Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the country’s leading telecom and ICT services provider, has announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2020 at its Board of Directors’ meeting held in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. PTCL Group maintained its revenue at Rs. 129 billion, however, if normalized for the impact of Covid-19 and certain regulatory changes, Group revenue …

By Noman Nizami KARACHI: Chairman World Memon Organization and Sheikha Group of Companies Mr. Altaf Muhammad held a dinner reception in honor of newly elected President of WMO Mr Salman Iqbal who is also CEO of ARY Media Group. Ceremony was largely attend by renowned Artists and sportsmen. On this Mr. Altaf admired progress of welfare projects running under supervision …

By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has become the first airline in the world with all its operating pilots and cabin crew vaccinated to help curb the spread of COVID-19 and give passengers who travel with the airline peace of mind. In January 2021, Etihad was awarded Diamond status for ensuring …

Amer Pasha, a seasoned professional having more than 30 years of diversified working experience in Pakistan, South East Asia, Middle East, Africa, Russia & Central Asian Republics joins Nutshell Communications as Chief of Strategy & Planning. Along with this assignment, Amer will be pursuing his ambition of launching a start-up in Pakistan’s retail tech segment. Amer’s forte lies specifically in …

A year ago, COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency and since then, Facebook has helped health authorities reach billions of people with accurate information and supported health and economic relief efforts. They have connected over 2 billion people from 189 countries to reliable information about the coronavirus through their COVID-19 Information Center and informational messages, and removed more than …

The British Council in Pakistan has launched a new IELTS test centre in Sahiwal, Punjab further expanding its national footprint. The centre opened its doors to the first test takers on 30 January 2021. With the opening of Sahiwal test centre, students from the city will now be able to take Paper-based IELTS easily relieving them of the need to …

British Airways is to power future flights with sustainable aviation fuel produced from sustainably-sourced ethanol, as part of a new partnership with sustainable jet fuel company LanzaJet. The partnership, which reflects the importance the airline is placing on sustainability and its continued investment in sustainable aviation fuel, will see British Airways invest in LanzaJet’s first commercial scale Freedom Pines Fuels …

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announces that it will resume its direct operations to and from Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport with two weekly flights starting from 15 February 2021 on its new Airbus A320neo aircraft. Gulf Air has been operating direct flights between the Kingdom of Bahrain and Sri Lanka since 1981 and it is one …

The Enterprise Command and Control Centre (EC3) of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has won the Smart Project of the Year Award presented by CPI Trade Media, a multi-platform trade media company operating across print, digital and live event in the Gulf and MENA regions. Nasir Bu Shehab, CEO of Strategy and Corporate Governance Sector, RTA was thrilled with …

By Syeda Raafia Mamujee H2E took the initiative to promote Home Grown Businesses supporting Women Empowerment 2nd story contest of “A Story of Successful Women” with the collaboration of Biz Today International. The stories were published by Biz Today International in collaboration with H2E. The female participants who submitted their experience of success: Sabeen A Jafri Salma Iqbal Naeema Hazoor …