DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry honoured 37 companies for their corporate social responsibility and sustainability efforts during a recognition ceremony held at its premises today. The Dubai Chamber CSR Label was presented to Al Futtaim Carillion, Al Rostamani Pegel, Amlak Finance, Apparel Group, Blue LLC, Chalhoub Group, CHEP Middle East, Clyde & Co, Corporate Business Services, Daikin …

By Kamran Hashim / Rafiq Vayani Sufyan Anis Ozri, executive director Treasury at the WallStreet Exchange Company (Pvt.) Limited was talking with the BizToday team and excerpts of his interview with BizToday are as follows; Team BizToday: Tell us your company WallStreet Exchange company? Sufyan Anis Ozri:   WallStreet was founded by my father Muhammad Anis Ozri (late) during 1994 …

DUBAI: The Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA) has announced that it has formed a new category for its members,the Strategic Corporate Members,and established the Strategic Corporate Members Committee, which would include MEFMA’s pioneering members. MEFMA said it reflects the Association’s focus on developing new opportunities for strategic engagements by the corporate sector and enhance their role in developing the …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s largest fertilizer producer, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited (FFC) and Pakistan’s largest IPP the Hub Power Company Limited (HUBCO) have entered into a strategic alliance to set up a 330 MW Coal based Power Plant in Thar.  The Shareholders Agreement (SHA) was signed amongst HUBCO, FFC and China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), a state owned enterprise from China in an event …

KARACHI: Bvlgari’s Octo Finissimo Automatic in titanium is awarded the highest accolade at the iF DESIGN AWARD in the “Product” Category Chosen by a jury of 63 independent experts from the international design community, this prestigious award is bestowed on only 75 of the over 6,000 products taking part in the competition is a confirmation of Bvlgari’s unique ability to …

SHARJAH: Senior officials of the Sharjah Water & Electricity Authority (SEWA) hosted a high-level delegation from GE (NYSE: GE) to discuss potential projects to strengthen Sharjah’s power sector. The initiatives are in line with SEWA’s Vision 2020, aimed at driving a culture of innovation and sustainability in line with the UAE Energy Plan 2050 to cut carbon dioxide emissions, increase clean …

KARACHI: Pakistan Advertising Association and Pakistan Advertisers Society, in association with Synergy Dentsu are organizing a global career-acceleration program for women, ‘See It Be It’ on March 17. The programme ‘See It Be It’ was launched by Cannes Lions – the world’s largest advertising festival, now in its 64th year, five year ago to address the issue of under-representation of women at …

ISLAMABAD: Further expanding itself in the domain of digital payments, JazzCash has entered into an agreement with Frontier Works Organization (FWO),whereby it will be digitizing M-Tagrecharge. Users can now pay their toll fees on the motorway through JazzCash. Currently more than a hundred thousand people travel daily on M2 and those using the M-Tag facility have to wait in long …

KARACHI: ThalNova is pleased to announce that it has entered into a subscription agreement with CMEC ThalNova Power Investments Limited pursuant to which it will subscribe for 10% shareholding in ThalNova, subject to all the regulatory approvals of Pakistan. CMEC ThalNova Power Investments Limited has also executed a Novation Agreement with the existing shareholders of ThalNova. ThalNova, incorporated under the …

KARACHI: Cinepax Cinemas, Pakistan’s favorite cinema chain’s CEO Mariam El Bacha, is featured on number 5th in the list of “Top 50 women of the Global Cinema” which truly showcases her hard work towards the cinema industry. Mariam took the position of the CEO of Cinepax Cinemas in Feb 2018. She was previously working as the Director of Operations at …