KARACHI: Gerry’s dnata, the leading ground services provider in Pakistan, has been awarded for the ‘Best Cargo Handling Operation’ at the 2019 Pride of Ground Handling Awards. The prestigious award was accepted by Syed Haris Raza, Vice President of Gerry’s dnata, at a gala dinner during the 21st Ground Handling International Annual Conference in Amsterdam.  Syed Haris Raza said: “We are extremely …

DUBAI: The Emirates Group celebrated the UAE’s 48th National Day today with a range of activities at its headquarters in Dubai. His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline & Group commemorated the special occasion with a cake-cutting ceremony. In addition, Emirates Group staff at enjoyed a special Emirati heritage bazaar constructed exclusively for …

DUBAI: Recent statistics show vast untapped potential to boost Zambian exports to the UAE and further explore bilateral business opportunities, HE Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia, said yesterday during a visit to Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s headquarters. A high-level delegation led by the Zambian President was received by H.E. Majid Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman …

DUBAI : Dubai-based flydubai has announced today that it has finalised an agreement with Smartwings to wet lease four Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft between 14 December 2019 and 25 January 2020. The Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance (ACMI) agreement with Smartwings will see four-leased aircraft supplement the carrier’s fleet of 40 Next-Generation Boeing 737-800s and will add more capacity during …

DUBAI: As one of the leading Global Forex Brokerage firm, Axiory Global Ltd establishes its base for the first time in the Middle East with offices in UAE to cover the Middle East market. Originally from Belize, Axiory Global Ltd.is an online brokerage service catered to private and corporate traders with Forex and CFD leveraged products through its online portal. …

PUTRAJAYA: Overall, Malaysia’s tourism industry performance from January to September 2019 showed positive development. International tourist arrivals to Malaysia went up by +3.7% to 20,109,203 tourists for the period of January to September 2019 compared with 19,386,115 tourists for the same period in 2018. The top 10 countries with highest contribution of tourist arrivals were Singapore (7,868,755 tourist arrivals), Indonesia …

KARACHI: Hysab Kytab (HK) has entered into a strategic partnership with Telenor Pakistan to collaborate on gaining a deeper understanding of consumer preferences. The collaboration will help drive a deeper and more holistic understanding of consumers that will lead to the individual-level personalization of products and services in Pakistan. The partnership will involve collaboration in the domains of Market Research, …

BERLIN: The winners of the 2019 EQUALS in Tech Awards were announced this evening at a gala awards ceremony at Berlin’s Estrel Conference Center, as part of the programme of activities surrounding the annual Internet Governance Forum. The awards, hosted by the EQUALS Global Partnership, recognize innovative solutions aimed at closing the digital gender gap. This year’s winners joined high-level representatives from …

LAHORE: Samsung Electronics Pakistan and LUMS have joined hands to support and empower social start-ups contributing towards achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through this collaboration, Samsung and LUMS aim to accelerate start-ups delivering on their full entrepreneurial potential and create a positive impact. The official MoU signing ceremony for the collaboration took place at the National …

DUBAI: 5G network forms the underlying layer to digitally transform and bring new capabilities across industries, entertainment and public services changing the role of telcos to facilitate services that will enable futuristic use cases, opined Etisalat senior executives at the two-day GSMA event.    The conference brought together public and private sector leaders to discuss and debate how mobile technology is …