KARACHI: Low interest rates and buyers’ enthusiasm for locally-assembled cars have taken auto financing to a historic high of Rs308 billion as of June 2021, up by 3.6 per cent month on month and 46pc since June 2020, shows the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan on Monday. The total car financing saw a jump of Rs97bn compared …

ISLAMABAD: Briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum on Monday, the Petroleum Division said that out of a total Rs790 billion on account of the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC), various consumers owed approximately Rs473bn in arrears. The Senate body meeting, presided over by committee chairman Senator Abdul Qadir, discussed overall foreign investment in the country’s oil and gas sector. …

ISLAMABAD: Nearly 12 per cent of households in the country, according to a government survey, have reported having at least one facility such as computer, laptop and tablet, making it least penetration of information and communication technologies in the country. The Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) survey 2019-20, conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), covered 176,790 …

Hollywood superstar Jennifer Aniston has just become a great-aunt as her niece welcome their first child. The niece of the 52-year-old actress, Eilish Melick announced on social media that she has mothered a baby boy – the great-nephew to Jennifer Aniston.   View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eilie K. Nebbia (Melick) (@cashewcat)   The Friends superstar’s …

Jennifer Lopez has been spotted out and about during a shopping trip in Monaco, just days after her lavish birthday celebrations in St Tropez, and reports suggest she’s in town at the same time as her ex-fiancé Alex Rodriguez. Lopez was seen on a solo outing in the sovereign city-state while her former flame Alex has been entertaining friends on …

Music sensation Britney Spears is seemingly afraid of her father Jamie, calling him ‘threatening’ and ‘scary’ in new court filings, according to repots. The new legal docs,  according to TMZ, accused Jamie Spears of making his daughter’s life hell, describing her current situation as ‘traumatizing, insane and depressing’ while also painting a portrait of a financially irresponsible conservator. Britney’s lawyer …

BRUSSELS: Henri Vernes, the prolific Belgian author of popular French-language adventure and science fiction novels, has died at the age of 102, his publisher announced Monday. The creator of the French adventurer Bob Morane who featured in 200 novels that sold 40 million copies worldwide died on Sunday, his publisher Lombard said. “I would love to write a hundred more …

Lady Gaga wore a pair of outrageously high heels and stunning black dress as she stepped out in NYC on Monday. The music sensation, 35, went wild with her boots and stunning black outfit, showing off her hourglass figure and toned arms courtesy. Gaga had her hair – currently a warm caramel-streaked brunette hue – twisted into a chic chignon …

New M. Night Shyamalan horror thriller Old aged to perfection at the top of the North American box office in its debut weekend, taking in $16.9 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Monday. The movie, about a family that becomes trapped on a beach where they begin to age precipitously, stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Vicky Krieps, and beat out …

Ed Sheeran had made his mind up to quit music after becoming a dad as he wanted to focus on raising his daughter, who he shares with wife Cherry Seaborn 29. The singer, 30, who has sold over 150million records, said after his little girl was born he thought: ‘I’m just going to be a dad, I’m not going to …