News Desk DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be launching a partial  ‘Remote Work’ programme tomorrow (Monday, March 16, 2020), as part of the preventive measures undertaken to address the risks of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Taken in coordination with relevant government entities, the measures add to the Chamber’s efforts to ensure the safety of employees and customers, as …

News Desk SHARJAH: Sahara Centre, Sharjah’s leading retail, dining, entertainment, and leisure destination, has announced the winners of its Spring Promotion 2020. On a spend of just AED 200, two winners drove away with brand-new BMW Z4 each while 60 others won fashion vouchers worth AED 2,500 each. The winners shopped at Sahara Centre from 25 December 2019 till 13 …

By Rafiq Vayani AJMAN: Ajman Free Zone signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi German Hospital Ajman with the aim of providing health services to customers, investors, and employees. This step came as part of Ajman Free Zone’s efforts to provide services of various levels to customers and investors, to enable them to run their business easily and conveniently. …

News Desk DUBAI: Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) to enhance academic cooperation and the exchange of knowledge with regards to policies, strategies, and management consulting. The agreement also seeks to train employees, hone their skills, develop research and studies, and organise discussion panels and workshops. It …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has temporarily suspend flights to and from several airports in Pakistan effective from the 14th of March 2020 until the 31st of March 2020. Flights to and from Sialkot, Multan, Peshawar and Faisalabad will be suspended; flights operating to Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi will operate but on reduced frequencies in …

News Desk ISLAMABAD: In line with the tradition of celebrating International Women’s Day, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), organized a series of events with great fervor across Pakistan including Islamabad, Lahore, Quetta, Faisalabad, Peshawar and Karachi.  The events promoted the international theme, #EachforEqual, where an equal world is an enabled world. The event that took place at the PTCL Academy in …

KARACHI: Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited and Jubilee Life Insurance Company Limited have recently entered into a distribution alliance for Jubilee Life’s Window Takaful products to bring ease of access to innovative products as part of delivering an unparalleled level of customer service. Mr. Javed Ahmed, MD & CEO, Jubilee Life Insurance, Mr. Mohsin Ali Nathani, President and CEO, HabibMetro Bank …

KARACHI: Telenor Pakistan, country’s leading telecom and digital services provider, marked 15 years of its operations in Pakistan through successful trial of 5G. During a ceremony at the company’s 345 campus, Irfan Wahab Khan CEO Telenor Pakistan & Head of Telenor’s Emerging Asia Cluster along with Khurrum Ashfaque, Deputy CEO & Chief Technology Officer, briefed the media on Telenor Pakistan’s successful operations …

KARACHI: Ibn-e-Insha Park in Nazimabad has been reopened for the public after years of neglect, with a completely new look. K-Electric, with the collaboration and support of UC-47 cleared more than 26 tons of garbage from the derelict park and its surroundings in Paposh Nagar and restored it to its former glory. Nearly 150 saplings have also been planted by the …

News Desk DUBAI: His Excellency Hamad Buamim, President & CEO, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, affirmed that the Chamber is committed to strengthening the partnership of public and private sectors to face global challenges and enhance the competitiveness of the business environment in the emirate, keeping in mind that this partnership is strategic and fundamental to the role of …