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PayPal to enter Pakistan via third-party app

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  • PayPal signs agreement with Payoneer in Pakistan.
  • Freelancers to recieve money via third-party app.
  • Information ministry also signs agreement with PayPal. 

ISLAMABAD: PayPal, which is an online payment system, has agreed to sign an agreement with another company in Pakistan through which freelancers will be able to receive money, The News reported Monday.

The company Payoneer — which is also a digital payment service — will secure the money earned by freelancers from abroad and remit it into the account of the recipient’s bank in the country.

It is yet to be seen how much this company Payoneer is going to charge on its services for transferring the amount from both sides — PayPal and working freelancers. 

Around 4 million freelancers are operating in the country out of which around 1.5 million work on a permanent basis. It has been considered a growing phenomenon in Pakistan, especially among youth equipped with IT skills.

The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom also signed an agreement with PayPal for placing a framework to make this arrangement operational. The Ministry of IT & Telecom is going to announce this mechanism during this week on January 11, 2024.

Now the freelancers would be able to open dollar accounts but they would have to retain 50% amount in US dollars in their accounts. The caretaker government thus fulfilled one of the major demands of freelancers in the country. 

Federal Minister for IT & Telecom Dr Umair Saif stated in a video message that there was good news that Pakistani freelancers would be able to receive their money through PayPal.

“We have devised such a mechanism under which there would be no need to open up a PayPal account. Now anyone sitting outside Pakistan could send money through a PayPal account and then the money could be received in Pakistani banks,” he added. 

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The green colour of WhatsApp ‘angers’ some users.

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After changing its display colour from blue to green, WhatsApp, which was before well-known for its blue motif, caused its users to hold divergent views.

New upgrades to the Meta app always spark a lot of discussion, regardless of how big or small the changes are.

Still, Meta-owned WhatsApp hopes that these modifications would “make it more accessible as well as easier to use” and offer a “modern, new experience” with relation to the updated display color.

A statement from the firm claimed that they had altered WhatsApp’s “looks and feels, including spacing, colors, icons, and more.”

Both iOS and Android users can now view the new WhatsApp update; the green tint on the latter has changed from the previous version.

However, iPhone users will notice that every display element, including the chat-list window and status bar, has changed with the recent design update. WhatsApp used to have a blue color scheme on iPhones.

Furthermore, the formerly blue links shared within the app are now displayed in green.

In addition, WhatsApp has made other improvements to improve its user experience outside of the color shift.

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Punjab will provide fifty thousand solar kits.

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On Tuesday,Tuesday, while presiding over a review meeting on solar household solutions, the CM gave the order to begin the installation of one kilowatt solar systems right away. She also gave the order to introduce the newest solar systems.

Phase-I solar systems would be balloted for by 50,000 protected users who use 100 units each month, at a cost of Rs 12.6 billion.

Home-based solar systems will eventually be made available to other Punjabi consumers. A solar system will consist of a battery, inverter, sophisticated solar plate, and more related accessories.

Attending the meeting were Provincial Information Minister Azma Zahid Bukhari, MPA Sania Ashiq, Former Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Chief Secretary, Chairman Planning and Development, Secretaries of Energy, Finance, and Punjab Power Development Board (PPDB) Managing Director, in addition to other pertinent officers.

During his inaugural speech as Punjab’s chief minister, Maryam Nawaz outlined her five-year plan and promised to develop a strategy for customers who use fewer than 300 units of power.

According to Maryam Nawaz, the PML-N’s main goals for her term will be to provide jobs, healthcare, and education.

She said, “I am working on a plan to provide solar panels to consumers using up to 300 units of electricity or less in installments.”

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There will be free WiFi in public parks.

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The discussion on the province’s capital city’s beautification was chaired by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

CM Gandapur gave the pertinent authorities instructions at the meeting to complete the arrangements and submit the free WiFi service plan for the province government’s approval.

In the following phase, he said, the service will be extended to more cities. In addition, the chief minister gave the Peshawar Development Authority instructions to create a beatification plan for the city.

The meeting voted to launch a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service on Nasir Bagh Road in the province capital with the goal of facilitating the easy mobility of the population.

CM Gandapur pushed for the installation of underpasses rather than overhead bridges and ordered the city’s street lights to be converted to solar power.

The chief minister gave the order to begin work on the road around the BRT Corridor at University Road as well as the building of the remaining section of Warsak-Nasir Bagh Road right away.

In order to promote KP’s culture, he also oversaw the installation of fake plants on all road walks and painted headbridges and walls with designs.

The chief minister of KP gave the order to approach business organizations for assistance in this respect.

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