Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
Roshan Digital Account
Sarmad Sohail Khan Roshan Digital account is State Bank of Pakistan’s initiative in collaboration with the commercial banks in Pakistan. The RDA aims to provide innovative banking systems for millions of Nonresident Pakistanis (NRPs) seeking to undertake the payment, banking and the investment in Pakistan For the first time in the history of Pakistan. NRPs are being provided with the opportunity to remotely open a digital account in Pakistan through an entirely digital and online process without the need to visit the bank branch. The Roshan Digital Account changes theRead More
PM Imran Khan to visit Mohmand Dam, review progress
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit the Mohmand Dam site on Wednesday and review its construction progress. The construction of the project began in May 2019 and has been ongoing despite the coronavirus pandemic. The dam is being built on Swat River to prevent flooding. This multipurpose dam costing Rs309.6 billion will have a height of 213m. It will have a water storage capacity of 1.293 million acre-feet and help generate 800 megawatts of electricity. Once completed, the Mohmand Dam will bring in benefits worth approximately Rs51 billion inRead More
UN General Assembly unanimously supports initiative of the President of Uzbekistan regarding development of the Aral Sea Region
Measures to solve problems associated with the consequences of the drying up of the Aral Sea are outlined as the most important priorities, gaining great urgency and relevance in the context of global climate change and worsening environmental disasters. Over the past years, under the leadership of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, comprehensive measures of unprecedented scale and significance have been carried out in the field of solving environmental problems. Measures to solve problems associated with the consequences of the drying up of the Aral Sea are outlined asRead More