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Umar Saif, who has been the former chairman of the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and the former vice-chancellor of the Information Technology University, showed the sad state of the education reforms in Pakistan. Saif took to Twitter to reveal that the land allocated in 2013 was to make the …

Asim Azhar dropped his latest track, Habibi, on Monday and it’s as cheesy as it sounds. The song has so far garnered over 2 million views on YouTube and has all Asim Azhar fans going gaga. But that’s not all, the catchy ballad has also caught the attention of Indian …

Saudi Arabia says it will open its airspace to all air carriers, paving the way for more overflights to and from Israel – a further sign that relations between the two countries are warming. The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said on Thursday the country’s airspace was now …

A representational image. — AFP/File Finance minister says summary has been sent back to the Ministry of Petroleum for some amendments. ECC partially approved hike in gas tariff for different slabs ranging from 43 to 353%. Marriyum Aurangzeb confirms federal cabinet did not give its nod on increasing gas tariff …

Representational image of economic crisis — Canva/file @warchiwaroficial The South Asian nation Sri Lanka defaulted in May 2022 for the first time on its debt. Its government was given an ultimatum of 30 days to cover $78 million in unpaid interest, however, it failed to do so. This raises an …

Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, announced on Twitter and in a blog post that he plans to transfer $20 billion of his personal wealth into the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s endowment this month. Gates has also vowed to give away all his wealth and be off the list of the …

Olympian Javelin Thrower Arshad Nadeem has reached America to participate in World Athletics Championship. The championship is scheduled from July 15 to 24 in Oregon, America. Pakistan’s Arshad will participate in the qualifying round of the Javelin Throw event on July 21.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday slashed the price of petrol by Rs18.50 per litre in order to provide maximum relief to the consumers. The new price of petrol is now Rs 230 per litre.

A joint report prepared by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) showed that women in healthcare earned 24% less than men. The general pay gap in the healthcare sector was 20% but when factors like age, education, and working time were considered, the difference was …

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is working on a new feature that may allow users to post voice notes on their status updates. According to WABetaInfo, this feature is under development so it is not ready to be released to beta users. “WhatsApp is planning to extend the functionality of status …