Urban air pollution is a major and longstanding problem across Pakistan, as it's ranking stands third worldwide out of 118 nations for worst air quality in 2021, according to IQAir, a Swiss pollution technology company. Also read: KDA tells nursery owners to pay upYet environmental and urban experts have questioned whether the small number of electric buses will have a significant impact, and called for a much wider and more meaningful transport overhaul. But air pollution remains one of the country’s main environmental concerns, with at least 40% of dirty air in Pakistan produced by vehicles, the country’s climate change ministry has said. In November 2019, the government set a target to bring a half million electric motorcycles and rickshaws, along with more than 100,000 electric cars, buses and trucks, into the transportation system within five years. Shaikh, the transport secretary, acknowledged that the 150 new electric buses would not do much to reduce air pollution in isolation, but pointed to the bio-methane vehicles and also highlighted the 29 traditional bus routes covering the city.

In view of these concerns, the additional chief secretary (Home), imposed the ban on all political gatherings and rallies in Lahore in exercise of powers under Section 144 (6). The ban on political rallies came despite the start of the Punjab Assembly election process. Earlier on Wednesday, the same day when election schedule was announced, Section 144 was imposed in Lahore, banning all kinds of public assemblies. According to a senior government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the power to impose the ban on rallies under Section 144 rested only with the district administration. He explained that Section 144 (6) under which those powers were being used, only allowed the provincial government to extend the ban, and not to impose it.

Beyond the long-term challenge of tackling climate change, Pakistan is facing an overwhelming list of immediate challenges. Whether — and how — rich countries should help poorer nations cope with such destruction remains an open question. Researchers at the Basque Centre for Climate Change have estimated that developing countries could suffer losses of $580 billion in 2030. At the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, Pakistan’s climate change minister, Sherry Rehman, warned of “recovery traps”. Crisis after crisisEven before the floods, Pakistan was already in crisis.

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In gross, the government is targeting to borrow almost Rs7 trillion from commercial banks in the next three months. The government plans to raise the funds by auctioning debt securities like T-bills and Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) to commercial banks. Earlier, they planned to directly borrow from commercial banks without going into competitive bidding for the sovereign debt instruments to get the required growing funds in a speedy way. At the same time, it will return around Rs5.5 trillion to banks against maturing debt in the three months. Apart from that, it has targeted raising another Rs1.02 trillion by selling two to 10-year PIBs to commercial banks in the period.

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SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) logo is seen through broken glass in this illustration taken March 10, 2023. California banking regulators closed the bank, which did business as Silicon Valley Bank, on Friday and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver for later disposition of its assets. Silicon Valley Bank's failure is the largest since Washington Mutual went bust in 2008, a hallmark event that triggered a financial crisis that hobbled the economy for years. The FDIC is racing to find another bank over the weekend that is willing to merge with Silicon Valley Bank, according to people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity because the details are confidential. It's unclear if any buyer will step up to buy these assets without SVB Financial having filed for bankruptcy first.

FAISALABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) Senior Vice President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz has said the nation will never forgive former chief justice Saqib Nisar and other members of the bench who convicted Nawaz Sharif illegally in the Panama Papers scam. She said Nawaz Sharif had left his decision to Allah and today all the characters of the conspiracy hatched against him are being exposed one by one. She revealed that Nawaz Sharif had been poisoned in jail. She added that to-date in the history of Pakistan, no watch thief had become the prime minister, but this watch thief was also a money-launderer. On the other hand, Nawaz Sharif had become a shield in front of his party workers by courting arrest, along with his daughter,” Maryam added.

Punjab Inspector General Dr Usman Anwar on Saturday rejected allegations by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that the provincial administration was responsible for the murder of party worker Ali Bilal, saying the death was ‘accident case’ and ‘unfortunately misinterpreted’. The PTI had claimed that party worker Ali Bilal died of police violence and torture after personnel launched a crackdown on party workers and supporters protesting near PTI chief Imran Khan's Zaman Town residence. Naqvi stated that his administration was not involved in the incident and that the PTI should refrain from levelling “baseless allegations”. Naqvi categorically denied claims of instructing the Punjab police to act against PTI workers and added that the Punjab IGP would personally visit Ali Bilal’s father and the Punjab government would provide financial assistance to the victim’s heirs. Naqvi deplored former health minister and PTI leader Yasmin Rashid's press conference which targeted police and the administration despite knowing the "facts of the event".

Share:LAHORE - Closing ceremony of three-week 108th ITPP International Train­ing Program in Perfor­mance Auditing was held at Grand Emperor Hall, Nishat Hospitality Lahore. Additional Audi­tor General of Pakistan Syed Sajjad Haider was the chief guest. Three weeks International Training Program in Performance Auditing (108-ITP) was orga­nized by the Directorate General Performance Audit Wing, Lahore from 20th February 2023 to 10th March 2023. 12 senior audit managers from Uganda and Paki­stan participated.

In his address to the nation on Friday, PTI Chairman said that time was ripe to stand against the ‘crooked’ rulers imposed on the nation through conspiracy. The ones who tortured Ali Bilal, our Zille Shah, to death are worse than animals. pic.twitter.com/0AS1QRddnH — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 10, 2023“When Man, God’s greatest creation, falls, he descends below animals even. The ones who tortured Ali Bilal, our Zille Shah, to death are worse than animals. He condemned the arrest of Bol TV Co-Chairman Shoaib Shaikh and he was being targeted for giving coverage to Imran Khan and PTI.

Pakistani cricketer Muneeba Ali speaks to Geo News during an interview in Islamabad on March 9, 2023. “No doubt that there’s a difference between Pakistan and top nations in women's cricket. Muneeba added that Women's League will be a great addition and a step in the absolutely right direction to promote women's cricket in the country. She hoped that the Women's League will be able to produce the same results as PSL did for men’s cricket. “It will also help people realize that women can also opt for cricket as a profession,” Muneeba concluded.

A man walks past the International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo at its headquarters in Washington, US, May 10, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILECentral bank Governor Jameel Ahmad said on Wednesday that staff-level agreement (SLA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was “close to finalisation” but shied away from giving a date amid his forecast of a reduction in non-debt creating inflows. The current account deficit (CAD) projection that he gave for this fiscal year, however, was still out of line with the IMF’s forecast. The CAD has remained $3.8 billion during the first seven months of the current fiscal year – down by 68%. Taking a jibe at the governor, PTI Senator Mohsin Aziz said that the SBP governor should be given a certificate of honour for shattering the economy to reduce the CAD.

This means education has in fact become a priority without discrimination for all races and socio-economic classes over the past several decades. Although mankind has been able to invent and incorporate technology of great utility to the education sector, there was no framework in place to effectively facilitate education beyond a physical classroom setting. Following COVID-19, academics and relevant education sector stakeholders recognized the potential of fulfilling the basic right of education regardless of physical circumstances. Not everyone is able to afford private education, and often public schools in developing countries lack the resources to provide a quality education to its learners. Consequently, it will become easier to implement education provision policies due to adoption of affordable and flexible E-learning.

Share:ISLAMABAD-Pakistan has adequate stocks of petrol and high speed diesel which are sufficient for 21 days and 36 days respectively, official documents revealed. According to the national oil supply chains, the documents revealed that there is six days cover of petrol (berth+offport), the documents added. Days cover for enroute/laycans+ refinery is 28 days for petrol, 34 days of HSD, 44 days for furnace oil and 24 days for JP-1oil. Regarding the crude oil stocks, the documents revealed that days cover with refinery is 7 days, whiledDays cover for enroute/laycans+ refinery is 19 days. Similarly, 600,800MT of petrol, 386,300 MT of high speed diesel and 20,000 MT of JP-1 are planned for the March imports as per PRM, the documents revealed.