Remittances are relentless lovers of the rupee. They console, comfort and support it like nothing else. The rise of the rupee during March has cheered up the politically challenged PTI government. But since the rupee’s rise is primarily due to remittances, the party is presenting it as proof of the unwavering confidence of the majority of overseas Pakistanis in the …

Given the rate of inflation that has taken place, Prime Minister Imran Khan has removed unelected technocrat Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and given the additional charge of the finance ministry to Federal Minister for Industries and Production Mohammad Hammad Azhar. He has been tasked “to devise policies according to ground realities of Pakistan and (ensure) the poor get relief.” The …

ISLAMABAD: After constitution of a committee on construction of new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals, the gas utilities are said to have expressed concerns over supply issues in the existing pipeline network based on the government’s plan for providing gas to new domestic consumers and other sectors. Last week, a meeting at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs constituted a six-member …

KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited has joined forces with Hysab Kytab to launch the first comprehensive ‘personal finance manager (PFM)’ solution, offered for the first time by any bank in Pakistan. Hysab Kytab’s PFM (budgeting) tool is integrated into HBL Mobile and will enable app users to take control of their financial well-being. In a press release, Veqarul Islam, founder of …

Pop icon Cher was ensnared in controversy after her tweet about George Floyd and the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Social media berated the singer after she expressed that she would have been able to help Floyd had she been in Minneapolis at the time of the incident. Now, the vocal powerhouse has issued an apology for what she said. “I …

American actor Kristen Stewart is dropping jaws with her Princess Diana avatar yet again. New photos from the sets of Spencer have emerged, showing the Twilight star emulating the late Princess of Wales with the resemblance between the two women leaving fans spellbound. In the new photos, the 30-year-old could be seen with two younger actors who played the parts of Diana …

Netflix’s The Crown has bagged all the top honours once again at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday. The show, created by Peter Morgan, took home the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series. Accepting the honour on behalf of the show’s cast, Olivia Colman, who played Queen Elizabeth II on the show, gave a tribute to …

Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo won big at the Screen Actors Guild Award on Sunday. As the 53-year-old accepted his award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a miniseries or television movie for I Know This Much Is True, he spoke about the issue of mental health, around which his HBO miniseries was centered. “Acting doesn’t happen in a vacuum. …

A Bangladesh ferry carrying around 50 passengers collided with a cargo vessel and sank on Sunday in the Shitalakhsya River south of the capital Dhaka, leaving at least 26 people dead and a few still missing, officials said. Twenty-one bodies were recovered on Monday. The ferry sank just after it departed from the industrial Narayanganj district about 20 kilometres (12 …

The 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) ceremony took place on Sunday (April 4), looking quite different than previous years as the show trimmed down to one hour instead of its typical two. ‘The Crown’, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’  took home the night’s overall cast awards. Here’s the full list of winners below: Outstanding Performance …