News Desk KARACHI: Lucky Cement Limited (psx: LUCK) won the Management Association of Pakistan’s Corporate Excellence Award in the Cement Sector category. Mr. Syed Noman Hasan, Executive Director of Lucky Cement Limited received the award at the35th MAP Annual Corporate Excellence Award Ceremony held at a local hotel yesterday. The Corporate Excellence Awards was instituted by MAP in 1982 with the sole aim to …

News Desk DUBAI: Under a special dispensation from the authorities in Saudi Arabia, Emirates will operate selected flights to Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam from 12 to 15 March 2020. This is to facilitate the return of travellers whose journeys were disrupted by the recent travel restrictions implemented by the Kingdom as a containment response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Only Saudi …

News Desk DUBAI: Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry honoured 35 companies and organisations with its Dubai Chamber CSR Label for the second half of 2019. The Chamber organised a ceremony at its headquarters to highlight these companies’ outstanding performance in terms of corporate social responsibility (CSR). In total, the Chamber has honoured 413 organisations since the Label was launched …

KARACHI: A delegation from the US Consulate in Karachi, headed by Mr. Rob Silberstein, US Consul General in Karachi visited the Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited (CDC). Representatives of leading Pakistani corporates and US Businesses in Pakistan attended this event. Mr. Moin M. Fudda, Chairman CDC Board of Directors, welcomed the delegation and spoke about the long term bilateral relations between US & …

DUBAI: The demand for hand sanitizer and similar products is surging, prompting Union Coop to ration supplies and taking necessary steps to ensure smooth shopping experience for the consumers. Emphasizing on the situation, Dr. Suhail Al Bastaki, Director of Happiness & Marketing Department, Union Coop said: “Personal care supplies, especially hand sanitizers are available in sufficient quantities that meet the …

News Desk DUBAI: Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC) announced the launch of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security Standard for Dubai in a press conference held in Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, inaugurated by Mr. Amer Sharaf, Director of Compliance, Support and Alliances at DESC; and Dr. Bushra Al Blooshi, Deputy Director of Information Services Department at DESC.  Implementation of the Industrial …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: The NdcTech, an award winning partner and Temenos (the world’s #1 Banking Software) have joined hands for success of Pakistan’s first Digital Conference 2020 being organized on April 15th, 2020 in Karachi as a gold sponsor. Conference is being organized by AMFCO Technologies in collaboration with IBA-CICT as academic partner and ISACA Karachi Chapter as supporting body. NdcTech …

News Desk KARACHI: Dolmen Malls celebrated International Women’s Day from 6th March to 8th March 2020, the event honoured women from all walks of life featuring prominent women including accomplished entrepreneurs, influencers, fitness experts, media luminaries and renowned celebrities. Adorned with kites, Pakistan’s favourite mall hosted numerous women centric activities, makeovers and product testing by major local and international brands …

News Desk DUBAI: Etisalat today announced that it will provide free access for three months to businesses for using its online collaboration platform – Etisalat CloudTalk Meeting – to help companies maintain business continuity by providing a secure platform to collaborate from any device, location, and network in the country.  Business operations can remain uninterrupted with Cloudtalk’s unlimited video conferencing and …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is giving travellers peace of mind when making their next booking by allowing one complimentary date or destination change for all flights booked between 8 March and 7 April 2020.  Valid for travel from 22 March 2020, the offer is applicable to all fares including Etihad Guest redemptions and Etihad …