Software company Afiniti’s founder Zia Chishti stepped down from his senior roles in the wake of sexual assault allegations against him, it emerged on Friday. According to a statement posted on the company’s website, the 50-year-old Pakistani-American stepped down as chairman, chief executive officer and director “effective immediately”. “The board will make additional organisational announcements in the coming days,” the statement added. …

KARACHI: The State Bank expressed serious concerns on Thursday over speculation by banks in the currency business, saying they were involved in the multibillion-rupee game. Banking sources said a high-level meeting, chaired by SBP Governor Dr Reza Baqir and attended by presidents of at least top ten banks, was held in the State Bank on Thursday. The SBP governor expressed …

ISLAMABAD: Secretary General of the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) Deemah Al-Yahya on Thursday said the organisation would promote Pakistan as an attractive country for foreign investment in the information technology sector and a provider of cloud services. She said the DCO member states could benefit from IT initiatives of each other and stressed the need for building partnerships with governments, …

BERLIN: The head of Germany’s disease control agency has warned that the country faces a really terrible Christmas unless steps are taken to counter the sharp rise in coronavirus infections. German lawmakers are debating measures on Thursday that would replace the nationwide epidemic rules, which will expire at the end of the month. The Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s disease control …

Garland police have identified a man found shot inside a flipped over car in Garland as 20-year-old Iram Alejandro Sanchez Velazquez of Dallas. The department is investigating the death, which took place early Wednesday morning, as a murder, according to a news release. Around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 17, Garland police and fire personnel responded to a vehicle crash in …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has announced the launch of the National Medical Scholarship Fund worth Rs360 million. The step will create avenues for high merit students who cannot afford medical or dental education and open a path towards a medical or dental degree without any financial constraints. President Dr Arif Alvi will be the Patron of the PMC National …

ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties met on Thursday to discuss the option of challenging the recently-passed controversial law on the use of electronic voting machine (EVM) and introduction of I-voting for overseas Pakistanis in the superior courts and started consultations with lawyers to finalise a strategy in this regard. The issue was discussed at a meeting of the joint opposition a day after …

ISLAMABAD: The allottees of E-12 are still waiting for taking possession of their plots which they purchased from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in 1989. The CDA was supposed to hand over developed plots to the allottees within a year of allotment i.e in 1990. However, they are running from pillar to post to get their plots even after 32 …

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said the state and the government are not fully ready to fight extremism in the country. “Many people think that the remedial steps taken by us [the government] are inadequate while the truth is that neither the government nor the state is completely ready to fight extremism,” the minister said in the context of …

KARACHI: The health department has recently sent a sample of a suspected new variant of dengue virus to the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), sources told on Thursday. The step, they said, was taken following a sharp increase in dengue cases in Karachi and reports that the disease was emerging with more severity this year. According to the official data, …