Новости за 13.05.2024

WASHINGTON: The first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant died, two months after the procedure, the US hospital that carried it out said.

• Price of only 120-gram naan notified while notification is silent on rates of other varieties
• People not getting roti at lower rates despite fall in flour prices

KARACHI: Police on Sunday arrested five private security guards and seized their weapons in the Defence area for violating a ban on display of arms.

It is estimated that there are around 113,000 residential units with solar generation equipment installed on their rooftops, along with a net metering connection. We may call these ‘distributed generators’. This is only 0.3 per cent of total households in the country. Most units availing net metering facilities have installed capacity greater than five kilowatts, putting them among the more privileged segment of society in the top two electricity consumption slabs.

Pakistan is grappling with a dilemma. While striving to boost its rice exports to alleviate the country’s current account deficit, it faces the challenge of dwindling water resources needed to sustain the continuously increasing area of the highly water-intensive rice crop.

ISLAMABAD: As unaffordable power supplies affect demand and push consumers out of the nati­onal grid, question marks are being raised over the procurement of imported coal for power plants in the long term despite the government’s and the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) overall policy direction for localisation and import substitution.

RAFAH: Israeli forces continued to conduct air strikes on Gaza on Sunday after it expanded an evacuation order for Rafah, with the United Nations warning an outright invasion of the crowded southern city risked an “epic” disaster.

HYDERABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has ruled out any change in the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award, saying neither the federal government nor any other official has discussed any such amendment.

AN equitable and fair tax system is crucial for boosting investment and growth. In Pakistan, however, the sole purpose of tax policy is to collect revenues, even if it is at the cost of existing and future investments and economic growth.