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The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued an SRO950 (I)/2021 on Wednesday, allowing Skardu Airport to deal with the loading and unloading of goods. The airport authorities will now have the authority to handle imports and exports, and passengers’ baggage that move through the airport. ALSO READ Kamyab Pakistan Will Uplift 4.5 Million Underprivileged Households: Finance Minister The notification detailed that the FBR had approved proper places in Skardu Airport, exercising the powers conferred by clauses (a) and (b) of Section 10 of the Customs Act, 1969. A designated area of 2,138 kanals and 16 marlas as per the Master…

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The government has set a base price of $31 million and $29 million for the spectrum auction in 1,800 MHz and 2,100 MHz bands, respectively, for Pakistan, and $0.87 million for Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit Baltistan (GB), which will be held by end September 2021. The policy directive for the auction of next-generation mobile services (NGMS), revealed that additionally 2×10 MHz spectrum earmarked by Frequency Allocation Board (FAB) for Special Communication Organization (SCO) in both 1800 and 2100 MHz bands is approved for assignment to SCO. ALSO READ Digital Pakistan Policy Expected to Launch Next Month The…

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A week after the Poco F3 GT, Xiaomi has also unveiled the X3 GT, which is the global variant of the Chinese Redmi Note 10 Pro. Usually, there is a slight difference in specs in the international models, but this device is exactly the same as its Chinese sibling. ALSO READ Xiaomi Becomes the World’s Second Biggest Smartphone Company Upfront, it has a 6.6-inch IPS LCD with a smooth 120Hz refresh rate and 1080p resolution. The display is protected by Corning’s latest Gorilla Glass Victus with improved shatter and scratch resistance. The fingerprint sensor is mounted on the side atop…

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The transaction committee meeting for the privatization of National Power Parks Management Company Limited (NPPMCL) was held under the chairmanship of Federal Minister Mohammedmian Soomro in Islamabad. The transaction committee discussed the debt recapitalization/refinancing of NPPMCL from the local commercial banks. The transaction committee agreed upon the scheme for local financing ahead of the equity process in the transaction of NPPMCL. ALSO READ Kamyab Pakistan Will Uplift 4.5 Million Underprivileged Households: Finance Minister Federal Secretary Privatisation, Chairman NEPRA, MD PPIB, representatives of Power, Finance, Petroleum, and Financial Advisors also attended the meeting. Federal Minister said that our focus is to…

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Pakistan’s right-arm pacer, Hasan Ali, completed his 50 T20I wickets as he picked up two wickets in the first T20I against West Indies. Hasan became the ninth Pakistani bowler to reach the landmark, the most for a single nation in T20Is. ALSO READ Curtly Ambrose Reveals How Pakistan is Similar to West Indies Team Hasan completed his 50 T20I wickets as he took the wicket of West Indian opener, Evin Lewis, in the third over of the innings. He then removed middle-order batsman, Shimron Hetmyer, as Pakistan reduced West Indies to 85/5 in their nine overs in a rain-affected encounter.…

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Airblue, one of Pakistan’s leading domestic airlines, was caught serving expired food items in-flight on Wednesday. The incident occurred on flight PA205 from Islamabad to Karachi, when a passenger noticed that the banana cake was expired for almost a month. ProPakistani is in possession of the information and photographic evidence of the food, which shows that it expired on 1 July 2021. ALSO READ Pakistan Airlifts More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses from China While speaking to ProPakistani, the passenger said, “I was shocked to see the expiry date on the cake. I called the crew [attendant] and informed her about the…

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Askari Bank Limited’s Board of Directors has appointed Atif Bokhari — a highly experienced and renowned official of the banking sector — to lead it to achieve new goals. According to the official notification issued to Pakistan Stock Exchange, Askari Bank has appointed Bokhari as the CEO and President, and he will take charge from 1 September 2021 for a period of three years. Bokhari is a career banker with 32 years of experience in domestic and international banking. He had served as the President and CEO of United Bank Limited for more than a decade, and during his tenure,…

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Easypaisa, Pakistan’s leading digital payments platform, has once again established itself as one of the country’s biggest brands by bagging seven accolades at the prestigious Effie Awards 2021. Easypaisa won 4 gold awards for its ‘Eidipaisa’ campaign in the categories of Seasonal Marketing, Topical Marketing, Marketing Disruptors and Finance categories, a gold, and silver award in the Finance category for its ‘Every Number is Welcome’ and the ‘Phatta Note’ campaign respectively, as well as a bronze award for the ‘Easypaisa Raahi’ series in the Marketing Disruptors category. Effie Awards are an affiliate program of the renowned Effie Worldwide, a platform…

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Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting to review progress on providing quality health services to the citizens through Health Cards. ALSO READ FBR Takes Steps For Ease Of Doing Business and Taxpayers Facilitation The meeting was given a detailed briefing on the provision of health cards in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the number of beneficiaries and the expenditure incurred on this program so far and the resulting relief to the people. The meeting was informed that through the Health Facility Card Program in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, millions of people have benefited. 210,200 patients were admitted in various public and private…

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The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), which is the collective body of the top 200 foreign investors in Pakistan, has released the results of its latest Annual Security survey 2021, covering feedback on the security environment in the commercial centers of Pakistan. The survey was conducted from 21 May to 21 June, and about two-thirds of the OICCI members have their head offices in Karachi with operations all over the country. According to the 2021 OICCI Survey, the overall security environment has improved more as compared to the security situation in mid-2020, especially in Lahore (according to 61…

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