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ISLAMABAD: To improve and ensure transparency in the capital formation process, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SECP) of Pakistan has recommended amendments to the Companies (Issuing Additional Shares) Regulation 2020. Regulators proposed new modes and mechanisms through their conceptual documents, suggesting companies adopt an enhanced public-based scheme for issuance of rights shares by publicly traded … Read more

NEW YORK: Elon Musk closed a $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter Inc on Monday in a deal that will transform the world’s richest person in control of a social media platform of millions of users and global leaders. An important moment for the 16-year-old company that has emerged as one of the world’s most … Read more

Pakistan begins another tough Kharif season. Sindh and Punjab debate their share in this water scarcity, especially with water scarcity at the beginning of the season, shooting more than 30% and risking rising to higher levels as the river’s flow decreases as the temperature rises. are doing it Statistical reality presents a grim picture. Pakistan … Read more

NEW DELHI: Indian bowler Yuzvendra Chahal says he was hung from a 15th-floor hotel balcony by a drunk fellow player in the 2013 Indian Premier League. The incident occurred at a gathering where Leg Spinner, who competed in 61 one-day international matches in India, was part of the Mumbai Indians franchise. Chahal previously claimed in … Read more

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has asked YouTube to review YouTube’s decision to block a TV channel run by the late Dr. Israr Ahmed’s foundation on allegations of hate speech. “The unilateral closure of the channel of prominent Islamic scholar Dr Israr Ahmed raises questions about the arbitrary limits of online expression,” the PTA said … Read more

Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), reached its highest level since January 22. Inflation in January was recorded at 13pc and February 2020 recorded the second-highest increase of 12.4pc. Islamabad: Consumer goods prices rose slightly to 12.7% from 12.2% in March, driven by higher prices for perishables, according to data from the … Read more

GOMA: UN investigators said on Wednesday that they did not rule out any route from their investigation into the death of eight UN peacekeepers in a helicopter crash in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, but one lead was the “shining object” that caused the incident. Six Pakistanis, one Russian and one Serb were killed … Read more

Lahore: Afghanistan has so far collected 10,700 tonnes of wheat from India and used Pakistani territory through Lahore’s Wagga border. According to official sources, the remaining 39,300 tonnes are expected to be collected from Afghanistan by the end of next month as a result of humanitarian aid. “Five Afghan trucks collected wheat cargo from Atari … Read more