Automobile

Honda bike prices increased in the April 2023

From last few months, increase in cars or specially bike prices have been a normal and usual thing. Every now and then the cars and bikes companies are increasing the prices of their products. There are many reasons behind it, however, everything goes down to struggling Pakistan’s economy. The factors include the increasing taxes from government, the deteriorating local currency value as well as direct or indirect curbs in imports. In a latest development, Atlas Honda Pakistan have increased prices of its bikes in Pakistan. The new prices of Honda bikes, are applicable from April 01, 2023. The old prices, new prices and the details of difference in prices are as follows. Bike Model & Model New Price Old Price […]

Incidents

Factory owner arrested after the Karachi Stampede deaths

About one to two days ago, in a stampede in Karachi, in a Zakat distribution event about 13 people lost their lives. FK Dyeing Company had organized the event, however they had not made associated necessary arrangements. After too much people turned up, the factory closed its gates, a stampede took place and many people lost their lives in the unfortunate incident. The FK Dyeing company was holding the Zakat distribution daily, however, on the third day too many people turned up to get the freebies. This included more than four hundred women. But the FK Dyeing company did not had the proper arrangements to cater this many people. Also according to the local police FK Dyeing Company (a textile […]

Education Sector

Spring Holidays in Islamabad announced for 2023

On the commencement of the new academic session 2023 – 24 a notification has been issued by the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) about the spring break. This notification is issued on March 29, 2023. According to this notification Spring Break in all schools and colleges shall be observed in the last week of Ramadan i-e from April 17, 2023 to April 20, 2023, due to priority tasks pertaining to the paper marking of Centralized Annual Examination for class 5th and 8th Admission / Registration process and pre-board exams of SSC and HSSC. These spring holidays will be coupled with the eid holidays. Students will have long eid holidays this time due to this reason. Ramadan Timings In addition, during […]

Petroleum

Petrol and Diesel Prices remain same for first fortnight of April 2023

Government of Pakistan reviews the petrol and high speed diesel prices in every 15 days. So on the every 1st and 16th of the month the new petrol and diesel prices are set. These new prices are in accordance with and to compensate with international crude oil prices. However, many other factors like govt taxes play a role in finalized prices. For the first fortnight of April 2023, from 1st April to 15th April, govt have decide to not change the diesel and petrol prices. However, as the crude oil prices international market kept going down in international market, people were expecting a change of around 10 Rs in prices of petrol and high speed diesel. Since, govt have not […]

Interesting Stuff

LUMS Students’ Fake Shaadi or Wedding videos gone viral

In your student life, at your school, collage and university, you would have celebrated many kinds of days but the students of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) celebrated something, which never happened in a university in the history. They came up with an idea of holding a fake wedding at LUMS. Also they decided to do it properly with all things which take place in the normal wedding. According to a LUMS student, it was decided that a fake wedding will be held at LUMS. For this on the facebook page of LUMS few names of were nominated, after some election process, two names were chosen for the wedding. The students who were chosen for the LUMS fake wedding […]