ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday approved an aggregate Rs2.73 per unit increase in K-Electric’s power rates for four quarterly adjustments (April 2019 to March 2020) but this will not affect the consumers. “Since the federal government has a uniform tariff policy across the country including K-Electric consumers, therefore, the impact of quarterly adjustments would be …

ISLAMABAD: Weekly infl­ation for the combined group in the period ended on March 11 fell by 0.57 per cent on the back of a slight decline in prices of essential food items, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday showed. Since January, an upward movement in the prices of essential kitchen items was noted despite the …

KARACHI: The stock market snapped four-day losing streak on Friday that had wiped off 3,058 points or 6.7pc from the KSE-100 index. The ferocious bulls made a comeback with a vengeance to toss the index up by intraday high of 1,206 points with closing seen on a stunning recovery of 1,008 points, or 2.36 per cent, to close at 43,788 …

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have split and called off their two-year engagement, according to reports. The music sensation and former Yankee reportedly broke up in the wake of Rodriguez’s scandal with ‘Southern Charm’ star Madison LeCroy. The shocking news, which  reported by different media outlets, broke the internet as fans of the two celebrities  took to social media to …

Pop icon Elton John got emotional while recommending Phoebe Bridgers for the biggest music award ahead of Grammys 2021, saying   he will ‘hit someone if she doesn’t win’. The music legend lavishly praised and backed Bridgers to clinch a trophy at the annual music awards show will take place on Sunday (March 14) virtually. The young musician is up for …

• 100,000 accounts opened by overseas Pakistanis from over 100 countries • Half of total deposits came over last eight weeks KARACHI: The Roshan Digital Account (RDA) launched in September last year has crossed 100,000 accounts and attracted $671 million, the State Bank of Pakistan said in a tweet on Friday. According to the SBP, the accounts have been opened …

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez reportedly broke up and called off their two-year engagement in the wake of his alleged scandal with ‘Southern Charm’ star Madison LeCroy. A media outlet, citing source, claimed that  the celebrity couple finally parted ways after the former Yankee was linked to the reality star. Two months ago, Twitter was set ablaze with speculation after …

‘Southern Charm’ star Madison LeCroy, who is reportedly the reason of Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez’s shocking  split, is   a South Carolina native. The world was rocked by the news of Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez’s reported split on Friday, which was allegedly caused by reality star LeCroy. According to her Bravo TV page, LeCroy was born in Greensville, South …

Keen to keep viewers glued to the Grammys, the Recording Academy has asked the music world’s powerhouse performers to anchor yet another awards gala forced to go virtual. Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, BTS, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish are among the long list of musicians who will appear during the mix of live and pretaped performances on …

Many of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s key characters had to take their leaves after the Phase 4 wrapped up and the new stages rolled out. Included in that list was a supporting character who played a pivotal role in her own way: Pepper Potts, Iron Man aka Tony Stark’s assistant-turned-wife. With Stark’s heroic death in the events of Avengers: Endgame, many thought …