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All banks refused to open LC for Russian crude oil import

2Jul

By Aqsa Azam1 Comment

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All banks refused to open LC for Russian crude oil import

Pakistani banks refused to open any letter of credit to allow the import of crude oil from Russia. This decision is based on the sanction on Russia and Ukraine imposed by UK and USA. Looking at fuel shortage and price, Russian crude oil might be our last option. All Pakistani commercial banks have refused to open letters of credit (LCs) for Russian-origin crude in the light of economic sanctions by the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union against Moscow for attacking Ukraine. Banks are saying Dollar cannot be a mode of payment for importing Russian crude oil. The oil industry group, comprising refineries and oil marketing companies (OMCs) wrote a letter to the State Bank Of Pakistan (SBP) to review this decision. They know the economic condition of the country is not ...

Statements shows Queen Elizabeth spent $56,300 on Train Ride

1Jul

By Aqsa Azam1 Comment

Global

Statements shows Queen Elizabeth spent $56,300 on Train Ride

Royal Family has issued its financial statements today. The sovereign funding report for financial year 21/22 shows that Queen Elizabeth spent $56,300 on one train ride. The nation wanted to know the credibility of this financial report. The Sovereign Grant is the funds allocated to Queen Elizabeth. It is to support her official activities and to maintain the Occupied Royal Palaces. It also includes a ten-year reservation at Buckingham Palace. A sovereign grant involves a comprehensive upgrade of vital building services such as electrical wiring, piping, boilers, and generators. The total Sovereign grant amount is £86.3m. However, If it is a divide among residents of the UK it will be equivalent to £1.29 per person. This £86.3m includes official travel, property maintenance, The Que...

‘Taz Stereo Nation’ Youth Icon of nineties died at 54

12May

By Aqsa AzamNo Comments

Showbiz

‘Taz Stereo Nation’ Youth Icon of nineties died at 54

Taz from stereo nation dies an unfortunate death. He was the youth icon the nineties music world. Music world is mourning his loss as well as his fans. Tarsame Singh Saini is also known as the Taz stereo nation globally. His other name was Johnny Zee as well. He died on April 29 after battling Hernia for two years. This youth icon was 54 years old at the time of death. He was suffering from this disease for the longest time possible. He was about to undergo surgery. But it gets postponed due to Covid-19. Pain gets worse and due to this singer went into Coma. Whereas his fans were with him the whole time. After a while, he came back and starts recovering fast. He even thanked all his fans for all the support and prayers in his Instagram post. But soon after. his health starts gett...

13Mar

By Maru JNo Comments

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Delta Variant might cause UK to reimpose restrictions

UK’s plans to lift up COVID-19 restrictions from England, received criticism from a letter backed by 1200 scientists LONDON, ENGLAND - Following Italy, many countries lifted the COVID-19 restrictions after the situation was controlled. UK’s announcement to lift up England’s COVID restrictions added England into this list. UK announced to lift up all restrictions in England by 19th July. This announcement surely did made people living in England really happy however it was faced by a large amount of criticism from many health officials. The start of 2021 wasn’t very pleasant for most countries in the world. The number of COVID-19 cases kept on increasing and even after continuous efforts of governments, results were same. Countries in Europe were also devastated by the spread of COVI...

UK finally removes Pakistan from COVID 19 red list

24Sep

By Abdullah1 Comment

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UK finally removes Pakistan from COVID 19 red list

With this decision Pakistan got of the red list after around 5 months. This decision eased travel for a lot of Pakistani's situated in the UK On Friday September 17th, British Transport secretary 'Grant Shapps' came out on Twitter and said that the UK has decided to lift off Pakistan from the Red list. Shapps In his tweet stated that 8 countries including Turkey, Maldives and Pakistan will be off the list on 22nd September. This news was surely a relief for all Pakistani's trying to visit the UK, since non UK residents from Pakistan can now visit UK. While on the red list non UK resident Pakistani's were not able to visit UK since the last 5 months. Apart from this, Shapps also tweeted other important updates regarding UK COVID 19 travel protection. In his tweet Shapps said tha...