BISE Lahore introduce payment, eliminating for students to visit bank.
This is about to change, as the BISE Lahore has finally announced that it has gone live on the HBL-1 Bill Solution to help students.
According to an official statement issued by BISE Lahore, students/parents can now make payments, including fee submission, through any bank application/branch counter by entering “1001145011” before the challan number. Parents and students, on the other hand, have applauded BISE Lahore’s decision, claiming that it will save them valuable time spent standing in long lines.
To help candidates, the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) integrated an e-payment facility into its job application portal earlier this year in July. Previously, aspirants had to go to their nearest National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) branch to pay fees for jobs advertised by the PPSC.
Meta unveils Instagram feature, including digital collectible trading.
Meta According to the company, users will soon be able to support content creators by purchasing their non-fungible tokens (NFTs) directly within Instagram. According to the company, the new features will be tested with a small group of creators in the United States before being expanded to other countries.
As it competes for talent with TikTok and others, Meta has been rolling out more features for users to make money on its social media apps at a time when influencers are bringing in advertising dollars to these platforms.
In tandem with this push, Meta announced that it was expanding access to Instagram subscriptions to all eligible creators in the United States in order to help them earn a more predictable income on the photo-sharing app.
It is also introducing gifts on Instagram, beginning with Reels, so that creators can earn money from their fan base in a new way. In addition, the company is launching a professional mode for Facebook profiles, allowing creators to build a public presence while maintaining their personal Facebook profile.
China to export 160 km/h high-speed rail tech to Pakistan, says CCTV.
46 railway cars, the first batch, loaded and will dispatch on November 3. According to the report, Pakistan will receive the components for another 184 carriages, which will then be put together, marking Pakistan from China will export the technology.
According to official media, China and Pakistan need to advance their economic corridor project more successfully and build out the Gwadar Sea Port’s infrastructure more quickly.
President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met earlier today and decided to strengthen their strategic collaboration, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The two leaders met in the People’s Great Hall of China and discussed broad economic and investment cooperation in addition to exchanging opinions on local and international trends.
Shehbaz and Xi also talked about how the two countries’ “all-weather strategic cooperation partnership” needs to further promote. In addition to meeting Premier Li Keqiang, he will probably also meet with Pakistani businesses and Chinese investors.
The Pakistani premier arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day official visit with the Chinese president to meet with Chinese officials, review their “all-weather strategic cooperation partnership,” and talk about local and international affairs.
The prime minister, who was leading a high-level group, warmly welcomed senior Chinese authorities when he arrived at the Beijing airport.
Following the momentous 20th National Congress of the Communist Party (CPC) of China, during which Xi Jinping chose as the new general secretary of the party, the premier is one of the first world leaders to travel to China.
Sindh govt cites PTI long march, flood duty, and COVID-19 vaccination.
On October 28, the ECP asked the Sindh government for a report on the viability of holding LG polls in the Karachi division, The provincial government informed the election body that “IG police has again communicated the shortage of police in Karachi Division as more human resources will be required to conduct the elections as per the scale of deployment of 8 and 4 personnel per most sensitive and sensitive polling stations respectively.”
The letter stated that “Police from other districts are still not available due to flood duty for at least three months.” The provincial administration informed the ECP that the IG Islamabad has been given access to 5,000 Sindh police officers to maintain peace and order during the PTI-long march.
According to the Sindh government, police also participated in the COVID-19 Pediatric Vaccination Comparison and the 11th International Defense Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS-2022).
A day earlier, the Sindh police informed the additional chief secretary that the Karachi Range had envisioned the deployment of 37,523 police officers, out of which 17760 had to be arranged from other Sindh police units and a reserve of 7150 was planned to be raised from auxiliaries to meet the shortfall in accordance with the scale provided by the Election Commission, but at the moment we can only muster 5012 police officers from all available resources.
“Police from local resources, but the huge manpower gap for Local Govt Elections phase 2 cannot be filled without the deployment of the police force from other Sindh districts” (police from other districts of Sindh are unavailable due to floods for at least 3 months).
Karachi needs 17,760 more police officers.
The Karachi police, however, believed that 4,995 voting locations would be set up during the upcoming local body elections in the city (1,307 designated as most sensitive and 3,688 as sensitive). There will be 25,208 police officers working these polling places in total.
“Election-related responsibilities will be performed by 19763 members of the Karachi police force. The proposed deployment will require an additional 17,760 police officers, the additional inspector general of Karachi police informed the IG Sindh.
Unidentified assailant targets, the kills KWSB employee in Karachi’s.
Furqan Akhtar, a KWSB employee, was shot and killed by unknown assailants in the Hub Reservoir Water Board Colony in the vicinity of Manghopir, according to information.
Furqan Akhtar was targeted, according to a statement from the police, as he descended from the hilltop KWSB water reservoir. The KWSB employee was stationed at Karachi’s water supply hub canal.
Furqan was killed by unidentified motorcycle riders who intercepted him while he was returning from the Board’s water filtration facility atop a hill, according to the police. For medical and legal procedures, the body has been moved by the police to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
In the meantime, the crime scene contained two 9mm shot casings, and according to the police, preliminary examination shows it was a targeted homicide. The fact that the victim’s motorcycle is also gone suggests that the murderers took it.
Two workers were shot dead last month when unknown persons opened fire on a fire station in Karachi‘s Korangi neighborhood close to Bilal Chowrangi.
Details indicate that two unknown males rushed the fire station and shot randomly, killing two employees and wounding one. The fourth employee, meantime, escaped the scene and preserved his life.
When two armed people stormed the premises, Mehboob was on guard duty while Zeeshan was on operator duty, according to an eyewitness who spoke to the media and went by the name Zeeshan.
The unidentified accused opened fire on the four employees after they had been collected up, instantly killing two of them. Amir and Mehboob have been named as the deceased.
In the meantime, Zeeshan, a fourth worker, and eyewitness were able to flee and hide in the workplace. At Jinnah Hospital, the injured and the deceased have been taken.
Fly Jinnah becomes Pak fourth domestic carrier, a new low-cost option.
Fly Jinnah, the nation’s new airline, made its debut flight from Karachi to Islamabad airport, where it was greeted with the customary salute from the water cannons.
At a nearby hotel, the airline had the first flight’s inaugural ceremony to officially launch its operations. Members of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, Air Arabia Group, and other organization’s attended the occasion.
According to Fly Jinnahs COO Arman Yahya, the airline would start with local service in the first year and add international service in the second.
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Flights will also stop at smaller airports, including the one in Skardu, according to Arman Yahya.
The airline now runs four flights to Quetta every week in addition to daily flights from Karachi to Islamabad, Lahore, and Peshawar using a fleet of three Airbus A320-200 aircraft.
Flight tickets start at Rs13,999, and customers are permit to check up to 10kg of luggage.
Iqbal Ali Lakhani, the airline’s chairman, remarked during the opening ceremony, “We are certain that Fly Jinnahs will give its consumers a convenient air travel alternative supported by a value-driven product and services.” He stated that the airline is looking forward to serving the needs of the Pakistani market and helping to expand Pakistan’s travel and tourist industry.
Fly Jinnah now operates alongside Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), AirBlue, Serene Air, and AirSial, among other Pakistani airlines.
Dr. Nafees assumes role as Executive Director of COMSATS Secretariat.
The visit of new Executive Director, COMSATS has been made by Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said a news release released here.
The Secretariat is permanently based in Islamabad. COMSATS being a business that is intergovernmental of developing countries is mandated to achieving Science and Technology led socio-economic development of the countries associated with the worldwide South.
Ambassador Zakaria is a seasoned servant that is civil of, who joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988. In his illustrious profession that is diplomatic he represented Pakistan as the High Commissioner towards the United Kingdom (2019-20), and Malaysia (2017-19).
He also served at various positions at pakistan’s missions which are foreign UAE, Indonesia, Thailand, the UK and Canada.
At the Ministry’s Headquarters in Islamabad the duties were performed by him as Additional Foreign Secretary/Spokesperson, Director General (South Asia and SAARC), as well as Director General (Europe). Most recently, after his your retirement from the Foreign Services of Pakistan, he served as Member of Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) of Pakistan (2020 – October 2022) november.
Ambassador Zakaria is additionally the receiver of honorary doctorate degree by the Forman Christian College, a university that is chartered of.
Amazon partnership to help KPK govt experiment with cloud technology.
The Khyber PakhtunkhwaIT Board just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Amazon Web Services Inc. today (AWS). The partnership aims to assist the KPK government in advancing the province’s digital development journey.
With this Amazon Web Services Memorandum of Understanding, the KP government will be able to better understand how cloud technology works and then apply it in various areas to improve efficiency, reliability, and security at a lower cost.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board will now take this program to various government agencies to identify processes that can be aided by the use of cloud computing. Once identified, the agencies will be given the proper training on how to use cloud technology to their advantage.
These government agencies will have access to world-class infrastructure and security capabilities thanks to AWS. This will also provide them with access to world-class services such as analytics, computing, database, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, mobile and storage services, and other cloud technologies.
The KP government is already making rapid progress toward a more citizen-friendly environment. They will now be able to provide a large number of new tech-related citizens services in a very short span of time.
Once trying to discuss the agreement, Atif Khan, KPK Minister for Science and Technology and Information Technology, stated that “cloud services will enable the KPITB and other Government departments to strengthen their existing IT infrastructure, as well as provide a sustainable long-term solution for keeping data on a secure and reliable platform.”
“We are excited to collaborate with KPITB, our first official engagement with a government agency in Pakistan, to drive transformative innovation for the country,” said Mr. Eric Conrad, ASEAN’s Worldwide Public Sector Regional Managing Director.
In response to the announcement, Malik Ibrar Hussain, President of the All Pakistan Private Schools and Colleges Association (APPSCA), has threatened to close all private schools and colleges in the province. According to the details, PPEIRA will be chair by the Education Minister. The authority will be made up of 11 people, including MPAs.
PPEIRA will have sub-committees in each of the province’s districts. The authority will oversee various aspects of private educational institutions, such as registration, teacher salaries, teacher education, buildings, facilities, and fees. Private educational institutes will be requires to seek PPEIRA approval for each new campus separately. It will also regularly monitor and inspect private schools and colleges. It will have access to all private educational institutes’ records.
Private educational institutions will also face legal consequences if they violate PPEIRA’s rules. They will face fines of up to Rs. 200,000 for rule violations, Rs. 10 million for harassment, and Rs. 20 million for negligence. They will be fine Rs. 25,000 per day until the complaints are resolve.
PPEIRA will have the authority to seal schools and colleges, file FIRs against their heads, imprison them for up to a year, collect fines through the Land Revenue Act, and take over control of schools and colleges.
Meanwhile, the President of the APPSCA has claimed that the provincial government finalised plans to establish PPEIRA without consulting relevant stakeholders, and has threatened to close private educational institutions as a protest.
LAHORE: Nation could Experience severe Gas shortage Issue this Winter.
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) sources advised users to get ready for the coming gas shortage crises. The gas utility sources stated that the country now produces 750 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of gas while importing 1000 MMcfd of RLNG.
“Gas demand started to rise, and the gap is predicted to climb to its maximum level,” according to insiders. While the supply of gas is only at 1700 MMcfd per day, demand has risen to 2500 MMcfd.
According to sources, the gas would likely be delivered to domestic customers in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa three times per day, but it will be challenging to supply gas to the industrial and commercial sectors.
According to sources, “the orders of imported LNGhave been stopped due to excessively expansive rates.”
The chambers of commerce told about the approaching gas crisis, according to a source at SNGPL.
According to sources in the petroleum division, the proposed start date for the execution of the gas load management plan is November 1. The idea will implement following Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister, giving his permission.
