and by the look of it, we have a winner. Haris Iqbal, a Twitter user, shared a picture of him blowing a massive bubble and he has managed to impress none other than Ben Dunk himself.
Here’s what the Australian batsman said about Haris’s attempt:
Are you participating in the all-new bubble gum challenge? Let us know in the comments.

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PSX Records a Bloodbath as Market Loses 1,716 Points

Another bloodbath was witnessed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange in a single week as the stocks took a hammering after the World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus a pandemic.
Adnan Sami Sheikh, AVP research at Pak Kuwait Investment Company noted that Coronavirus fears and plunging oil prices led to the largest single-day decline since July 2017.
Saad Hashemy, Executive Director BMA Capital said,
At the end of the day, the benchmark KSE-100 index was closed 1,716 points or 4.77 percent down to settle at 35,956 points. This was primarily due to the spread of Coronavirus around the world and drastic measures like barring of flights by the US from Europe. Resultantly, oil also fell 5-6%.
He noted that both of the above-mentioned reasons led to the fall in the market today.
Source: Capital Stake The market saw an intra-day low of 1778 points on Thursday.
Globally, financial markets reeled as stocks dived and oil slumped after U.S. President Donald Trump took the dramatic step..

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Plutwo Announces Free Tools for Organizing Digital Events in Pakistan

Plutwo, a live streaming platform for remote learning and monetization, has announced tools for event organizers, trainers and tuition centers to move their activities online free of cost. The tools have been announced in the light of recent COVID-19 cases emerging in the country and World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic.
Any offline learning activity or event can be moved to Plutwo platform. The platform has built-in tools for event organizers e.g a live panel discussion, an AMA session, a presentation setting, a fireside chat etc. Additionally, live chat, handout, polling and reaction features really make the experience interactive for event organizers and participants.
As of now, Plutwo supports up to 1000 participants for an event and has payment options including credit, debit, paypal and local payment wallet applications support.
Due to surge in Corona virus cases across the world, organizations, educational institutions and events organizers are working towa..

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La Liga Suspended as Real Madrid Gets Quarantined

A rapid spread of coronavirus in Europe has spurred panic among the football teams as the La Liga has been suspended for two weeks.
The decision to suspend football matches of the European league came at the same time when a Juventus player, Daniele Rugani, tested positive. As a result, the entire Juventus team has been quarantined.
Hours later, Real Madrid players were also sent in isolation after one of the city’s basketball team players contracted the virus. This means that their Champions League tie against Manchester City might as well be called off.
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Pakistan Approves Framework for Uniform Sales Tax

The National Finance Commission (NFC) Monitoring Committee on Thursday approved the National Tax Council (NTC) composition and its terms of references (ToRs) with representations from provinces, which will enable them to decide collectively the rate for sales tax for both goods and services and harmonized tax structure.
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr.Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired the meeting of the NFC Monitoring Committee here on Thursday. Provincial Finance Ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan were also there while Punjab and Sindh were represented by their Finance Secretaries.
The meeting was convened to seek approval of the bi-annual report on the implementation of the NFC Award for the periods of July –December 2018 and January – June 2019 and the establishment of the National Tax Council (NTC).
During the meeting suggestion were presented for sales tax harmonization in Pakistan. Pursuant to the decision of CCI dated 24th November 2017, the fra..

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Infinix Launches Bezelless S5 Pro With Pop Up Selfie Camera for Rs. 20,000

Chinese phone maker Infinix is known for producing Smartphones with decent specifications that are affordable for the masses. The company has now launched a successor to last year’s Infinix S5 with upgrades to the display and camera quality as well.
Design and Display The Infinix S5 Pro has a 6.5-inch full-screen display with no notches or punch-hole cutouts thanks to its pop-up selfie camera, similar to the Redmi K20 and the OnePlus 7 Pro. The display has FHD+ resolution, a 19.5:9 aspect ratio, and 394 ppi pixel density.
The back has a vertically aligned triple camera setup in the top left corner and a fingerprint sensor just above the Infinix icon.
Internals and Storage The phone is powered by the Mediatek Helio P35 SoC that includes an octa-core processor with Cortex A53 cores. These are coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage that is expandable with a microSD card.
The Infinix S5 Pro will boot Android 10 out of the box with XOS 5.5 on top.
Cameras The biggest upgrade that the S5..

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Govt is Investing in Pakistan’s Demographic to Create Jobs: Hammad Azhar

The government is committed to investing in Pakistan’s huge demographic and turn the country’s immense potential into a vibrant economy, generating job opportunities and revenue besides putting the country on a path of development and prosperity.
This was stated by Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar while addressing the concluding session of the two-day “Thought Leaders Summit 2020” organized by the British Council. The event was attended by a large number of experts in the fields of research, higher education, digital, creative & cultural economies.
He also shed light on issues ranging from creative economy to higher education, digital economy, equality, inclusivity and enabling environment. He reiterated the government’s resolve to turn all the challenges into opportunities.
He said that Pakistan could garner huge benefits from its demographic dividends, adding that other countries such as China, India, Japan, and Indonesia have taken advantage of their demographic..

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Match 20: Rain Presents Another Challenge for Ground Staff in IU vs. PZ Clash

It is a Super Saturday in terms of cricket and we are going to have a double-header today; Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi and Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators. The first match is scheduled in Rawalpindi whereas the second will be a home game for the Qalandars. Rain, however, will be the likely winner.
Both Islamabad and Peshawar are placed in the top 3 and this would be their chance to further strengthen their chances of making it to the play-offs.
Here are the match details:
Match Details Date Saturday, 7th March 2020 Time 2:00 pm PST Venue Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Head-to-Head Shadab XI are slightly ahead with a winning record of 6-5 against Peshawar Zalmi. The two team’s previous match was washed out due to rain in Rawalpindi.
Playing XI Islamabad United:
Luke Ronchi (WK), Colin Munro, Rizwan Hussain, Colin Ingram, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan (C), Amad Butt, Zafar Gohar, Rumman Raees, Dale Steyn, Akif Javed
Peshawar Zalmi:
Tom Banton, Kamran Akmal (WK), Haider Ali, Shoaib ..

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Ministry of Finance Rejects False Claims of High Unemployment Rate

The Ministry of Finance has rejected claims and statements insinuating that the unemployment rate will reach 8 percent this year due to prevailing economic conditions which are also wrongly described as leading to a reported loss of almost one million jobs, 24 percent hike in food prices and 10 million people falling under the poverty line.
A press statement by the ministry says:
These claims made without any corroborating evidence about the expected loss of jobs and higher unemployment rate are not based on facts since the latest labor force survey is not published yet, and a true picture would emerge only after latest facts and figures are available after their publication by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
The Ministry of Finance also stressed that the economic condition is improving and the payoff from ongoing stabilization efforts has become visible in the form of improvements in key economic indicators. This includes current account deficit falling by 72.0% during Jul..

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