DUBAI: Emirates Skywards has made it even easier to redeem reward flights and earn travel and lifestyle rewards by giving members more flexibility in managing their Skywards Miles. Members of Emirates’ award-winning loyalty programme can now buy, gift or transfer Miles to their loved ones at a more attractive rate. The cost of buying or gifting Miles has been adjusted …

KARACHI: The Cultural Exhibition was organized for home based or domesticated skilled women preparing handicrafts at their homes on Monday, 1st May, 2018 at Karachi Marriott hotel. This exhibition was a success as more than 100 stalls were put-up by skilled women from Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Badin, Matiari and other parts of interior Sindh. Chief Executive Officer of Khuand Kai …

DUBAI, UAE:The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced on Tuesday, May 1st,the top three winners of the 3rdcycle of the Dubai Smartpreneur Competition during the closing ceremony at theArabNet Digital Summit 2018 in Dubai. WakeCapTech FZ LLC,a safety and tracking device for construction workers providing real-time and cloud-based visibility, claimed the first-place prize. Intuito, an artificial intelligence-based startup specialising …

KARACHI: Shell Helix, fully synthetic motor oil – Shell’s most advanced formulation for high-performance engines launched its Drive on Pakistan campaign in February with the objective of creating a safety mindset amongst the citizens of Pakistan,to transform their driving experience and make the roads safer. Through this campaign, 1.2 million citizens pledged to different safety behaviors on the road and …

DUBAI: Global air services provider, dnata, has been certified by IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) for its pharma-handling processes and facilities in Dubai. This means that dnata has proven its capability to manage the movement of pharmaceutical products safely and reliably. The CEIV Pharma was created by IATA to provide a globally consistent …

KARACHI: #IsMay ab Kia Hai? The mystery box that got us curious last year, came back this year. Last year the box was filled with a lot of exciting stuff with the major announcement of Shopping Day, first Pakistani e-commerce event which was held just a week prior to Ramzan. This year the box which was bigger in size came …

KARACHI: Federal Finance Minister, Dr. Miftah Ismail has said that if the government fails to curtail trade deficit the country will have to resort to IMF for financial assistance. He was addressing post budget seminar organized by the Southern Regional Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) here at Pearl Continental hotel on Monday night. President ICAP …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Lieutenant General Dhahi KhalfanTamim, Deputy Chairman of Police and Public Security in Dubai, today opened Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC) 2018 – the region’s only true information security conference and exhibition–which runs concurrently with the Internet of Things Expo (IoTX) under the umbrella of Future Technology Week from 1 – 3 May at Dubai …

DUBAI: Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, is celebrating its 25th anniversary to Dammam. Originally operating two flights a week, Emirates now flies four times daily between Dammam and Emirates’ hub in Dubai. Since the start of the Dammam service in 1993, the airline has carried more than 3.8 million passengers. Adil Al Ghaith, Senior Vice President, Gulf Middle East and …

KARACHI: The bi-annual certificates’ distribution ceremony for the newly qualified Chartered Accountants was hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and organised by the Southern Regional Committee (SRC), ICAP here at a local hotel. As many as 75 newly qualified CAs of the Southern Region received their certificates. Of them 15 students received merit certificates and three …