LAHORE: Furthering its mission of training a generation of future business leaders, the National Incubation Centre (NIC) at LUMS is delighted to appoint a new Foundation Council (FC), comprising of leadership of some of the most successful Pakistani start-ups. “NIC is thrilled to elicit support from Pakistani role model entrepreneurs for our future generation of problem solvers. I’m confident that …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates Group Security’s X-ray training programme has recently been certified by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authorities. The programme, conducted by the Centre of Aviation and Security Studies (CASS), will allow Emirates Group Security to conduct its own training for security staff based in Pakistan.   The course consists of a five day simulation based programme and has been modified …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Morpho Hotels & Resorts, a trendy, business, luxury lifestyle brandhas announced its official brand entry into the Middle East market, and it will soon open its doors to the UAE residents and tourists in 2021. The advent of the pandemic has brought about a change in a traveller’s expectations while choosing a hotel.The brand aims to …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announces that it will resume its direct operations to and from Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport with one weekly flight starting from 7 November 2020 on its flagship Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The airline currently flies to and from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Jeddah, Dammam, Medina, Muscat, Cairo, Amman, London, …

Al Fardan Exchange, the leading exchange brand in the UAE, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Hasan Fardan Al Fardan as its CEO with immediate effect, succeeding Osama Al Rahma who will be taking up a position as an advisor. These leadership appointments are part of the company’s strategic realignment towardits future business plans. The company is already …

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s leading connectivity and digital services company, Zong 4G, hosted the USF contract signing ceremony at its Islamabad headquarters. The event was attended by the Minister of IT & Telecom Syed Amin Ul Haque, Chairman PTA Major General (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa, Federal Secretary (IT & Telecommunication) Shoaib Ahmad Siddique,Zong 4G Chairman and CEO Wang Hua and …

Etimad Online Groceries (Pvt) Ltd. is a chain of grocery stores in each area of Karachi with an option of pick-up in store as well as same day delivery through online orders at the click of a mouse/tap of an app or a phone call. Team Biz Today had an informal chat with the CEO of Etimad Online, Mr. Arif …

News Desk DUBAI: Airbus presents its Tactilon Agnet 500 critical collaboration platform tailored to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) during CCWeek, the digital version of Critical Communications World 2020. The Airbus collaboration platform’ Tactilon Agnet isa state-of-the-art Mission-Critical communication Service (MCS)for business and mission-critical users, based on the mobile telecommunications standard of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). For MNOs, Tactilon …

KARACHI: Dr. Ishrat Husain, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity, was the chief guest at the 4th International Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance (ICIBF -2020). It was organized by the Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. During his speech, Dr. Husain shared two distinct advantages of Islamic Banking. First, all transactions …

The Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) elected its new Office Bearers for the year 2020-2021 in its 334th meeting held in Karachi on November 3, 2020. The Council unanimously elected Mr. Iftikhar Taj as President of the Institute, Mr. Ashfaq Yousuf Tola and Mr. Muhammad Ali Latif as Vice Presidents. Mr. Iftikhar Taj is a …