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Saudi Arabia has agreed, in principle, to resume deferred oil facility to Pakistan. The facility will be $3 billion per annum and will be offered for an extended period. However, the details of modalities are yet to be finalized, a national daily reported on Wednesday. The Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Fawad Chaudhry, also confirmed this to the media. The announcement comes after Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia, during which he made a fresh request for the resumption of the Saudi Oil Facility (SOF). This is part of Pakistan’s efforts to avoid external account problems…

A recent study has revealed that a fake polio campaign launched by the United States spy agency, CIA, to reach Osama bin Laden in 2011 did unprecedented damage to the polio vaccination program in Pakistan, the effects of which continue to this day. In a recent edition of the Journal of the European Economic Association, the experts from Spain and the United Kingdom, based on 10-year data, said that the rate of polio vaccination in Pakistan’s Islamist-majority areas has decreased by 39 percent. The main reason for the public resistance to the polio vaccine is that a large number of…

Smartphone brand OPPO has announced the launch of OPPO F19 in Pakistan. The phone offers a powerful processor, ultra-slim body, robust camera setup, and an enhanced user experience. OPPO F19 is available starting 20th May 2021 in Pakistan and will come in two colors including Prism Black and Midnight Blue. The phone is now available for sale at a retail price of PKR 39,999 at your nearest retailer. As a special offer, OPPO Enco W11 True Wireless Headphones are available at a discount of PKR 1,800 on the purchase of OPPO F19. “F Series is designed for consumers that seek…

Earlier today, Google, at the Google I/O, announced plenty of new updates for Google Maps. The app is set to receive a bunch of neat feature updates in the coming months, moreover, the detailed street maps that were launched in August last year are now headed to 50 more cities by the end of the year, including Berlin, Sao Paulo, Seattle, and Singapore. These maps show the users where sidewalks, crosswalks, and pedestrian islands are, along with the shape and width of roads to scale. Other features coming to Google Maps include: Personalization Google revealed that the application is becoming…

Wyeth Pakistan Ltd, a pharmaceutical company listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), announced that its parent company, Wyeth LLC, USA has decided to purchase its shares from all the minority shareholders in order to increase its ownership and de-list the company. According to a notification submitted to the PSX, this move comes from Wyeth LLC, USA – the parent company of the Pakistani subsidiary –  which currently holds a 40.55 percent shareholding in Wyeth Pakistan. ALSO READ Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Witness One of the Biggest Crashes Ever The letter also announced that the shares held by the affiliated Wyeth…

World-renowned football players have raised their voices in solidarity with Palestine as Israeli forces continue their attack on the helpless Palestinians. Stars such as Mesut Ozil, Paul Pogba, Mohamed Salah, and Sadio Mane have been quite vocal in their support of the Palestinians, and have urged the community to unite to help put an end to the Israeli atrocities. ALSO READ Facebook & Instagram Get 1-Star Reviews for Blocking Pro-Palestine Content Manchester United players, Paul Pogba and Amad Diallo were the latest to raise awareness about the situation as they raised the flag of Palestine after their match against Fulham…

HMD Global is about to update its Nokia C series of phones soon. The information comes from a Chinese leak pointing out that the Nokia C20 Plus and C30 are coming soon with large batteries. ALSO READ Nokia Announces New X Series Smartphones With 3 Years Warranty According to the leak, the Nokia C20 Plus and C30 are going to have 5,000 mAh and 6,000 mAh batteries respectively. This is a big jump from the Nokia C20, which only had a 3,000 mAh battery. Additionally, the 6,000 mAh battery for the upcoming Nokia C30 is going to be the biggest…

In yet another controversial move, the federal government has decided to revise the power tariffs to reduce the volume of subsidies given to the power sector. According to a report by Express Urdu, the government has not set the timeline for the decision, and has asked the Minister of Finance to decide the implementation. However, the newspaper quoted an inside source suggesting that the new tariff is likely to be effective from 1 June 2021. ALSO READ KP Buys Land in Chitral to Preserve Kalash Currently, 22 million consumers are receiving the subsidy. The new decision will oust eight million…

Google’s I/O developer conference kicked off last night where the search engine giant gave us our first look at the beta version of Android 12. The beta build confirms the recent leak from Jon Prosser, a major UI redesign for Android 12. Google is completely changing the look of Android with the latest version, which is “a new way to think about design”, called Material You. The main theme of this new design is personalization, where the main focus is dynamically changing themes based on your wallpaper. ARVE Error: src mismatchurl: https://youtu.be/UHQPdP8qgrksrc in: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UHQPdP8qgrk?feature=oembed&modestbranding=0&showinfo=0&rel=0&autoplay=1src gen: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UHQPdP8qgrkActual comparisonurl: https://youtu.be/UHQPdP8qgrksrc in: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UHQPdP8qgrk?modestbranding=0&showinfo=0&rel=0&autoplay=1src gen:…

The Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCOP) has started re-considering divestment of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) and Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), official documents from a meeting showed. The move comes in wake of rising investor interest in the exploration and production sector. The decision to divest the two companies has been in the works for over a year, with the Federal Cabinet ratifying it in 2020. However, it has not been implemented so far due to economic factors and low valuation until now. However, the Petroleum Division has opposed the divestment of PPL and OGDCL shares, saying that…