Given the state of the country, and the amount of chaos that runs through it, we wonder if any government would be able to solve the problems that are faced without a long, consistent policy in.
A year of unprecedented loss
Services sector records negative growth of 0.6% for first time since 1960s
Year 2020 had been like no other year, especially in terms of digital transformation witnessed in Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS
Growth in much of the world’s services sector was anaemic in 2020 as industries were worried about the economic destruction caused by the Covid-19 pandemic across the globe.
In Pakistan, one of the most hard-hit areas was the services sector, which for the first time since the 1960s recorded a contraction of 0.6% from July 2019 to March 2020, revealed the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2019-20.
Terming services a supporting sector for the economy, senior economist Dr Ashfaque Hasan Khan said the negative growth came on the back of dismal performance of the manufacturing and agriculture sectors.
TPL Trakker wins mapping tender
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December 24, 2020
KARACHI: TPL Trakker, Pakistan’s leading IoT company, has won the tender to provide consultancy services for the mapping of historical and religious sites in Pakistan, advertised by the Department of Archeology and Museums (DoAM), a statement said on Wednesday.
The DoAM is an Executive Department of the National Heritage and Culture Division, government of Pakistan, it added.
Following the announcement, TPL Trakker and DoAM will conduct a feasibility study for the mapping of all cultural relics in Pakistan, such as historical monuments, archaeological and religious sites, it said.
After the data collection phase, all points of interest will be digitised and made available to the public via a website and mobile app.
Supreme Court rules appointment of special assistant is legal
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The Supreme Court has said that the appointment of a special assistant to the prime minister is not against the Constitution.
The court was hearing an appeal against a similar decision by the Islamabad High Court, filed by Advocate Chaudhry Akram. It has disposed of the appeal.
Justice Gulzar Ahmed said that the
prime minister can seek aid of any expert. Justice Ijazul Ahsan said that the
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