CALIFORNIA: The world’s most popular messaging service is pushing more aggressively into customer service features, including a pay-to-message option for businesses, and says it’s focusing on enterprise tools, not advertising. WhatsApp paused plans for targeted advertising late last year, surprising those who thought it would follow in line with its parent company. “Our focus has been on the business messaging products,”…
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On steep, jagged, dirt roads in Balochistan, a fleet of beat down Honda motorcycles make a treacherous trek across the unmanned and largely ignored border between Iran and Pakistan. From afar, to people sitting in Lahore or Karachi, these bikers with large blue drums attached on either side of their bikes might look like milkmen going above and beyond in…
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KARACHI: Engro Corporation reported a 50% increase in profit that reached Rs15.5 billion in the quarter ended September 30, 2020. According to a notice sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Friday, the company had registered a profit of Rs10.3 billion in the corresponding quarter of previous year. Earnings per share (EPS) of the company came in at Rs16.12 for…
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ISLAMABAD: The cabinet has allowed the Ministry of Industries and Production to give additional roles to government officers for vacant posts of CEO or managing director of stateowned enterprises (SOEs) until the appointment of new heads. The permission was given in relation to those SOEs that had either been merged, made autonomous or were being privatised. During discussion in a…
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KARACHI: A court of law has barred Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) from hiring new workforce, mostly on officer’s positions, after existing employees approached the court to get overdue promotions which have been on hold for several years. “The defendants (SSGC’s higher management) are directed to act strictly in accordance with the employment policy and no recruitment shall be made…
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KARACHI: Commercial power production dropped to 13,104 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in September 2020 as industrial and residential consumers continued to switch over to cheaper options like generating their own electricity from solar and gas-fired plants to avoid comparatively expensive electricity from the national grid system. Power production dropped 10.5% in September compared to August 2020 and decreased almost 4% compared to…
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The federal government is ready to make the amendments that the Sindh government wants in the Pakistan Island Development Authority Ordinance, said Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Javed Khan on Thursday. Speaking to the media outside the Sindh High Court (SHC) after appearing before a bench hearing a plea about the ordinance, the attorney general said the issue cannot be…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to conduct prior environmental studies and ensure conservation of natural resources before launching development work on islands. Chairing a meeting to review progress on Pakistan islands and Ravi Riverfront Urban Development projects, the prime minister emphasised that the development activity in the two projects would bring in huge investments for…
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آرڈیننس کے خلاف مزید شہریوں نے درخواستیں دائر کردیں ٹارنی جنرل خالد جاوید اور دیگر پیش سمندر میں 12 نائٹکل مائل کے بعد وفاقی حدود شروع ہوتے ہیں ، جبران ناصر وکیل درخواست گزار تعمیراتی کام سے مینگروز کو بری طرح نقصان پہنچے گا،وکیل درخواست عدالتی نوٹس کے اجرا کے بعد وفاق نے مزید دو اشتہارات جاری کردیئے ، ایڈوکیٹ…
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The US and Canadian governments have been desperate to build new pipelines to ferry oil and gas from offshore developments for decades and at every twist and turn they have been met by legal challenges and protests thwarting their plans. We map out the development of some key oil and gas pipelines on the continent. Used to transport liquids and…
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