Education Sector

How to check Federal Board 2023 annual exams results for SSC and HSSC

Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Pakistan (FBISE) have already announced the results of both SSC part 1 and part 2. Both metric and intermediate exam results can be checked on the official results page setup by federal board for results by just selecting your program like SSC or HSSC and the part 1 or 2 and entering the role number in the field below. However, at the time of writing of this article, only the results of metric 2023 are available and the results of intermediate 2022. However, as soon as the results of intermediate 2023 are announced, they will be updated on the results page. Also the official results page of FBISE (linked above) also lists the […]

Economy

China rolls over $2.4 billion loan for two years for Pakistan

About a week ago Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mian Shehbaz Sharif had announced that china have rolled over $600 million loan for Pakistan, so Pakistan do not have to make immediate payments in these testing times. Recently another development came through, as the Exim Bank of China have rolled over the overall payments of $2.4 billion USD. These were the principal loan amounts which Pakistan had to pay this year, however they have been rolled over for two years by Chinese Exim bank. Pakistan is required to make the interest payments in these upcoming two years. The current finance minister, Ishaq Dar have recently announced the details of this development in his tweet on social media platform twitter, telling that […]

Nature and Environment

The Summer and Winter Solstice 2023 dates in Pakistan

Summer solstice is the longest day of the year. It falls between June 20 and June 22 in the northern hemisphere. This year, in 2023, the longest day of the year falls on June 21, 2023. Same is true for Pakistan and rest of many countries. Other such day is winter solstice, that is the smallest day of the year. That falls on the Dec 22, 2023 this year in Pakistan. On the summer solstice the area where it is applicable, that experiences the most amount of sunlight in the year and opposite is true for the winter solstice. Naturally the night of the summer solstice day is the shortest. Opposite is true for the nights around the winter solstice. […]

Petroleum

Petrol and Diesel Prices Reduced for the Second Fortnight of July 2023

Govt of Pakistan have announced new prices of Petrol, diesel and other petroleum products in Pakistan. The prices of petrol and diesel have been reduced to give the relief to people. Also, as elections are near, so in these days, it is in favour of govt to decrease the prices of petroleum products to the maximum extent possible. Anyways, the details of old and new prices of petroleum products as per new announcement are as follows. Petroleum Product Old Price New Price Change in Price Petrol (MS) 262.00 253.00 -9.00 High Speed Diesel (HSD) 260.50 253.50 -7.00 The new prices are applicable for the second fortnight of July 2023. Which is valid from July 16, 2023 to July 31, 2023 […]

Economy

IMF agrees to lend Pakistan $3 billion in a staff level agreement

Pakistan have reached an understanding with International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a staff level agreement. In the agreement it have been agreed that IMF will lend Pakistan with the remaining $3 billion USD in three upcoming installments. This is part of IMF bailout plan and related agreement which was reached in 2019. IMF have already payed Pakistan $6 billion USD, however, disbursement of remaining $3 billion were delayed due to disagreement between IMF and Govt of Pakistan on certain terms of the bailout plan. Now according to the latest news, IMF have agreed to resume the disbursement of funds to govt of Pakistan. However, as this have been decided in a staff level agreement, a confirmation and approval from the […]