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The country’s trade deficit widened by 21.60 percent to $23.825 billion in July-April 2020-21 compared to $19.593 billion in July-April 2019-20, says the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). According to trade data released by PBS, Pakistan’s exports declined by 7.23 percent on a month-on-month (MoM) basis and stood at $2.194 billion in April 2021 against $2.365 billion in March 2021. Trade figures show that country’s imports remained $44.706 billion in July-April 2020-21 compared to $37.992 billion in July-April 2019-20, registering 17.67 percent growth. The country’s exports witnessed 13.49 percent growth and remained $20.881 billion in July-April 2020-21 compared to $18.399…

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Federal Minister for Human Rights, Shireen Mazari, has revealed that Pakistan is still under pressure to recognize Israel. Addressing a public ceremony in Islamabad, Mazari said there is a lot of pressure on Pakistan to formalize ties with the Jewish country, but Pakistan has linked the matter with a just resolution of the Palestine issue. Normalizing relations with Israel is out of the question unless there is a just settlement to the Palestine conflict under UN resolutions. ALSO READ Govt Makes a Big Announcement for Prisoners Before Eid She lamented the fact that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) no…

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On Wednesday, the virtual meeting of the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Committee (IPEMC) chaired by Federal Education Minister, Shafqat Mahmood, rejected the proposal to promote students without examination. According to details, Inter Boards Committee of Chairmen (IBCC) had suggested IPEMC to promote students of 9th and 11th classes without examinations and to hold examinations of only optional subjects of 10th and 12th classes due to closure amid the third wave of Coronavirus. ALSO READ Govt Makes a Big Announcement for Prisoners Before Eid The IPEMC meeting also tentatively decided to conduct examinations of classes 9th to 12th in two phases. In…

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The government of Sindh on Wednesday announced that all tourist spots will remain closed from 8 May to 15 May. According to a notification issued by the provincial government, the tourist resorts i.e., Keenjhar Lake, Gorakh Hill Station, Mohenjo Daro, and other places of the tourism department shall be closed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. ALSO READ Everything You Need to Know About the Newly Found COVID Variants in Pakistan Similarly, the government of Punjab has also decided to impose a complete lockdown across the province from 8 May, banning public transport and public movement at tourist spots.…

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Google is finally paying attention to Android for tablets once again as the search engine has released Entertainment Space, a one-stop spot for all your entertainment needs on tablets. As the name says, it is a personalized space for all your movies, shows, books, video games, and more. ALSO READ Google Pixel Buds A Accidentally Announced on Twitter The purpose of this app is to spare you the trouble of hopping between apps to check out what you have and where. It presents you with an aggregate view of content from your apps, that’s grouped by type, as shown in…

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As per the obedient notification, the authorities of Pakistan has officially authorized a 30-day reduction in the sentences of prisoners sooner than Eid-ul-Fitr. The resolution

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