Sharjeel says women-only bus ser vice from Feb 1

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The Transport Department Sindh has taken an important initiative and decided to launch Pink People s Bus Service reserved for women The new bus service is being launched keeping in view the commuting problems of working women particularly

The decision to this effect has been taken in a meeting chaired by Information Transport & Mass Transit Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon at his resident due to his health reasons

Provincial Minister announced that Pink People's Bus Service will be launched from February 1, and added that Model Colony, Shahrah-e-Faisal, to

FBR chairman appreciates Customs ’ contribution to economic growth

Mr Asim Ahmad Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has appreciated the role and contribution of Pakistan Customs towards the development of national economy in areas of revenue collection, prevention of smuggling, protection of local industry and enforcement of safe goods for public health He said this while addressing an elegant ceremony held to celebrate the International Customs Day-2023 at Custom House, Peshawar on Thursday which was also attended by Mr Mohammad Saleem, Chief Collector Customs (KP), Mr Faiz Ahmed Chadhar, Director General Intelligence & Investigation Customs Mr Aqeel Ahmad Siddiqui Chief Commissioner RTO Peshawar, Mr Ejaz Khan, CCPO Peshawar, Collector, Collectorate of Customs (Enforcement) Peshawar, Dr Moin-Ud-Din Ahmad Wani, diplomats, officers of the Collectorates/Directorates of all field formations of KP Customs Clearing Agents and representatives from trade bodies and media Proceedings of the day began with laying of floral wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada at Custom House, Peshawar followed by Guard of Honor Addressing the ceremony, the Chief Guest, Chairman FBR deliberated upon this year’s World Customs Organisation’s theme i e “Nurturing the Next Generation: Promoting a Culture of KnowledgeSharing and Professional Pride in Customs p r

D r S hahida Wizarat ’s book on ‘Alternative to IMF and O ther O ut of Box S olutions ’ launched

Islamabad: The book launch ceremony of “Alternative to the IMF and Other Out of the Box Solutions by Dr Shahida Wizarat was held on Thursday, January 26, 2023 Mr Bashir Janmohammad, Chancellor IoBM was the honorary Chief Guest at the occasion He was accompanied by some distinguished speakers including Ambassador (Retired) Syed Hasan Javed, Pakistan's Former Ambassador to Germany, Singapore and Mauritius; Engineer Abdul Jabbar, VP FPCCI; and Mr Azhar Jamil, Chairman Citizens Alliance and Qaumi Mahaz-e-Azadi During his welcome address, Mr Talib Karim, President IoBM said that the IMF has been in the news, particularly with regard to Pakistan’s economy He urged the need to develop a short-term strategy on how to repay debts that Pakistan owes I hope that the right people will read this book and implement the ideas presented,” he added Expressing his opinion on the facts and perspectives provided in the book, Ambassador Hasan Javed said, This book is a remarkable addition to the literature available on this subject p r

Tower route has been selected for the first route of Pink People's Bus Service He said that Pink Bus service will operate every 20 minutes in morning and evening during office hours, while it will operate after every hour during normal hours

The provincial minister said that after launch of orange, red and white bus service in Karachi, now pink bus service is being started for women only He said that Pakistan People s Party is moving fast towards fulfilling its promises made with the people of Karachi The meeting also reviewed the operations of People's Bus Service in Sukkur, Larkana, Hyderabad and the launch of remaining Routes including route No 4 5 6 and 7 in Karachi

The provincial minister directed that the opera- tions of the People s Bus Service should be started in Sukkur by January 29

He also directed the Managing Director Sindh Mass Transit Authority to visit the remaining routes of the People s Bus Service in Karachi and inspect the ongoing repair work of the routes

He said that operations of people s bus service bus should be started on routes 4 5 6 and 7 of Karachi as soon as possible, so that more and more citizens of Karachi should have access to modern public transport facility

Secretary Transport Abdul Haleem Sheikh, Managing Director Sindh Mass Transit Authority Zubair Chana Operations Manager NRTC Abdul Shakoor attended the meeting

AKU in collaboration with S indh Govt conduc ts training of doc tors under PLSP

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Aga Khan University, today, completed a 2-day training session of over 90 doctors from across 30 districts of Sindh, on life saving interventions, including CPR and Bleeding Control

The training was conducted under the ambit of the Pakistan Life Savers Programme (PLSP) hosted in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Government of Sindh, who identified and nominated the participating doctors for the programme

The training conducted by the PLSP Secretariat based at AKU’s Centre of Excellence for Trauma and Emergencies (CETE) was designed to equip the participants with essential skills that will help them to effectively train community members in life-saving skills The participating doctors will now be tasked with disseminating the information further and implementing the programme, particularly in educational institutions across the province of Sindh Established in 2020, the Pakistan Life Savers Programme is a collaboration between leading healthcare organizations and the Government of Sindh, with a vision to empower the youth with life-saving skills The collaborative effort aims to train 10 million citizens over its course of efforts

To mark the completion of the 2-day training session, AKU hosted a private ceremony with the participating doctors and dignitaries from the Government of Sindh Those attending included the Honorable Minister of Health Dr Azra Pechuho, Parliamentary Secretary of Health, Mr Qasim Siraj Soomro, and Director General of Health Services, Dr Jumman Bahoto The chief guest of the event, the Honourable Minister of Health Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho stated "Through an MOU with the AKU s Pakistan Life Savers Programme and with help from PLSP's Master Trainers, we will prepare a force of trainers from the Health Department Government of Sindh These trainers will then go on and train the people of Sindh in life-saving skills districtwise " Assuring full support for the programme, the Minister continued, "We will also be proposing budgetary allocation for the dispensing of life-saving skills in our upcoming budget and will try our best to enforce bystander protection laws"

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The Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the federal government the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to inform it of the progress made in removing online defamatory content against actresses Mehwish Hayat and Kubra Khan T h e a c t r e s s e s h a d m o v e d t h e c o u r t a g a i n s t a s l a n d e r o u s s o c i a l media campaign motivated by ins i n u a t i o n s m a d e b y a m i l i t a r y critic who apparently accused actors Sajal Ali, Khan, and Hayat of being used as “honey traps” by the top brass of the Pakistan Army Adil Raja earlier this month claimed in a YouTube video that some of the nation’s female actors were used by the military to trap politicians He didn’t name any actors but he ended up revealing the actors’ initials Soon after the video went viral social media users were quick to make assumptions that the actors in question are Ali, Khan, and Hayat

During the hearing on Thursday the court inquired about the progress made in removing the said content Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto asked:

“The court had issued directives for the removal of content, has [the content] been removed?

The federal government, FIA, and PTA officials submitted their replies to the pleas The government’s lawyer maintained that Hayat’s statement has been recorded while Khan s statement has yet to be recorded pr

Zohaib Khan, Chairman of Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) has expressed his profound concerns that despite being fully-backed by the prime minister the IT export growth initiatives are not being supported by State Bank and FBR

He added that the seriousness of the Prime Minister lies in the fact that he himself is heading the high-level committee on the country's digital economy and has made Chairman P@SHA part of it Zohaib Khan stated that PM, on

SBP & FBR disconnec ted from PM's IT Vision Zohaib K han: C hairman P@SHA Court orders government to remove online

P@SHA’s request, had advised SBP to ensure commercial banks allow 35 percent retention of foreign currency into s p e c i a l f o r e i g n c u r r e n c y a c c o u n t s (FCYs) This facility was made mandat o r y f o r t h e b a n k s t o r e m o v e a n y d i sc r e t i o n e x e r c i s e d b y t h e b a n k s ; however, commercial banks have made the facility mandatory for the companies as well even if companies do not wish to retain forex

This has created panic in the industry once again about the uncertainty of policy and its implementation