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President Dr. Arif Alvi awarding degrees to the students during 35th Convocation ceremony of Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC) at Bahria Auditorium.
KARACHI: December 26 –
ECP rejects claims of influence on nomination paper decisions
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26 (APP): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday firmly denied claims that decisions on accepting or rejecting nomination papers are influenced by reports from FBR, NAB and others.
The Commission’s spokesperson strongly refuted a news item attributed to the spokesperson of the Punjab Election Commission (PEC), that the Election Commission had purportedly made decisions on accepting or rejecting candidate nomination papers upon receiving reports from institutions like NAB, FBR and others.
He stated that the Commission had not taken any such decision, emphasizing that the news was entirely false and fabricated, lacking any basis.
The media has been informed by the Punjab Election Commission that the scrutiny of nomination papers would persist until December 30. Subsequently, the list of candidates with approved nominations would be unveiled.
President Dr. Arif Alvi addressing on the occasion of 35th Convocation ceremony of Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC) at Bahria Auditorium.
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Annual matric exams to start from March 1
FAISALABAD, Dec 26 (APP):The annual matriculation examinations 2024 will start under the aegis of the Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (BISE) Faisalabad from March 1, 2024 followed by the commencement of annual intermediate examinations 2024 from April 15, 2024.
A spokesman for the Education Board said here on Tuesday that the candidates could submit their admission forms for matric exams 2024 with double fee up to January 5 and with triple fee up to January 13, 2024, as dead line for submission of admission forms for matric exams had expired.
Similarly, students could apply for inter exams 2024 up to January 20, 2024 with single fee
while the admission forms would be received with double fee up to February 2, 2024 and
with triple fee up to February 9, he added.
SNGPL staffers busy welding gas pipeline during installation at G-7 area in the Federal Capital.
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ISLAMABAD: December 26 – SNGPL staffers busy welding gas pipeline during installation at G-7 area in the Federal Capital. APP/SAK/MAF/FHA
ISLAMABAD: December 26 – SNGPL staffers busy welding gas pipeline during installation at G-7 area in the Federal Capital. APP/SAK/MAF/FHA
Chair-Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO) Farukh Amil, witnesses the Signing Ceremony for the IPO-Pakistan & Punjab Information Technology (PITB) landmark agreement regarding launching of PayZen Agreement at IPO-Pakistan Headquarters.
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ISLAMABAD: December 26 – Chair-Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO) Farukh Amil, witnesses the Signing Ceremony for the IPO-Pakistan & Punjab Information Technology (PITB) landmark agreement regarding launching of PayZen Agreement at IPO-Pakistan Headquarters. APP/SMR/MAF/FHA
People purchasing household woolen stuff at G 9 weekly Bazaar in the Federal Capital.
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ISLAMABAD: December 26 -Children busy selecting and purchasing toys at G 9 weekly Bazaar in the Federal Capital.
ISLAMABAD: December 26 – People selecting and purchasing shoes at G 9 weekly Bazaar in the Federal Capital.
IPO, PITB join hands for automation, digitalization of IPO-Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26 (APP): The Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) and Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) on Tuesday joined hands and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the digitalization and automation of IPO- Pakistan.
The MoU was signed by Director General, IPO Ms. Shazia Adnan and Director General, PITB Saima R. Shaikh for automation and digitalization IPO to facilitate the common masses and business in the country.
On this occasion, Chairman IPO, Ambassador Farukh Amil said that the visibility on indifferent platforms and public awareness are the major priority of IPO at this time, which will make it accessible to the business classes and especially the youth.
The Chairman IPO said that at present we were working on digitalization of IPO with the support of PITB, which was an important tool for modernizing institutions in the modern world, which provided facilities to the public and business classes.
He said that a large part of the population of Pakistan consisted of youth and the youth were currently mostly connected to IT and social media and after this facility, they would be able to make online complaints or other facilities in IPO.
Farukh said that IPO was currently making the youth aware of IPO in universities and educational institutions, which would increase the trend of financial education among them.
He said that after automation in the IPO, there would be transparency and simplification of processes in the institution.
On this occasion, Director General, IPO, Shazia Adnan said that after this agreement with PITB, online payments and another documentation process would be made easy in the next two months and this would also promote Ease of Doing Business (EODB) in IPO.
She said with this agreement, you can do documentation or payment processes through 27 different channels including online banking which will provide convenience to people.
The Director General IPO said that work on this process started last October 2023 and now 17 forms could be submitted through the online system.
She said that now people will not need to come to the IPO office for the process, the process has been simplified through 33 different modules.
Shazia said that now “we are strengthening the digitalization regime in the IPO so that the trend of Ease of Doing Business increases in the organization and facilities become available.
She said the primary objective of this MOU is to provide the basis for the IPO-PAKISTAN to digitize its collection and payment system by implementing an alternate method of payments.
She said that a technology-based solution had to be devised that would provide an easy mode of collection for IPO-PAKISTAN using digital mediums such as mobile applications and web portals.
This will also help IPO-PAKISTAN to integrate with all banking channels to monitor financial transactions related to multiple modes of collections which may result in increasing the revenue for the government and streaming the financial operations, she said.
Meanwhile, DG PITB Saima R Sheikh said that PITB was currently providing institutional support for digitization of IPO, which would simplify the process of IPO and make it easier for the people.
She said that the ease of doing business in an IPO would be improved by the online process and the efficiency of the organization will increase.
Saima said that facilities will be made available to the people through online systems such as baking and APPs.
Director General, PITB said that after this online system comes, the services and delivery system will be better and the working of the organization will be better.
Regarding the scope of the project, she said that the scope comprised the automation and digitization of payment collection of IPO-PAKISTAN via all Alternative Delivery Channels (ADC) in an efficient manner.
She said that PITB would provide a web-based software solution named PayZen to digitize the payments against all collections and payments of IPO-PAKISTAN by integrating their line of business application. In the future once digital challans will be issued by IPO-Pakistan, PSID will appear on those digital challans, she added.
Fire extinguished at Karachi’s Saddar mobile market after hours-long operation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26 (APP):The fire which erupted in Karachi’s Saddar mobile market on early morning on Tuesday has been doused after hours of struggle.
According to rescue officials, the blaze broke out at Saddar Shah Jahan mobile market, spreading to numerous shops, and creating a challenging situation for the authorities.
Promptly responding to the emergency, five fire tenders and two water bowers combated the fire.
According to Saddar Electronics Dealers Association President, Rizwan Irfan, over 100 shops in the market were damaged and the trades suffered the loss of millions of rupees.
Strict security measures made for celebrations of new year night
SUKKUR, Dec 26 (APP):Strict security arrangements have been made for celebrations on new year night besides a traffic management plan has also been finalized on Tuesday to avoid traffic mess on Sukkur city roads.
According to the plan, one-wheeling motorbikes would not be allowed at any cost and playing of music on tape or video recorder would also be banned.
No person would be allowed to carry weapons during New Year night and stern action would be taken against violators.
Under elaborate security arrangements, several police personnel will be deployed. There would be special deployment for churches and public places.
According to police officials, ladies police and the personnel of a special branch will be deployed to make the security arrangements foolproof. Foolproof security arrangements have been ensured to avoid any untoward incident in the district.
The security duty at public places, including parks, was being made more effective. Security has been tightened at the entry and exit points of the district and special checking has been ordered for this special occasion.
All DSPs and SHOs have been ensured effective patrolling in their respective areas. Plain clothesmen and well-equipped policemen would also perform duties near churches and public places, he said. The police have also been ordered to take stern action against suspects, and also conduct effective checking of hotels and guest houses.