Press Releases

TigerGraph Launches Million-Dollar Challenge to Inspire Innovative Uses of Graph

Company Tests Global Community of Innovators; Awards $1M in Prizes to Solve Real World Problems with Graph Technology REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TigerGraph, provider of a leading graph analytics platform, today launched “Graph for All Million Dollar Challenge,” a global search for innovative ways to harness the power of graph […]

Politics

EC issues revised schedule of local bodies elections in 18 districts of KP

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Election Commission has issued revised schedule of conducting second phase of local bodies elections in eighteen districts of the province.According to a press release of ECP, the districts include Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, To…

General

Government has decided to give 15 % disparity allowance on running basic pay to less privileged employees from BS 1 to 19

Government has decided to give 15 % disparity allowance on running basic pay to less privileged employees from BS 1 to 19 with effect from 1st March. The above package is also recommended to the provinces for adoption from their own funds.Further, a su…

Judicial

Govt Strips HEC Chairman of All Powers

The government has curtailed all the powers of the newly-reinstated Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman, Dr. Tariq Javed Banuri.The Islamabad High Court (IHC) had reinstated Dr. Banuri on 18 January, ten months after the government had discharge…

Economy

Planning Minister Briefed on Progress of Water Projects in Balochistan

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar has directed all the stakeholders concerned to join heads for finalizing the draft strategy on Command Area Development (CAD) in southern Balochistan before submitting it to …

Economy

Pakistan’s Fiscal Deficit Contracts to 2.1% of GDP in 1HFY22

Pakistan’s fiscal deficit contracted to 2.1 percent of GDP during the first half of the current fiscal year compared to 2.5 percent in the same period of the last year mainly due to rebasing of National Accounts.According to a report issued by the Mini…