By Irfan A Vayani (UK) LONDON: Late. Yousuf Kandawala was born in Karachi in 1940. His father K U Kandawala was well known personality of memon community. Yousuf Kandawala from his early age started his social work, after finishing his early education. He joined HBL, soon he become the part of HBL officer union where he was always at frontline …

By Monica Sood, Co-founder, Author In Me Every child is a genius who needs the right environment to blossom and who will find expression only in absolute relaxation. Their mind and body will work best, only when they are joyful and peaceful not when they are constantly competing to be ahead of others. Sadly, competition has become an integral part …

Regularly washing or sanitizing your bare hands offers more protection against contracting COVID-19 than wearing gloves. Dr. Syeda Sadaf Akber, Infection Control Manager of Hashmanis Group of Hospitals said that hand washing is most and crucial factor of personal hygiene because gloves can easily become contaminated if they make contact with objects or surfaces that contain the virus on them. …

BIZ TODAY REPORT A very dear friend recommended Motiwala’s Cuisine, which is a home-based eatery run by Alishba Motiwala and Tahira Motiwala. They specialized in deliveries all in most part of Karachi and when we contacted one of the owner and enquired about their best savory offerings she said; “during evenings Khausey (khow-suey) is highly recommended”.  For a normal Karachiite like …

By Abdul Hameed Kath The Okhai Memon Youth Services since its foundation in 1968, has been serving the Okhai Memon community with the great support and contribution of our philanthropists, donors and well- wishers. The financial assistances provided by the OMYS to our deserving and underprivileged families include Education Aid, Higher Education Aid, Medical Aid, Dowry/Jahez Aid, Business Aid, Ration …

Malaysia’s mega familiarisation tour programme (commonly known as mega fam) started on 11th February 2020 and went on till 15th February 2020. As it’s almost summer time here in Malaysia, this Mega Fam was planned in conjunction with Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and Adventure Travel Conference & Mart (ATCM) 2020 – Sabah. PATA & ATCM 2020 – Sabah is …

A study by the Student Front denounces the deficiencies of the State’s educational model and the increase in social inequalities that the crisis management will entail. The study is based on a survey to which more than 2,500 ESO, high school, FP and university students have responded. The students from different countries agree to maintain the confinement measures that the …

By Khurram Schehzad Government has passed on petroleum product prices today by an average 26%, or PKR 22/ltr on average, from last levels, which is 70% of what has OGRA suggested . CNG prices are also down by ~15%. With this, impact on Inflation, Revenues and Relief efforts is expected/estimated to be as follows: 1)- Inflation This 26% decline on …

The covid-19 pandemic forced the massive closure of educational institutes, affecting more than 166 million students. In fact, all countries except Nicaragua have implemented closings at the national level of all educational levels , from preschool to tertiary. The World Bank is just monitoring how countries are using technology in education (including the internet, but also radio or television) to support remote …

By Huda Garib Homeschooling streams, in which parents are dropping out of traditional school and opting for enrollment in virtual classes that are being offered by e-Magine, are developing rapidly Quarantine is a challenge that the Government has imposed on us, a major challenge for parents, especially for those families with less training and fewer resources. To solve it, we …