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  • Easiest way to sign up and sell products on Daraz

    Easiest way to sign up and sell products on Daraz

    Many small to large businesses are now listed on Daraz and are generating great earnings.

    There is no doubt that online enterprises will play a significant role in Pakistan’s future as the globe continues to move toward a digital economy.

    You can now experience what it’s like to work with the world’s top online commerce technology and logistics company, thanks to Daraz’s acquisition by the Alibaba Group, which makes it simple to grow your business from the comfort of your home.

    Surprisingly, joining Pakistan’s largest online marketplace is not that difficult.

    All small to medium-sized businesses can open stores on Daraz with dedicated one-on-one support, where sellers can get free business advice any time of day or night! Additionally, merchants will have free analytics tools at their disposal to aid in the optimization of their online business.

    On its official website, Daraz claims to have initiatives that reduce financial burdens by offering 0% commission. From May 1 through June 30, all newly registered and existing vendors are exempt from paying commission fees. Additionally, sellers can enjoy free pick-up and storage, promotional credits, and discounted packaging.

    Daraz offers express sign-ups for all new sellers, enabling you to launch your venture and begin selling on the platform in less than two days.

    How to sign-up

    Simply pick up your phone and text “Daraz” space “Name” to 7575 to get started, or you can also sign up as a vendor on the platform’s seller sign-up page.

    If you’re just getting started with your online business, Daraz also provides free training and instruction for online sellers through webinars offered by Daraz.

    According to its website, Daraz is the largest virtual marketplace in South Asia, with more than 20 million products listed in more than 100 categories on both its website and mobile application. The marketplace aims to empower and enable tens of thousands of sellers to interact with millions of customers in this cutting-edge technological era.

  • PTI terminates Faisal Vawda’s basic membership

    PTI terminates Faisal Vawda’s basic membership

    Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, on Saturday announced that the membership of party leader Faisal Vawda stands terminated for failing to respond to the show-cause notice issued to him on October 26.

    PTI confirmed the termination of Vawda’s basic membership from the official party account on Twitter.

    Chairman PTI @ImranKhanPTI has terminated the basic membership of Faisal Vawda from the party. #حقیقی_آزادی_لانگ_مارچ pic.twitter.com/mPFWHFjQOi

    — PTI (@PTIofficial) October 29, 2022

    Earlier in the week, Vawda had made claims that the party’s long march would “witness bloodshed, death, and funerals.” After this, the PTI suspended Vawda and said that he would not be allowed to hold any party office or represent the party in the media as he had “grossly violated discipline by giving statements against party policies and guidelines”.

    Shortly after his hard-hitting presser, a show-cause notice was sent to him on the instructions of Khan, and Vawda’s party membership was suspended.

    The notification, shared by PTI’s Sindh chapter President Ali Zaidi, says, “You have grossly violated discipline by giving statements against party policies and guidelines.”

    “You are not allowed to hold any party office or represent the party in the media,” it added.

  • Weekly inflation up by 4% due to sharp increase in electricity prices

    Weekly inflation up by 4% due to sharp increase in electricity prices

    Owing to a sharp increase in electricity prices, the sensitive pricing index (SPI), which measures weekly inflation, increased by more than 4 per cent.

    According to data released on Friday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the SPI-based inflation rate increased 4.13 per cent from the previous week to the week ending October 27 while increasing 30.68 per cent from the same time last year.

    The cost of power, salt, rice, and other basic commodities went up on average during the previous week.

    According to Geo, there has been a decrease in the cost of 16 goods, including chicken, tomatoes, onions, and masoor pulses. In the meantime, the prices for 14 necessities remained the same.

    Electricity costs up by 89 per cent

    An increase from week to week is mostly caused by an 89 per cent increase in electricity costs.

    Recall that a negative Rs10 per unit adjustment to fuel prices was implemented in September. The government opted to postpone the Rs. 10 per unit adjustment for the June fuel price, but it had already been accounted for in the inflation figures for August, therefore it was corrected for in the September inflation figures.

    Inflation is expected to be 25.7 per cent in October, up from 23.2 per cent in September, according to the brokerage.

    In the week under examination, the combined income group index increased from 205.27 points for the week that concluded on October 20 to 213.74 points.

    In comparison to the prior week, the SPI for the income bracket with the lowest income rose by 4.64 per cent. The group’s index was 220.56 points, up from 210.78 points the previous week.

    Increase in prices

    Prices of the following items increased:

    Food items

    Salt powdered: 2.57 per cent

    Tea Lipton: 1.89 per cent

    Rice: 1.24 per cent

    Garlic: 1.04 per cent

    Non-food items

    Electricity charges for Q1: 89.34 per cent

    Energy saver: 1.57 per cent

    Reduction in prices

    Prices of the following items decreased:

    Food items

    Tomatoes: -3.77 per cent

    Onions: -2.97 per cent

    Pulse Masoor: -2.50 per cent

    Chicken: -1.86 per cent

    Pulse Gram: -1.35 per cent

    Gur: -1.09 per cent

    Non-food items

    LPG: -0.72 per cent

  • Mob in Karachi lynches two telecom workers to death mistaking them as child kidnappers

    Two employees of a telecommunication company were lynched by an angry mob on Friday in Karachi over rumours of child kidnapping. The incident took place in Machar Colony, where two employees of the telecom company were tortured to death by the mob when they came to check the signals of the cellular network in the area.

    Meanwhile, DIG South took notice of the incident and sought a report from Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kiamari, Fida Hussain Janwari, in this regard.
    SSP Kiamari said that both people were employees of a telecom company. “All aspects of the incident are being investigated,” he said.

    The police also confirmed that the victim’s vehicle, bearing registration number ALB- 946, was set on fire.

    Arif, the cousin of one of the victims, Aiman Javed, told reporters at the Civil Hospital’s Trauma Center that the victim was the youngest of his four siblings and had earned an engineering degree from Sindh University.

    “He was working at a telecom company and belonged to Thatta. He was about to get married after some time,” Arif said.

    Meanwhile, the uncle of the other lynched man, Saeed Ishaq Panwhar, also spoke to the media and revealed that he was employed as a driver at the telecom company for the last four to five months.

  • ‘Workers ko kaha hai ke Imran Khan ko dekh kar gharri chor, Toshakhana chor ke naray lagaayein’: Rana Sanaullah

    Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that he has instructed his party workers to “chant slogans of gharri chor (watch stealer) and Toshakhana chor,” whenever they see Imran Khan, Chairman of their rival party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

    During an appearance on Geo News’ programme “Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath,” the federal minister said: “He is the biggest thief, the most corrupt. Mei nay apnay workers ko kaha hai yeh [Imran Khan] aap ko jahan bhi nazar aye, gharri chor aur Toshkhana chor ke narey is ke khilaf lagaye jain.” (I have told my workers that whenever they see him [Imran Khan], they should chant ‘watch thief’ and ‘Toshkhana thief’ slogans against him.)

    On Thursday, Khan was heckled with gharri chor chants within the vicinity of the civil courts in the provincial capital of Punjab.

    The federal minister was of the view that Khan should feel pain when such slogans are raised against him. “He only knows the politics of hate as he calls his opponents thieves and continues his loose talk against them”, said Sanaullah.

    He also hinted towards the possibility of negotiations between the government and PTI over the election date. He said both parties could find a middle way.

    Moreover, Sanaullah claimed that Imran Khan wants to be the establishment’s ladla (favourite) again, however, he added that the establishment won’t agree to it.

    About the long march, the minister said, “Imran Khan has no popularity, it is all propaganda”. He also warned that PTI will face difficulties if they try to enter secure areas.

  • ‘He’s not fit enough’: Arslan Naseer wants address of person who declared Shaheen Shah Afridi fit enough to play cricket

    ‘He’s not fit enough’: Arslan Naseer wants address of person who declared Shaheen Shah Afridi fit enough to play cricket

    Actor Arslan Naseer has shared his two cents on star-cricketer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s fitness in a recent interview. The Chupke Chupke hero said that Shaheen is not fit enough as of yet to play cricket.

    Shah suffered a leg injury a few months back and took some time off to heal it. It was a surprise to see him playing in T20 World Cup. However, the Pakistani team underperformed in both matches so far.

    Hence Arsalan highlighted some flaws in the team, including Shah’s selection. Check out his exact statement here:

    Earlier this year the Paristan star took to his Instagram stories to share his stance on Valentine’s day. He thinks that this day is a curse.

  • ‘I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands’: Trump welcomes Musk’s takeover

    ‘I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands’: Trump welcomes Musk’s takeover

    The takeover was hailed, but former US president Donald Trump, who was permanently banned from Twitter after the riots on January 6, 2021, said little about making a comeback. “I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands, and will no longer be run by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs who truly hate our country.”

    Trump was banned after the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, which the Republican leader is suspected of instigating. Musk has said he might lift the ban.

    Former Russian President and current Vice-Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, tweeted his congratulations, saying “Good luck @elonmusk in overcoming political bias and ideological dictatorship on Twitter. And quit that Starlink in Ukraine business.”

    Others urged Musk to undo restrictions imposed by the social network. In response to @catturd2, a random account with 852,000 followers, known for being a big supporter of Trump’s election fraud claims, and who said it was “shadowbanned,” Musk tweeted “I will be digging in more today.”

    Margarita Simonyan, the head editor of the Russian state-run media outlet RT, pleaded with Musk to “unban RT and Sputnik accounts and take the shadow ban off mine as well.”

    Musk and Twitter are under increasing pressure since he plans to address the Twitter workers on Friday after the purchase is finalised.

    “Hey @ElonMusk, now that you own Twitter, will you help fight back against Trudeau’s online censorship bill C-11?” tweeted Canada Proud, a group attempting to unseat Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada.

    According to Musk, Twitter may serve as the basis for a “super app” that does everything from ride-hailing to retail and money transfers.

    However, Twitter is having trouble retaining its most active users, who are crucial to the company. Less than 10 per cent of monthly active users are “heavy tweeters,” but they produce 90 per cent of all tweets and 50 per cent of global income.

  • Schools to reopen soon in flood-affected areas of Sindh

    Schools to reopen soon in flood-affected areas of Sindh

    The Sindh government has decided to reopen educational institutions in flood-hit areas in the province.

    Addressing a press conference, Sindh’s Education Minister Sardar Shah said on Friday that continuing education in flood-prone areas is a challenge. He directed all the concerned officers to reopen the schools in all the flood-hit areas within 15 days.

    The Minister said that some of the schools will take around three years to resume their operations, and said that the government has devised a plan to recommence education in disaster-hit districts.

    He continued by saying that the Chief Minister (CM) of Sindh, Murad Ali Shah, had also been approached for help by the Education Ministry in the development of temporary tent schools.

    He further said that 15,000 tent classrooms are being built in areas impacted by the floods.

    Additionally, the minister announced the hiring of nearly 700 music educators across the province. Teachers of naat khwani, qawwali, and sana khwani will also be recruited in addition to those who teach music.
    Minister Shah also stated that 49,000 teachers have been hired by the government.

  • Khan announces establishing journalism university in Arshad Sharif’s name

    Khan announces establishing journalism university in Arshad Sharif’s name

    Imran Khan, the Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced the establishment of a journalism university in Punjab in the name of slain journalist Arshad Sharif.

    Addressing participants in his long march in Lahore, Khan announced the plan of establishing the university. He said that the name of the university will be “Arshad Sharif Shaheed University of Journalism”.

    The PTI has also dedicated its long march to Arshad Sharif and the media fraternity.

    The party continued paying tribute to Arshad Sharif by displaying a banner in Lahore which read: “Pakistani ki Haqeeqi Azadi ka shaheed (The martyr of Pakistan’s true freedom).”

    Arshad Sharif, a renowned journalist and television anchor, was shot dead by Kenyan police near Nairobi on October 23, Khan has claimed that Arshad was a victim of a targeted killing. The former Prime Minister has said that he himself warned the newsman that his life was under threat.

    Khan further said Arshad Sharif was the journalist he respected the most, using the term “martyred” for the late television host.

  • 32 % of Karachiites will vote for PTI, reveals survey

    32 % of Karachiites will vote for PTI, reveals survey

    A Pulse Consultant study conducted in the month of October has revealed that Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) is the leading party in the capital of Sindh.

    This study was conducted in the month of October, from 17th to 20th with a representative sample of 1,000+ respondents across all Socio-Economic Classes amongst the age group 18-60 years.
    The study revealed that 32 per cent of Karachiites will vote for PTI followed by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI).

    However, for Local Govt Elections, interestingly, JI is ahead of PTI, with the former being the choice of 28 per cent of respondents, whereas PTI is the preferred choice of 23 per cent of Karachiites, followed by PPP (8 per cent).

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    Separately the survey also revealed that a phenomenal increase in street crimes makes Karachiites feel frightened.

    ■ 7 out of 10 (69%) reported that someone in their neighborhood is a victim of street crimes
    ■ Similarly, 6 out of 10 (63%) claimed that someone in their workplace (Office / Business Colleagues) has faced an incident of street crime
    ■ 2 out of 10 (23%) respondents from Karachi directly suffered and lost belongings due to street crime

    The survey also asked 1000 respondents about the problems they are facing in the city to which 53 per cent of them said they have issues with broken roads.

    ■ 5 in 10 respondents (53%) are complaining about broken roads.
    ■ Similarly, 5 amongst 10 respondents (46%) reported the problem of sewerage.
    ■ 4 in 10 (42%) reported the problem of power shortages
    ■ 26% are worried about the cleanliness in Karachi
    ■ 22% are concerned about shortage of drinking water
    ■ 20% believe that city’s “Infrastructure” has been destroyed and deprived
    ■ 17% are complaining about corruption in the system
    ■ 16% are facing the problem of “Not meeting daily expenses”
    ■ 15% facing the problem of gas shortages
    ■ 6% complained about the “Quota System”, 5% about the “Local Govt Authority” & 4% have concerns about dengue.