ISLAMABAD: December 29 –
Caretaker Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Dr. Umar Saif chairing briefing at PTA headquarters
ISLAMABAD: December 29 –
Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari showering flowers at the grave of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh
LARKANA: December 29 –
LARKANA: December 29 – Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari offering Dua at the grave of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh. APP/NAS/ABB/ZID
FO spox confirms India’s request to extradite Hafiz Saeed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29 (APP): Pakistan has received a request from the Indian authorities, seeking extradition of Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, the Foreign Office spokesperson said Friday.
Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch stated this in response to media queries regarding India’s request to extradite Hafiz Saeed.
The spokesperson said the request had been made by India in a so-called money laundering case.
“It is pertinent to note that no bilateral extradition treaty exists between Pakistan and India,” she said.
A vendor selling and displaying warm clothes at his shop
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A view of commuters traveling through fog
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Banks to remain closed for public dealing on Monday: SBP
KARACHI, Dec 29 (APP): All the banks and financial institutions will observe holiday on Monday and remain closed for public dealing.
“The State Bank of Pakistan will remain closed for public dealing on Monday, January 01, 2024, which will be observed as bank holiday,” an SBP press release said on Friday.
“All banks, development finance institutions (DFIs), micro finance banks (MFBs) shall, therefore, remain closed for public dealing on the bank holiday as well,” it said. However, all employees of the banks, DFIs and MFBs would attend the office as usual, the SBP said.
Poliovirus reported in four environmental samples
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29 (APP): The Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed the presence of poliovirus in environmental samples of four districts of the country.
According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, poliovirus was found in four environmental samples from Karachi Kemari, Hyderabad, Chaman and Peshawar.
He said that Pakistan has the most extensive and sensitive polio surveillance system in the world.
He added polio surveillance systems lead to rapid virus confirmation.
He said that poliovirus quickly and easily targets children with weakened immune systems.
He said that polio vaccination is the only way to protect children from the virus and disability.
He said that parents must administer polio drops to children under five years of age during every campaign.
SBP launches SUNWAI portal,app for customer complaints
KARACHI, Dec 29 (APP):The central bank, Friday, launched ‘Sunwai’ a customer complaint service portal and app- to facilitate banking customers in lodging their complaints against banks and financial institutions.
‘Sunwai’ would serve as a one-window operation for banking customers to register their complaints against Banks, Microfinance Banks (MFBs), and Development Financial Institutions (DFIs) operating in Pakistan.
SBP has launched the service in continuation of its ongoing efforts to strengthen the banking sector’s efficiency and fairness in complaint handling and to address the issues faced by banking customers in complaints lodgment, according to a statement issued here.
Now, customers can lodge their complaints related to any banking product or service, including Roshan Digital Accounts (RDA) through Sunwai for their timely resolution, said a SBP spokesperson adding that ‘Sunwai’ is accessible through web browser as well as through mobile application, both at Android and iOS.
He informed that registered users can lodge complaints at their convenience in either English or Urdu languages while each complaint will be assigned a unique tracking number which would be communicated to users via SMS and email.
Banks have been advised to ensure prompt and fair resolution of complaints well within turnaround
times (TATs) as prescribed by SBP, he said and hoped that the customer complaint service portal and app will contribute significantly towards strengthening consumer trust in the banking industry.
Court awards death sentence to murderer
ATTOCK, Dec 29 (APP):The Judge of the Session Court Attock on Friday awarded death sentence to a murderer and imposed fine Rs 0.3 million for damages.
According to details, Iqbal Shah who killed a man over long-standing issue in the jurisdiction of Hazro Police Station in 2022
was given death penalty by Session Court Judge. FIR filed at Hazro Police Station under section 302 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The accused was taken into custody by Police, and weapon was recovered from him.
Ahsan Iqbal inaugurates new building of PEC
LAHORE, Dec 29 (APP):Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal inaugurated new building of the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), here on Friday.
Later, talking to media, he said that engineers of Punjab would get all facilities in this new building. He further said that former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif gave land for construction of the building.
He said that people should exercise their right to vote in coming general elections for ensuring betterment of coming 50 years.
He said that certain elements attempted to ruin China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, adding that people of the country were now well aware of all political parties.
Ahsan Iqbal said that credit for CPEC went to the PML-N which started it despite various challenges and sit-ins.
Motorways and highways were built for uplift of backward areas, he said and added that health and education projects were also launched.
People of Karachi were now thinking to contest election from Lahore, he maintained.
He said that people of Lahore could not ignore development initiatives started by the PML-N in its tenure.