Pakistani Women Beat Indian Women in Mobile Internet Awareness, Pakistani Men Have Highest Percent of Mobile Ownership in South Asia

GSMA Report has lauded the telecos and the telecom sector regulator for the improvements. The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2025, released by the GSMA, Wednesday has said that in South Asia, the gender gap in mobile internet adoption in 2024 remained relatively unchanged at 32 percent with 330 million women in the region still not…

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Regulator wants industry associations to be Self-Regulatory Organisations

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has released a Consultation Paper on Standard Principles for Recognition and Conduct of Industry Associations, introducing a strategic framework aimed at strengthening Pakistan’s financial sector through enhanced self-regulation. The SECP has stated from Islamabad on Monday that the proposed framework sets out a clear roadmap for eligible…

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Tractor policy

New Policy To Reduce Tractor Prices

High-Level Talks on National Tractor Policy to Strengthen Agriculture and Industry Read more: Belarus for enhancing JVs in Industrial sector A high-level meeting with tractor manufacturers was held today under the chairmanship of the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Industries and Production, Mr. Haroon Akhtar Khan, to discuss the formulation of the…

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Starlink set to enter Pakistan ‘legally’

With the approval from Pakistan Space Activities Regulatory Board (PSARB) American company Starlink- providing satellite based internet, is just one step short of launching its services in Pakistan, which will also give the muscle to the government to demand discontinuation of Starlink services to illegal users. While the move has been welcomed by the Minister…

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New definition of Relief

In a strange move the Incumbent government has claimed that not passing on the drop in global oil rates to the consumers in Pakistan was a Relief. Amid declining prices in the international markets and stable Rupee-Dollar parity the government has decided to maintain oil rates in the country instead of reducing it.Instead the official…

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