Pakistan: Govt Announces Relief Package for Pensioners
The federal government has approved a relief package for employees retiring on or after July 1, 2025. Under this package, all federal pensioners will receive equal increases in their pensions.…
Seeds of the cosmos: How a Pakistani engineer sent wheat into space
The test tube carrying the Pakistan-origin wheat seeds was aboard the SpaceX Dragon Capsule, which was launched from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre on August 1. Space, as all Trekkies agree,…
Punjab Gets Pakistan’s First Tourism Highway
The Punjab government has completed construction of Lahore’s first dedicated tourism highway, the Wagah Heritage Corridor, on the instructions of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. The project is designed to…
Govt hails Hague court’s award saying India must ‘let flow’ waters of western rivers for Pakistan’s ‘unrestricted use’
The federal government on Monday welcomed the decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague to issue an “Award on Issues of General Interpretation of the Indus…
Two-wheeler electrification can help repay IMF, other loans
Conversion of 30% bikes to electric mode will save $5b over five years Pakistan is home to more than 27 million two-wheelers, making it the world’s fifth-largest market for motorcycles,…
NWTN, JW Corporation ink deal to assemble EVs in Pakistan
UAE-headquartered NWTN Inc. (Nasdaq: NWTN) has signed an Asset Contribution and Share Issuance Agreement with Pakistan’s JW Corporation, granting it exclusive rights to operate JW’s complete knock-down (CKD) automotive assembly…