As Meta and Twitter slash staff, TikTok plans to keep hiring
While much of Silicon Valley is grappling with hiring freezes and job cuts, at least one social media company is still planning to keep hiring TikTok. The short-form video app remains committed to its goal of hiring nearly 1,000 engineers at its Mountain View office, a person familiar with the matter. This specific hiring target is…
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Govt aims to facilitate business community: Dar
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said that present government aims to facilitate the business community and ease in doing business to keep the economy of the country at trajectory path. He said this while a meeting with a delegation of Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) headed by its Chairman Asim…
3-day “Pakistan Music Festival” concluded
A three-day “Pakistan Music Festival” organized by the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi Monday concluded with a splash of colors here. President of Arts Council Muhammad Ahmad Shah addressed the music fans and said that 226 artists from across the country have performed in this festival. He said that we are doing festivals in all…
Govt providing maximum facilitation, friendly environment to facilitate businesses in country: Dar
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said the present government was providing maximum facilitation and a friendly environment to facilitate businesses in Pakistan. He said this in a called on meeting with Chairman/Director Vitol, Christopher Bake along with CEO Hascol Aqeel Khan. Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Masood Malik, SAPM…
USAID-ERDA, agriculture department to provide wheat seed and fertilizer to flood-affected farmers
USAID’s Economic Recovery and Development Activity (USAID-ERDA) and Agriculture, Livestock, and Cooperative Department Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will provide 743 tons of certified wheat seed and 1,485 tons of fertilizer to 14,850 flood affected farmers from Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan, and Khyber Districts to ensure food security during current cropping season. USAID-ERDA provided 1,900 bags…
PSX gains 30.95 points
The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) gained 30.95 points, depicting a slight positive change of 0.07 percent, closing at 42761.19 against 42,730.24 points on the previous day. A total of 132,942,539 shares were traded during the day as compared to 189,283,798 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs4.579…
Skardu IT park, a step towards molding future of young generations
An Information and Technology Park established in Skardu by the Government of Gilgit Baltistan with the help of Special Communication Organisation would provide a springboard to the young generation, enabling them to surf through the modern-day tech requirements. Gilgit Baltistan Chief Secretary Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani told that GB’s landscape would be altered to bring it…
Petroleum import bill falls by 2.3% to $6.054 Billion in 4 months
The imports of overall petroleum group declined by 2.31 percent during the first four months of the current fiscal year (2022-23) as compared to the corresponding period of the last year. The total imports of the petroleum group during July-October (2022-23) stood at $ 6,054,093 million, as against the imports of $6,197,285 million last year….
Current Account Deficit shrinks 46pc to $2.8 billion in Jul-Oct
The current account deficit shrank by 46 percent to US$2.82 billion during four months (Jul-Oct) of current fiscal year as against the deficit of $5.3 billion recorded during same period of last year. Continuous decline in imports helped improve the CAD during first four months of FY23, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on its…
Two Pakistani teams win Huawei’s annual ICT competition
The Huawei ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Competition is an international annual competition that provides students with a platform to compete healthily and exchange ideas. Two teams from Pakistan participated in the Network Category of the Practice Competition and won prizes. “I graduated from the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), where Huawei has…