KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan on Monday announced the third five-year strategic plan for Islamic banking industry, with the aim of expanding the share of Islamic banks’ assets and deposits to 30 per cent in overall banking industry. The five-year plan (2021-25) envisages 35pc share of Islamic banks in the branch network of overall banking industry, 10pc share of …

Ben Affleck has set tongues wagging as he lavished praise on his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez 17 years after their split. The dashing actor gushed over ex-finance, lauding Jennifer Lopez as the ‘hardest-working person’ in showbiz. The Batman actor’s remarks about the Hustlers star left fans speculating about their future. Affleck was full of praise for her in a new magazine, …

American singer Ariana Grande is busy these days as the singer has her hands in multiple things, including her responsibilities at The Voice.  The 27-year-old singer, it seems, has already started making arrangements for a grand wedding that is going to be a major event in the showbiz history. The wedding of the Positions songstress will be as grand as …

The Stranger Things actor, 17, spoke about how fans aren’t ready to accept the fact that she is no longer a child that she was when she first came into the spotlight. Speaking with MTV News in a video interview, Brown opened up about how she was watched by everyone while growing up. “I’m only 17, but at the end of the day, I’m …

Though all the members of the Kardashian-Jenner tribe came together to rejoice on Easter but Kim Kardashian’s soon-to-be ex-husband Kanye West was nowhere seen. However, the reality TV star has her own way to keep him in. It was a busy festive holiday with Kim celebrating Easter with the  Kardashians and Jenners. The 40-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star …

Supermodel Chrissy Teigen is opening up about her health and nutrition and how she is no longer part of the diet culture. The 35-year-old mom of two spoke to People magazine about the drawbacks of dieting and how she enjoys whatever she wishes to eat. “I’ve thrown all of that out of the window,” said the author of two cookbooks. “I think …

American actor Channing Tatum is talking about being a girl-dad and how is more accepting of the status now than he was before. During an interview with Parents magazine, while he released his first children’s book titled, The One and Only Sparkella, the 21 Jump Street actor confessed that he was apprehensive about many things when he was his former partner Jenna Dewan …

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has made an appeal to President of the United States Joe Biden regarding the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. During an interview with The Independent, the Sherlock star detailed how he got learn about the Guantanamo Bay while producing and starring in The Mauritanian, based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s 2015-released memoir Guantánamo Diary. The Doctor Strange actor was asked if he hopes the detention …

Marvel fans are in for a treat as the studio dropped an explosive trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series, Loki. Encircling the God of Mischief, the new trailer for the series gives a glimpse at how Thor’s brother gets into trouble with the Time Variance Authority and is subsequently made to clean up his mess. The trailer also gives a …

Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian left fans gushing over her adorable snaps of her snowy getaway with her man Travis Barker. Taking to Instagram, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star shared multiple photos of her Utah vacation which features her kids, her man and his kids. In the snaps the Poosh founder can be seen hanging out with the Blink-182 drummer’s 15-year-old daughter …