Kuwait tightens regulations to modernize business correspondence
- 29-Apr-2025
Oil-rich Kuwait is planning to enforce a new regulation requiring all businesses to establish an official email address for communication with government departments, as part of efforts to enhance efficiency and reduce paperwork, according to local media reports. Citing Arabic-language daily Al-Rai, the report stated that companies failing to comply with the rule will face […]
‘Rules leave cryptocurrency firms with no place to hide’
- 17-Jul-2023
Globally agreed rules leave crypto firms with no option but to introduce basic safeguards to prevent the blow-ups seen at FTX exchange and other crypto casualties, the G20’s Financial Stability Board said on Monday. The FSB published on Monday final recommendations requested by the G20 on supervising firms that trade cryptoassets such as bitcoin. The […]
World’s first comprehensive crypto rules approved
- 16-May-2023
European Union states on Tuesday gave the final nod to the world’s first comprehensive set of rules to regulate crypto-assets on Tuesday, piling pressure on countries such as Britain and the United States to play catch up. An EU finance minister meeting in Brussels approved rules that were thrashed out with the European Parliament, which gave […]
FBR amends rules on temporary importation of vehicle
- 08-May-2023
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has amended the rules regarding the temporary importation of vehicles to circumvent the misuse of carnet de-passage/temporary importation of vehicles by overseas Pakistanis, ARY News reported. According to a statement, the FBR issued SRO 533 (I)/2023 amending the temporary importation of vehicles rules covered under Chapter VI of […]
Confusion or conspiracy? Pakistan’s trans rights act falls to dispute
- 04-Oct-2022
KARACHI: After religious parties claimed the trans rights act paves way for possibility of same-sex marriages, among the violations of other Islamic edicts, it has been challenged in, and thus has been termed anti-Sharia by the Federal Shariat Court Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of Jamat e Islami petitioned against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act […]
EXPLAINER: New Karachi local government to look like this
- 23-Aug-2022
KARACHI: Subject to everything turning out as they’re supposed to, Karachi and Hyderabad will have their local government elections on August 28, under the new amended local government act that has town councils instead of districts’. In the 25 towns of Karachi, there are 246 Union Committees and each of them has four wards from […]
As satellites and space junk proliferate, U.S. to revise rules
- 06-Aug-2022
With Earth’s orbit growing more crowded with satellites, a U.S. government agency on Friday said it would begin revising decades-old rules on getting rid of space junk and on other issues such as satellite refuelling and inspecting and repairing in-orbit spacecraft. “We believe the new space age needs new rules,” Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman […]
Law against defamatory remarks on social media prepared: Fawad
- 19-Feb-2022
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday that a proposed law related to the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) code of conduct has been sent to the cabinet for approval, ARY News reported. Taking to Twitter, the information minister said that law related to amendments in the election commission’s code of conduct has […]
Wikipedia launches new global rules
- 02-Feb-2021
Online platforms have come under intense scrutiny for abusive behavior, violent rhetoric and other forms of problematic content, pushing them to revamp content rules and more strictly enforce them
Dubai announces new COVID-19 rules for restaurants, gyms, weddings
- 24-Jan-2021
Authorities in Dubai has announced a series of new restrictions pertaining to restaurants, gyms, weddings