KARACHI, DEC 23 (DNA) – An Islamabad-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft developed a technical fault moments before takeoff from the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi on Wednesday. The national flag carrier’s PK-368 flight had to return to the airport’s terminal from a takeoff point after the pilot of the aircraft reported a technical fault. The flight that was scheduled to depart from Karachi airport at 1pm will now take off at 4pm. The passengers abroad the plane have been shifted back to the airport lounge. Last month, a Karachi-bound flight wasRead More

KARACHI, DEC 23 (DNA) – Pak Sarzameen Party Chairman Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday slammed the federal cabinet’s decision to approve the controversial 6th national census-2017. He lashed out at MQM which is in the federal cabinet for accepting the cabinet decision by signing a worthless dissent note, MQM had run its entire election campaign on 7 million missing people of Karachi, Knowing that the dissenting note never affects any decision of the cabinet, has not only acknowledged the decision of the census by submitting a mere dissenting note but became part of decesion.Read More

MARDAN, DEC 23 (DNA) – Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday claimed that a “sea of people” will march towards Islamabad on his call. Addressing a public gathering under the banner of PDM in Islamabad, Fazlur Rehman said,” the sea of people will conqueror the federal capital.” Lashing out at the incumbent government, the PDM leader said that they have no right to rule the nation. Fazlur Rehman said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced to hold him accountable. He also criticized the PTI-ledRead More

ISLAMABAD, DEC 23 (DNA) – The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), in pursuance of its reforms agenda to support and encourage Fintech revolution in the country, has granted approval for launch of Pakistan’s first Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending Platform. Finja, venture capital backed fintech secured the approval under the first cohort of SECP’s Regulatory Sandbox. To highlight the impact of P2P lending and potential of technology for efficient credit disbursement and expanding financial inclusion, Finja organized an exclusive event here on Wednesday. The Chairman SECP, Aamir Khan was the Chief Guest. SpeakingRead More

KARACHI, DEC 23 (DNA) – Sindh recorded as many as 918 new cases of the coronavirus and 40 more fatalities overnight, taking the provincial tally of infections to 207,407 and deaths to 3,419. According to a statement issued from the CM house, a total of 11,643 samples were tested, out of which 918 turned out to be positive. 807 patients recovered over the past 24 hours, taking the number of recoveries to 184,999 patients. He said 18,989 patients are under treatment at present, 18,159 of whom are in home isolation, 13Read More