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The talk of the traditional workplace facing its slow, inevitable death had been around for quite some time prior to the pandemic. But, it was tough for many of us to wrap our heads around the concept in Pakistan. The pandemic, however, turned things around and remote working took the employment world by storm. Mainly, because that was the only option for most knowledge workers. Although it took some getting used to the new working trend even for the most digital-savvy of us, we slowly grew to like it over the past year. So much so that many of us…

Pakistani nuclear scientists and an institution have won prestigious international awards in three categories in recognition of the country’s advancement in the application of nuclear technology for accomplishing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ALSO READ Here’s How Pakistan Plans to Double Its IT Industry According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will confer the Outstanding Achievement Award on Pakistan’s Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), the Team Achievement Award to a group of four scientists in the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission…

At a time when the price of “magical internet money” is down, banks in South Africa are thwarting customers from using their credit and debit cards for purchasing cryptocurrencies on Binance, amongst other international exchanges. According to local tech news agency Mybroadband, this blockage comes after South African-based financial services group, Absa Group Limited, said in a statement that crypto transactions were blocked as per instructions of the South African Reserve Bank. Just for reference, clients who were trying to buy cryptocurrencies from Binance received the following message: Absa: Temporary lock enabled for online purchases on credit card ending with…

The Twitter-famous Dogecoin is finally going up after weeks and weeks of incurring huge losses across all exchanges. At the time of writing, the price of the joke-turned-serious cryptocurrency was holding fort at $0.23, up by almost 20 percent in the past 24 hours. Regardless of how the meme coin continues to trade as we approach the remaining few days of June, it’s still the sixth biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, north of $30 billion. ALSO READ Iran Confiscates More Than 7,000 Bitcoin Mining Computers In Tehran Nausea In The Crypto Streets The story was a bit perplexing in other…

Brainchild Communications Pakistan (BCP), which has a non-ownership franchising agreement with the Publicis Groupe since 2010 to use the trademarks for Starcom and MediaVest, has promoted Fizzah Shahid to the role of associate director of planning and strategy. The promotion comes at the ninth anniversary of her career with BCP, which she joined in mid-2012 as a management trainee and gradually rose through the ranks across strategy and planning roles. Prior to joining the leading media agency, she interned at Engro Vopak, Pakistan State Oil, and the Agha Khan University Hospital. “Fizzah Shahid is a fantastic practitioner and has been…

District Administration Karachi has formulated a rain emergency plan to avoid last year’s crisis-like situation during the monsoon this year. According to Administrator Karachi, Laeeq Ahmed, Karachi’s administration is better prepared this year in comparison to last year and citizens will be provided maximum relief during monsoon season. ALSO READ Here’s How Pakistan Plans to Double Its IT Industry Under the emergency plan, Karachi’s administration has acquired 15 rainwater drainage pumps that will be used for the cleaning of the rainwater drains. Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has 44 drains while District Municipal Corporations (DMCs) have 514 drains that will be…

The issue of the dry docking of the Engro LNG terminal has been a cause for worry for the government and customers alike for the past few weeks. This closure can lead to potential supply disruption and energy shortage in the country. “There has been [an] exchange of more than 60 letters between the parties — Sui Southern Gas Company Limited ((SSGCL) and Engro Elengy Terminal Limited (EETL) — on dry docking of the Floating Storage & Regasification Unit (FSRU), since January 2019,” a senior official told a local media outlet. ALSO READ Closure of Engro’s LNG Terminal to be…

The government of Sindh has opposed the federal government’s decision to mortgage national highways and airports. The reaction came after the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Fawad Hussain Chaudhry, informed that the government has decided to mortgage the country’s major airports and road network and issue Sukuk bonds. He made these remarks while addressing the media after the cabinet’s meeting on Tuesday. ALSO READ Police Arrests Owner of the Car Used in Johar Town Blast The summary to mortgage government assets for large-scale borrowing through issuance of Sukuk bonds was approved by the federal cabinet, he had said. Responding…

The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has begun the application process for the eighth cohort of the National Incubation Center (NICL). The application deadline is 25 July, and interested candidates can visit niclahore.com/apply to register. Under the NICL program, startups are given the opportunity to compete in the Capstone Investor Summit where they have a chance to pitch their ideas and attract pre-seed rounds of funding from prominent venture capital investors. ALSO READ Young Adults Are More Stressed Due to The Pandemic: Research Induction to the NICL program is a competitive process in which the applications of entrepreneurs, visionaries,…

In a bid to irrigate thousands of acres of land, the government of Balochistan has decided to construct around 49 new dams having an estimated cost of Rs. 6.451 billion in the fiscal year 2021-22. According to the details, the construction of these dams would help reduce water scarcity and improve groundwater levels in certain areas. The provincial government will initiate the construction of new dams in near future, expedite the construction work on the development of dams and increase the allocation in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) of the current financial year. ALSO READ CanSino and Local Hospitals…