In a survey carried out by Mercerl, Islamabad and Karachi have been rated among least expensive metropolitans in the world. The survey is based on the cost of over 200 items in each city – including housing, transport, food, clothing, household goods, and entertainment. Islamabad has been listed 203rd in the list of most expensive cities, while Karachi stands on 207.
Ryan, a 7-year-old, who runs a popular toy-review channel on YouTube called Ryan ToysReview makes $22 million per year, making him the highest earning YouTuber of the world. The elementary-school kid jumped from No. 8 to No. 1 from 2017-2018 on Forbes’ annual list of YouTube stars who are making the most money.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK853 for sector Tokyo-Beijing – Islamabad had to offload 50 passengers after emergency slide got activated during the loading of inflight meals at the Beijing airport. Apart from offloading passengers with their luggage, a delay of nearly three hours was caused. The passengers were provided with hotel accommodation and were adjusted in next available flights.
The Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Ch in a Twitter post has said that religious clerics are the biggest threat to Pakistan. In his tweeter post, the sci-tech minister wrote that people from all sects should perform jihad against this attitude of Molvis, as 75% of our country’s problem arise due to such clerics.
In a petition, moved by television celebrity Waqar Zaka through his counsel, it was pleaded before a two-member bench that the state was obliged to provide free and uniform education. The contender argued that outdated curriculum was being taught at educational institutes, requesting the court to direct the government to introduce uniform curriculum supported by modern sciences and technology.
Former Pakistan Test cricketer Basit Ali has claimed that India will deliberately lose their matches against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to ensure that Pakistan does not qualify for the semifinals. Keeping India’s performance against Afghanistan in mind, Basit said that Indian team will perform in a way that will not stir controversy, but will eventually lead them to lose.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that US President Donald Trump had extended an invitation to Prime Minister Imran Khan. However, the Prime Minister could not travel to Washington due to his occupancy with the budget session. Currently, dates are being worked out between both sides for a meeting expected in September to discuss “important regional matters”.
The Swiss National Bank’s annual report has made a startling revelation, depicting a fall of 34% since 2017 in money deposited by Pakistanis in Switzerland. The value of CHF 724 million or $738 million calculated in 2018, has decreased 49% since 2015, when Pakistan and Switzerland finalised a revised taxation treaty. This is the lowest amount of deposits since 1996.
SABAQ, an education technology initiative for children in low-cost and low resource environments, is the only Pakistani startup chosen from a pool of 800 submissions from 86 countries. The 11 finalists for the empowering people Award (epAward) 2019 by the Siemens Foundation will be competing with for top 3 spots in Cairo next month for a 50,000 Euros prize.
2016-17, six Indian Air Force fighter jets, two helicopters, one transport aircraft and one trainer crashed, while in 2017-18, it lost two fighter jets and one trainer aircraft. The number rose sharply in 2018-19 to seven fighters jets, two helicopters and two trainers. IAF incurred heavy losses of approximately INR525 crore ($75 million) due to 11 crashes.