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Make your side hustle your future Business

 

Faisalabad, June 25, 2021 (PPI-OT):NTU Entrepreneurial Society has arranged a webinar on the topic “Make Your side Hustle Your future Business”. A young speaker Miss Tania Zaheer (founder of Breath Positive and multiple National Young Talent Award Winer) hosted this worthy webinar. Miss Tania Zaheer gave a detail introduction over the starting a side business and then establishing it as a future business.

 

It was a great session for the importance of the self-employment and entrepreneurship. Students learnt a lot of skills through this session regarding establishing new businesses. Around one hundred students throughout the campus from attended this webinar. Mr. Farooq Jamal (Convener NTU Entrepreneurial Society) concluded this webinar with his closing remarks.

 

For more information, contact:

National Textile University (NTU)

Sheikhupura Road, Faisalabad 37610, Pakistan

Tel: +92-41-9230081-90

Fax: +92-41-9230098

Email: info@ntu.edu.pk

Website: http://www.ntu.edu.pk

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White (24%) and Black (17%) appear as the favourite colours of Pakistanis: Gallup and Gilani Pakistan

 

Islamabad, June 25, 2021 (PPI-OT):According to a survey conducted by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, White and black are most commonly cited as favourite colours.

 

A nationally representative sample of adult men and women from across the four provinces was asked the following question, “What is your favourite colour?” In response to this question, 24% said White, 17% said black, 10% said Red, 10% said Blue, 9% said Green, 7% said Pink, 5% said sky blue, 2% said yellow, 1% said brown, 1% said purple, 5% said all colours, 4% said none, 3% said others and 2% did not know/did not respond.

 

Question: “What is your favourite colour?”

 

For more information, contact:

Head Office,

Gallup Pakistan

Islamabad, Pakistan

Tel: +92-51-8445080

Email: isb@gallup.com.pk, caf@gallup.com.pk

Website: www.gallup.com.pk

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ACCA and P@SHA to join hands in promoting Pakistan as a knowledge economy

Islamabad, June 24, 2021 (PPI-OT):A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between P@SHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and ITES), Pakistan’s sole representative trade body for the IT and ITES sector, and ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), the world’s leading body for professional accountants. Both organizations have committed to work together towards accelerating Pakistan’s inclusive economic growth through development of technology eco-system and digital acceleration.

Speaking at the signing ceremony in Islamabad, Head of ACCA Pakistan, Sajjeed Aslam, shared:

“We are really excited to partner with P@SHA to jointly promote technology development and digital acceleration of Pakistan into a knowledge economy and hub of shared services, making IT and ITES (including AI, Data Science, Blockchain, Fintech, Robotics process automation, Finance and Accounting etc.) the top contributor to Pakistan’s exports and job creation.

Key focus would remain to super connect the innovation value chain for the development of human capital and branding of Pakistan amongst globally recognized knowledge economies. This will amplify our contribution towards a better, fairer, more sustainable future for all.”

Sharing the details of the MoU, Barkan Saeed, Chairman, P@SHA, said:

“P@SHA, as the functional trade association for IT industry in Pakistan, continues to co-create policies and environment that help upskill the youth of Pakistan and enable sustainable IT industry growth (locally and internationally). With growing local and global influence, P@SHA’s collaboration with ACCA aims to develop future-ready human capital, infrastructure and connectivity through STZs, entrepreneurship, investment opportunities, policies/ regulations intervention and integrated joint research on digital transformation ecosystem. Other areas include mentorship and development of finance talent in P@SHA member organizations”.

For more information, contact:
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Pakistan (ACCA)
Office No. 5, 2nd Floor, SNC Centre,
Fazal-ul-Haq Road, Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-111-222275
Fax: +92-51-2876605
Email: info@pk.accaglobal.com
Website: www.pakistan.accaglobal.com

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Balochistan PA approves 21 supplementary demands for grants

Islamabad, June 24, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Provincial Assembly of Balochistan approved as many as 21 supplementary demands for grants of various ministries and departments on Thursday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during fifth sitting of the budget (40th) session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for 17 minutes.

The sitting started at 04:55 pm against the scheduled time of 03:00 pm.

The speaker presided over the entire sitting, while the deputy speaker was also present.

The leader of the House (Chief Minister) was absent.

The opposition leader did not attend the sitting.

As many as 17 MPAs (26 percent) were present at the outset and 21 (32 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of BNP-A, ANP and HDP attended the proceedings.

As many as one out of three minority lawmakers was present.

Representation and Responsiveness

The House approved 21 supplementary demands for grants related to various ministries and departments.

Order and Institutionalization

All opposition members remained absent from the proceedings of the House.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Friday, June 25, 2021 at 03:00 pm.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and others.

The attendance of lawmakers was not available to the observers and media.

For more information, contact:
Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)
FAFEN Representative
FAFEN Secretariat 224, Margalla Road F-10/3 – Islamabad
Tel: +92-51-2211026
Fax: +92-51-2211047
Cell: +92-321-5017355, +92-301-8549188
Email: media@fafen.org
URL: www.fafen.org

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Prime Minister must apologise for remarks linking rape to women’s attire

Karachi, June 24, 2021 (PPI-OT):At a press conference held earlier today, 16 civil society organisations – including the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the Women’s Action Forum, Tehrik-e-Niswan, Aurat March, and the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research, among others – have strongly condemned Prime Minister Imran Khan’s troubling remarks linking women’s attire to the incidence of rape.

This is the second time that the Prime Minister has reduced sexual violence to an act of ‘temptation.’ This is dangerously simplistic and only reinforces the common public perception that women are ‘knowing’ victims and men ‘helpless’ aggressors. For the head of government – a government that claims to defend the rights of women and vulnerable groups – to insist on this view is simply inexcusable. It is equally disheartening to see that several women members of the ruling party have jumped to the Prime Minister’s defence and justified his comments in vague, illogical terms.

Even a cursory glance at the news should make it painfully clear that survivors of sexual violence can include women, girls, men, boys, and transgender persons and that such acts can occur in schools, workplaces, homes, and public spaces. Gender, age and attire do not ‘prevent’ rape any more than the time of day or the relationship between survivor and perpetrator. The Prime Minister would do well to understand that rape is an act of power, not lack of sexual control.

We demand an immediate public apology from the Prime Minister and assurances that his highly flawed perception of how and why rape occurs does not inform the government’s attempts to tackle what is a serious and prevalent crime in Pakistan.

On behalf of:

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

Joint Action Committee

Siaasi Aurat Tehrik

Women’s Action Forum, Karachi

Sindh Commission on the Status of Women

Tehrik-e-Niswan

Aurat March

Pakistan Institute for Labour Education and Research

Peace and Development Organisation

Aurat Foundation

Women Democratic Front

Home-Based Women Workers Federation

Democratic Youth Front

Sindhu Vaas Foundation

Gender Interactive Alliance

Bait ul Momneen Church

First Church for Eunuchs

Legislative Watch Group

For more information, contact:
Chairperson
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)
Aiwan-i-Jamhoor, 107-Tipu Block,
New Garden Town, Lahore-54600
Tel: +92-42-35864994
Fax: +92-42-35883582
Email: hrcp@hrcp-web.org
Website: www.hrcp-web.org

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Sindh Assembly: Five lawmakers participate in debate on provincial budget

Islamabad, June 24, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Sindh Assembly continued general discussion on provincial budget 2021-22 and five lawmakers took part in the debate, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) its Daily Factsheet on Thursday.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during 16th sitting of the 21st session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for two hours and 14 minutes; however, the proceedings remained suspended for 22 minutes due to prayer break and protest.

The sitting started at 12:30 pm against the scheduled time of 11:00 am.

The speaker chaired the proceedings for an hour and 33 minutes while the remaining sitting was presided over by a member of panel of chairpersons.

The deputy speaker did not attend the sitting.

The leader of the House (Chief Minister) was absent.

The opposition leader attended the proceedings for an hour and 32 minutes.

As many as 20 MPAs (14 percent) were present at the outset and 78 (47 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, PTI, MQMP, GDA, and MMAP were present, while the leader of TLP did not attend the sitting.

Seven out of nine minority lawmakers attended the proceedings.

Representation and Responsiveness

Five lawmakers – PPPP (three) and one each of GDA and PTI – participated in general discussion on budget for the financial year 2021-22 as well as supplementary budget for the financial year 2020-21. They consumed 59 minutes of the proceedings.

Order and Institutionalization

Lawmakers belonging to MQM protested for an hour and 54 minutes over their reservations on provincial budget. PTI lawmakers also joined this protest for six.

The chair suspended the proceedings for seven minutes due to protest of MQM lawmakers in the House.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Friday, June 25, 2021 at 10:00 am.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.

The attendance of lawmakers was not available to the media and observers.

For more information, contact:
Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)
FAFEN Representative
FAFEN Secretariat 224, Margalla Road F-10/3 – Islamabad
Tel: +92-51-2211026
Fax: +92-51-2211047
Cell: +92-321-5017355, +92-301-8549188
Email: media@fafen.org
URL: www.fafen.org