What does The Pirate Bay have in common with Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Disney, HBO, and Hulu? It’s going to launch a streaming service. The Pirate Bay is launching “BayStream”, a media streaming platform where people can upload files. As the name implies, this is going to be a new streaming service where people will be able to enjoy movies and …

KARACHI: Trading at the stock market will be brought to a halt when the market capitalisation-based KSE-30 index moves up or down by 4pc during the trading session in a single trading day, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) spokesperson Musarat Jabeen confirmed to Dawn on Tuesday. She said that the SECP had approved the regulation to come into effect …

Pakistan’s remittances rose by 9.35 per cent to $1.819bn during November, from $1.664bn in corresponding month of FY19, reported the State Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday. — AFP/File KARACHI: Pakistan’s remittances rose by 9.35 per cent to $1.819bn during November, from $1.664bn in corresponding month of FY19, reported the State Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday. However, on a monthly basis, …

Facebook Inc dropped to the 23rd spot in Glassdoor’s list of “Best Places to Work” in 2020 from the seventh it secured last year, amid heightened regulatory scrutiny of the world’s largest social network. The company received an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, compared with 4.5 last year, as employees gave relatively lower ratings for Facebook’s senior leadership …

KARACHI: Overall car sales plunged 44 per cent to 49,110 units during the first five months of current fiscal year as demand for WagonR, Bolan, Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic/City slumped by around 35-75pc. In another depressing development in the auto sector, the Millat Tractors Ltd (MTL) — assembler of Massey Ferguson tractors — on Tuesday informed the Pakistan Stock …

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday received $1.3 billion just a day after signing an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Islamabad. The $1.3bn inflow from the ADB pushed up central bank’s reserves to eight-month high at $10.41bn. Moreover, the country’s total reserves including central bank and commercial bank holdings also jumped to eight-month high …

Pakistan’s captain Azhar Ali thanked Sri Lanka on Tuesday for returning to Pakistan for the first Test tour here in a decade, after a fatal militant attack on their team in 2009 drove international cricket away. “It’s a historic occasion and all the players are excited to be part of this,” Azhar, who has played 75 Tests — but, until …

  LAHORE: Former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Khalid Mahmood, former Test pacer Aaqib Javed and ex-Test umpire Mian Aslam, while welcoming the resumption of Test cricket in Pakistan after ten years, raised their voice against inconsistent policies of the PCB which they said have lowered the standard of the game in the country. Talking to reporters at the LCCA ground …

RAWALPINDI: The last time Pakistan hosted a Test at the Pindi Cricket Stadium it turned out to be one miserable tale of woes for them. The visitors happened to arch-rivals India who not just inflicted the biggest defeat on the host nation at this venue, but also made history by winning their maiden series victory on the Pakistan soil. Sourav …

KATHMANDU: Pakistan’s squash outfit added another feather to their cap as they claimed gold medal in the team event of the 13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu when they outclassed traditional rivals India in the final on Tuesday. The games ended with an impressive closing cermony on Tuesday. Pakistan finished fourth on the final medals table, bagging 32 gold, 41 …