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Uber will add options for trains, buses, planes and car rentals

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 Uber will add options for trains, buses, planes and car rentals Uber seems ready to turn into a "super travel app". The company announced on Wednesday that it will present options for renting trains, buses, planes and cars in its British application this year. Jamie Heywood, Uber's Regional Director General for the United Kingdom, said in a statement that Uber intends to be the single point of contact for all your travel needs. He further said: With the Uber app, you can book rides, bikes, boat service, and scooters for years, so adding trains and buses is a natural step forward. However, Uber does not provide all these travel services itself. However, this platform will allow users to make reservations through software integrations and collaboration with airlines, bus and rail operators and car rental companies. According to the company, these new platform combinations will help improve application usage in the UK and compete with other competitors such as Bolt and Free...

The Supreme Court has ordered the Sindh government to lower the minimum wage

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 The Supreme Court has ordered the Sindh government to lower the minimum wage The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has suspended the Supreme Court of Sindh (SHC) and the Sindh government's decision on the minimum wage in the province. In a July announcement, the provincial government raised the minimum wage by Rs. 17,500 to Rs. 25,000 for uneducated, youth and adult workers in industrial / commercial facilities. The three-member bank, led by President Atou Bandial, ruled in a detailed decision that the Sindh government had violated its authority by issuing a statement last year. "Given the provisions of the law (Sindh Minimum Wages Act 2015) and the purpose behind it, we see that the government has gone beyond its powers to violate minimum wage council regulations and issue notices without legal authorization." Judge Syed Mansoor Ali Shah declared and revoked the SHC order approving the Sindh government's move. The Supreme Court said it was influenced by the provincial ...

The WHO is again lifting the polio bans in Pakistan

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 The WHO is again lifting the polio bans in Pakistan The World Health Organization (WHO) has renewed polio-related travel restrictions in Pakistan for another three months. The development comes after Pakistan was accused of transmitting the polio virus to Malawi, a small country in Southeast Africa. The World Public Health Agency banned the ban for the first time in 2014, when Pakistan has tried in the past to limit the spread of poliovirus. Since 2014, the WHO has extended the bans to every three months. According to the details, a three-year-old Malawian girl with a WPV1 poliovirus strain was diagnosed in November last year. The Crisis Committee on International Health Regulations for Polio (PIHR) has accused Pakistan of its analysis. This poliovirus strain was first found in inner Sindhu regions such as Thatta and Badin. She was later moved to Karachi before being completely lost in Pakistan. This particular variant of poliovirus has not been discovered in the country since 201...

Shafqat Mahmood inauguroval CoE of Modern Technology na NAVTTC

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 Shafqat Mahmood inauguroval CoE of Modern Technology na NAVTTC Federal Education and Training Minister Shafqat Mahmood inaugurated the Center for Excellence (CoE) in Modern Technology at the National Commission for Vocational and Technical Training (NAVTTC) in Islamabad on Friday. The center will provide training to head coaches and master coaches who will train young people in the modern technologies available. It will also pave the way for the involvement of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector in Pakistan in order to continuously improve the provision of training and assessment, career guidance and placement. At the opening ceremony, the Minister emphasized the need to set up more centers of interest to provide young people with the latest technological education. This is high demand internationally and in industry, he explained. The Minister said that the government gave the TVET sector the highest priority and Rs. 10 billion under the Kamyab Jawan...

Scientists have first discovered microplastics in human blood

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 Scientists have first discovered microplastics in human blood A recent study revealed microplastic contamination in human blood for the first time since then. According to research published in the journal International, researchers found traces of small particles in almost 80% of samples tested by a group of researchers from the Netherlands. The researchers examined blood samples from 22 unknown donors and found microplastics in 17 of them. Microplastics are small pieces of plastic 0.2 inch (5 mm) in diameter. The discovery is a major breakthrough because it shows that particles can travel in the human body and even live in organs. While the impact of these particles on our health is unknown, scientists fear growing levels of pollution around the world and also a growing number of deaths due to air pollution each year. Half of the receipts contained PET (polyethylene terephthalate), which is used to make disposable bottles. While polystyrene, which is widely used in food packagin...

Summary for a New Province Sent to Federal Cabinet

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 Summary for a New Province Sent to Federal Cabinet Amid political unrest in the country, the Department of Justice presented a summary to the federal cabinet to create a new province. According to the details, the ministry also prepared a draft law on the constitutional amendment entitled "Federal 26th Amendment 2022". The proposed amendment to the constitution seeks to create a new province consisting of three departments; Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan. The bill will be submitted to parliament after approval by the Cabinet. With the consent of parliament, a new province called "Southern Punjab" will be created. The province of South Punjab has 46 general and 10 reserve seats in the National Assembly, while its Provincial Assembly has 119 seats. Interestingly, the Punjab meeting did not adopt a resolution calling for the establishment of a new province, or the provincial ministry of law sent a similar summary to the provincial cabinet. It should be noted h...

Gree offers 10 years of peace with its special guarantee

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 Gree offers 10 years of peace with its special guarantee Gree is a global technology giant founded in 1991. It is a world leader in air conditioning and a major player in the fast-growing global consumer goods industry with a strong presence in 200 countries. As a pioneer in the global home appliances sector, Gree invests in research and development (R&D) to maintain a competitive industry and is committed to making life more beautiful for its customers. They strive to change and create new ways to help people live a good life and stay comfortable wherever they are. Gree offers a range of home appliances, including refrigerators, water dispensers, heaters and air purifiers, but has established itself as a giant in the air conditioning category. Gree has its premium and technologically advanced range of Fairy inverter air conditioners and a beautiful and efficient range of Pular inverters. They value reliability, so they have unrivaled on-site test systems and advanced manufact...

Punjab Offers Free Cancer Treatment on Sehat Card

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 Punjab Offers Free Cancer Treatment on Sehat Card Punjab Minister for Health Dr. Yasmin Rashid on Monday announced that Punjab’s cancer hospitals are being empaneled in Naya Pakistan Qaumi Sehat Card Program. The minister introduced this at the same time as chairing a meeting to review centers and services being supplied to cancer patients at the Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education (SH&ME). Special Secretary, Ajmal Bhatti, apprised the minister about steps taken in this regard, while professionals from the public and private hospitals shared their suggestions. During the meeting, the minister directed the officers to expedite work at the finalization of PC-1 of oncology centers in 9 divisions. “A contemporary centralized nerve middle is deliberate, and 12 cancer centers are being upgraded to govern cases and facilitate patients,” Dr. Yasmin stated. The minister added that special publications for most cancers technologists could be released and cancer medical pointers...

ACCA Pakistan Holds ‘Pakistan Leadership Conversation 2022’ to Discuss Key Drivers for Sustainable Growth

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 ACCA Pakistan Holds ‘Pakistan Leadership Conversation 2022’ to Discuss Key Drivers for Sustainable Growth ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Pakistan, in collaboration with SEED Ventures, successfully hosted the inaugural Islamabad chapter of its flagship conferences Pakistan Leadership Conversation (PLC 2022). The fourth version of PLC centered at the subject matter “Rethinking Our World: Sustainable Growth for Pakistan” and taken collectively leading policymakers, idea leaders, corporate influencers, academia, and enterprise operators for a talk focused on the electricity of digital, sustainability/ESG, ethics, and future-ready body of workers. Shaukat Tarin, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, become the Chief Guest and shared his thoughts on rethinking public economic control and the way the government lead the healing after the pandemic. He stated, “The COVID-19 health crisis fast was a global financial disaster. Pakistan suffered a massive loss d...

Samina Alvi Terms Women Empowerment Vital for Pakistan’s Economic Growth

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 Samina Alvi Terms Women Empowerment Vital for Pakistan’s Economic Growth Begum Samina Alvi, the spouse of President Dr. Arif Alvi, stated on Monday that the monetary empowerment of women turned into imperative now not simplest to help them aid their households but also to play a component within the u . S . A .’s improvement. Addressing the launching ceremony of a e-book titled, “one zero one Incredible Women CEOs of Pakistan”, she stated financially empowering girls might assist get rid of their experience of deprivation. She stated that girls, within the darkish ages earlier than Islam, had to face substantial discrimination, adding that nowadays’s women had been privy to their rights and responsibilities. Mentioning the historical function performed through the girls in the Pakistan Movement, Begum Samina Alvi stated Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had related the national improvement with the women gambling their position alongside the guys. She cited that women have been, as...

Pakistan’s First Petrochemical Symposium to be Held on Thursday

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 Pakistan’s First Petrochemical Symposium to be Held on Thursday Pakistan’s first petrochemical symposium is scheduled to take area on Thursday at a neighborhood hotel in Islamabad. It is being organized by means of the Corporate Pakistan Group and Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, with the help of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Board of Investment, Pakistan Business Council, and Pakistan Chemical Manufacturers Association. The idea behind the symposium is to start a communicate where Policymakers, corporate leaders can spotlight the importance of promoting funding to increase the petrochemical industry for mega industrialization in Pakistan The day’s schedule is filled with a panel of professionals, such as policymakers and company sector professionals, who will deliberate at the manner forward for the petrochemical enterprise and the way it is able to result in exponential economic increase for Pakistan. Kicking off the symposium, Board o...

PASSD Seeks Cabinet Approval for Ehsaas Tahafuz

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 PASSD Seeks Cabinet Approval for Ehsaas Tahafuz The Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division has sought Cabinet approval for Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditure Policy (Ehsaas Tahafuz). The coverage will cater best to catastrophic expenditure and targets beneficiaries which might be both now not included under current programs, or that have utilized their Sehat Sahulat Program (SSP) limits, or are in hospitals that aren't blanketed underneath SSP and affords insurance for all essential remedies (including outpatient). The summary moved to the cupboard, a duplicate of that is available with ProPakistani, said that the government has embraced regular health coverage as certainly one of its essential policy targets. This is in step with the government’s dedication to the United Nations’ sustainable developments dreams. To supply in this coverage objective the Sehat Sahulat Program was launched and is being upscaled. The SSP is creating a large contribution to guard humans from ...

PM Imran is Bearing All Expenses of Visits to Public Gatherings

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 PM Imran is Bearing All Expenses of Visits to Public Gatherings According to an professional document available with ProPakistani, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has issued a written statement pronouncing that the most reliable’s visit to celebration conferences could be paid for through the PM or the celebration itself. The assertion study, “In pursuance of Elections (Amendment) Ordinance 2022, the Prime Minister has been thrilled to determine that the Prime Minister/Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) shall for my part bear and reimburse the Government expenditure incurred on his visits for attending public conferences within the areas where election system may be underway”. “The actual expenditure incurred shall be calculated and intimated in order that the same will be deposited with the Government treasury,” it brought. Earlier, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) barred the Prime Minister from attending a PTI rally at Lower Dir. The federal body reviewed the Electoral C...

Rawalpindi to Get Dental College and Hospital This Year

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 Rawalpindi to Get Dental College and Hospital This Year The Punjab government has deliberate to construct a brand new dental college and health facility in Rawalpindi, Punjab Health Minister, Dr. Yasmin Rashid, has confirmed. Addressing a press conference in Lahore on Friday, Dr. Yasmin said that the selection has been taken at the unique directives of Chief Minister Punjab, Sardar Usman Buzdaar, to facilitate the residents. The Minister claimed that the development work of the dental college and sanatorium will start within the next few weeks and they will be inaugurated by way of CM Punjab earlier than the quit of 2022. When asked approximately the price of the dental university and medical institution, she found out that each centers could be built at a fee of Rs. 323 million. The college could be affiliated with Rawalpindi Medical University whilst the sanatorium could be controlled with the aid of the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education. Last month, the Punjab govern...

Education Ministry to Hold First-Ever Career Expo for Schools and Colleges

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 Education Ministry to Hold First-Ever Career Expo for Schools and Colleges The Federal Ministry for Education and Professional Training is ready to maintain a 3-day occasion in Islamabad for profession counseling of students. Named “Career Guide Expo 2022,” the event might be hung on eleven, 12, and 13 March at Pakistan China Friendship Center in Islamabad. It can be open to students of all public and personal colleges and faculties of the federal capital. During the occasion, students will be able to get one-on-one profession counseling sessions from famend educationists and enterprise specialists together with Director Education British Council, Dr. Nishat Riaz, and Secretary Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC), Dr. Ghulam Ali Mallah. In addition to this, the event will feature career guidance seminars, over two and a half of dozen neighborhood and global stalls, a e book honest, scholarships pavilion, thoughts exhibition, and food courtroom. According to an legitimate stat...

Senate Panel Approves Water and Hydropower Projects for FY23

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 Senate Panel Approves Water and Hydropower Projects for FY23 The twenty third assembly of the Standing Committee on Water Resources was held these days inside the Parliament House, Islamabad, beneath the Chairmanship of MNA Nawab Muhammad Yousaf Talpur. The committee become briefed approximately the proposed Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) of the Ministry of Water Resources for the financial yr 2022-2023. Secretary Ministry of Water Resources presented an outline on ongoing initiatives below PSDP 2021-22. The chair expressed concern approximately the non-final touch of ongoing initiatives. The committee encouraged the issuance of demanded allocation for the timely final touch of ongoing initiatives. The Ministry of Water Resources informed the committee that the closing date for the submission of proposals as according to the Budget Call letter is March 15, 2022. However, period in-between finances proposals from Water Sector and Hydropower Sector initiatives are received...

Eleven Women Who Made Pakistan Proud

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Eleven Women Who Made Pakistan Proud The first of its kind Women’s Day changed into observed on 28 February 1909 in New York to commemorate the primary anniversary of the strike discovered by way of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. Decades later in 1977, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 8 March because the official International Women’s Day. Since then, the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women are celebrated across the world on this day. It is widely known in different ways global, with some countries gazing a public holiday in this day. The subject matter for this 12 months’s International Women’s Day is ‘Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow.’ In view of this day, ProPakistani has highlighted 11 Pakistani ladies who broke all stereotypical boundaries and made the country proud. Dr. Sania Nishtar Dr. Sania Nishtar is the Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety and he or s...

CDA Approves Building Plans For Multiple Sectors in Islamabad

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 CDA Approves Building Plans For Multiple Sectors in Islamabad An vital meeting of the Design Waiting Committee of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) was held on Friday at the CDA Facilitation Center. Officers of the Planning Wing and representatives of different involved formations participated inside the meeting. Building plans of various business homes in Islamabad were provided for approval inside the assembly. The meeting tested the papers of 6 business plots. According to details, the constructing plan of Plot No. 39 and 40, D-Markaz of Gulberg Residencia located in Zone Five of Islamabad became authorized. Similarly, a building plan for a plot in Sector A of the Zaraj House Scheme placed in Zone Five became also authorized. The constructing plan became additionally accredited after a radical scrutiny of Plot No. 20, Plot No. 27, and 29 in Gulberg Green Business Park in Zone Four of Islamabad. Later, a constructing plan turned into also accepted for the construction of a...

Balochistan Government inaugurated the province’s first women police station on Friday.

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 Balochistan Government inaugurated the province’s first women police station on Friday. Balochistan Government inaugurated the province’s first girls police station on Friday. The development comes simply days before the sector, including Pakistan, prepares to rejoice International Women’s Day on 8 March. According to info, Inspector General Police (IGP) Balochistan, Mohsin Hassan Butt, inaugurated the police station constructed in Quetta at the side of other officers and contributors of civil society. Addressing the event, IGP Balochistan said that the province has a traditional environment and the establishment of a separate women’s police station is consistent with it. Women can go to the police station to sign in their lawsuits with none strain and in a peaceful environment. From Front Desk Officers (FDOs) to Station House Officer (SHO), each staff member of the police station could be a girl. The province’s first police station for women will solve the troubles of ladies unde...

Pakistan Air Force to Recieve First Batch of Chinese J-10C Fighter Jets This Month

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 Pakistan Air Force to Recieve First Batch of Chinese J-10C Fighter Jets This Month Federal Minister for Interior, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, has introduced that the Pakistan Day parade on 23 March will characteristic a fly-past with the aid of Chinese Chengdu J-10 (J-10C) fighter jets. “The fly-past ceremony of J-10C is being held for the first time in Pakistan,” Rashid informed reporters in Islamabad. “This is our reaction to [India’s] Rafale,” he said, regarding arch-rival India’s purchase of French-made Rafale fight jets. In 2016, India signed a deal to shop for 36 Rafale fighter jets from France for round $eight.7 billion. It become India’s first most important acquisition of fight planes in two many years. It is pertinent to say right here that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will soon acquire the first batch of Chengdu J-10C semi-stealth 4.Five-gen advanced multirole fighter jets from China this month. According to the Interior Minister, PAF will receive the primary batch of 25 J-10C fig...