Category Pakistan

Punjab Bike Scheme 2024

Balloting date announced for Punjab Bike Scheme 2024

The Punjab government on Wednesday announced the election schedule for the Punjab Race Plan 2024. Provincial Transport Minister Bilal Akbar Khan chaired a meeting to review the progress of the scheme aimed at providing 20,000 bicycles to deserving students. The…

Passport issuance fees

Passport issuance fees see significant increase

The passport authority has revised the fees for the expedited passport category with a significant hike from May 8. According to recent reports, the fee for a 36-page Machine Readable (MR) passport with a five-year validity has increased to $12,500.…

LUMS

LUMS Hosts 2nd Symposium on Battery Electric Vehicles in Pakistan

Islamabad: LUMS Pakistan organized the 2nd Symposium on Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) in Pakistan in association with Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC). This year’s symposium, ‘Accelerating the Electrification Transition in Pakistan’, brought…

Abdul Aleem Khan

Abdul Aleem Khan inspects landslide damage in Skardu

The Federal Minister of Communications, Privatization and Investment Board Abdul Aleem Khan visited Skardu on Monday and inspected the damage caused by landslides on the main highway connecting Gilgit and Skardu. He reviewed the current situation with the Director General…