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Minister terms cloud policy major milestone | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The first Cloud Policy of the country, formulated by the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication, is greatest milestone achieved by Pakistan and efforts are being made to connect the country to rest of the globe, said Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque. Addressing the Pakistan Cloud Summit 2022 on Friday,…
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Post-monetary policy blues | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced its decision to keep the policy rate stable at 9.75% in the previous week. The market had mixed expectations on whether there would be a hike or not. Given that inflationary and external account pressures stem mainly from supply side issues, it was not hard for…
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Market watch: Stocks turn bullish over policy rate clarity | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: Investor interest revived at the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Wednesday as the benchmark KSE-100 index regained some lost ground owing to the status quo maintained by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in the monetary policy. Keeping in view the deteriorating geopolitical situation and the threat of escalation of war, a small chunk…
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Monetary policy: SBP leaves interest rate unchanged at 9.75% | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: In line with market expectations, the State Bank of Pakistan left the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 9.75% for the next one and half month on Tuesday. The market had expected status quo in the interest rate after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) strongly hinted at status quo in the policy rate…
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Market sees no change in policy rate | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: Pakistan’s central bank is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to announce the key policy rate for the next six weeks to maintain balance between inflation reading and economic growth. In late January 2022, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) hinted at maintaining the status quo in policy rate at 9.75% (from March onwards).…
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Cyber defence policy needs rethink | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Thirty six years ago, Alvi brothers of Lahore received hundreds of phone calls when the infamous Brain Virus infected thousands of computers in the UK, Europe and the US with a message “Beware of Brain Virus. Contact us for Vaccination.” Although the virus was activated only when their medical software was illegally copied,…
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Body formed to review oil policy | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) on Friday grilled the Petroleum Division for tabling the petroleum policy for amendment, asking why it was seeking changes in the document which had already been approved. However, the cabinet body constituted a committee for reviewing the petroleum policy in a bid to ramp up oil and…
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Energy Efficiency and Conservation Policy | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (Neeca) has released a draft of energy efficiency and conservation policy for the review and comments of stakeholders. The subject of energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) is not new in Pakistan. Neeca’s precursor Enercon was formed in 1987, which received a lot of USAID technical support…
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Cost of welfare policy | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Welfare is an elusive term. Politicians talk about welfare all the time and seek votes on the basis of providing welfare to the masses. There is a popular concept of a welfare state, which supposedly can take care of the masses, say through the provision of unemployment allowance or subsidies or food. However,…
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Cabinet gives nod to Cloud First Policy | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the Cloud First Policy and the Personal Data Protection Bill to ensure the privacy of online data, which were deemed crucial to enter the digital world. The Cloud First Policy has listed five classes of data, which include open data in the public sector to make the…
