KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) member companies spent Rs 5.5 billion during 2018-19 and directly benefited 5.8 million people across Pakistan as part of its CSR activities. As per 2018-19 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which highlights the key social and community related activities of foreign investors operating in the country, member companies continued their efforts …

KARACHI: TPL Insurance, Pakistan’s first direct insurance company, is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with Pakistan’s leading commercial and retail banking institution Askari Bank Ltd. An MoU was signed between the two organizations on the 8th of October, 2019 at Askari Bank’s office in Islamabad. The partnership aims to explore new business opportunities in the Auto Finance sector and provide …

News Desk DUBAI: Choithrams, one of the UAE’s oldest organised retail chains, todaypledged its support for the United Nations World Food Programme Stop the Waste campaign, a global movement that aims to raise hunger awareness by asking the general public to be more conscious of their food waste – one of the fundamental steps towards eradicating global hunger. Ahead of …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Hitit Computer Services and PIA celebrate their first anniversary of completing the migration process in Pakistan. The first anniversary was celebrated with an official gala dinner, at the Movenpick, Karachi, attended by dignitaries representing Hitit, PIA, TAAP and the Turkish Consulate. On 18April 2018, PIA and Hitit signed their partnership agreement. In just five months, on …

MUSCAT: Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, is looking for candidates in Oman to join its multinational cabin crew team. The Dubai-based airline is holding a Cabin Crew recruitment open day in Muscat. The Open Day will be held at 9am sharp on Saturday, 19th of October at Park Inn by Radisson Muscat; Sultan Qaboos St, Muscat. The airline is …

DUBAI: Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has launched Emirates Delivers – a new e-commerce delivery platform that allows customers shopping from multiple online retailers in the US to consolidate their purchases and have the goods delivered to a home or office address. Now available to individual or small business customers in the UAE, Emirates Delivers supports Dubai’s vision …

DUBAI: Brambles, the global supply-chain solutions company operating in nearly 60 countries, reports on their sustainability success for the 2019 Financial Year in their recently released Sustainability Review. Together with its customers, Brambles’ solutions have helped save: 2 million tonnes of CO2 1.7 million cubic metres wood 2,595 megalitres of water 1.3 million metric tonnes of solid waste 1.7 million …

DUBAI: Dubai Startup Hub, an initiative of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has unveiled its revamped Market Access programme which pairs leading companies in the UAE with startups that offer innovative solutions addressing their key challenges. Details of the new Market Access features were announced at a launch ceremony in Dubai which was attended by members of the business …

DUBAI: Following the recent debut of its flagship A380 aircraft to Cairo, Emirates will introduce a regular scheduled commercial A380 service to the Egyptian capital starting from 27 October 2019, four times a week. The only airline to operate a scheduled A380 service to Cairo, Emirates will replace the 777-300ER aircraft currently operating EK923 and EK924 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain, took part in the Women Power Summit 2019 which was held at the Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa Hotel. As well as being a main sponsor of the two-day summit, Gulf Air was also registered as the Travel Partner of this inspiring and networking event, flying in …