By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates has reached a landmark 100 aircraft refurbished under its retrofit programme, the largest known undertaken by any airline globally. Since work began in November 2022, 47 Airbus A380s and 53 Boeing 777s have been given a complete nose-to-tail refresh at the Emirates Engineering hangars in Dubai. By the end of December 2026, around 20 additional …

Pakistan, Indonesia Reaffirm Commitment to Expanding Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation at Karachi Business Forum By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Pakistan and Indonesia have enormous potential to strengthen bilateral trade, investment and industrial cooperation, reaffirming the Sindh government’s commitment to facilitating foreign investors, particularly from Indonesia. He was addressing the Indonesia–Pakistan …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Under the leadership of Dr. Habiba Al Mar’ashi, Co-Founder & Chairperson of Emirates Environmental Group (EEG), Board Member of the GISD Alliance, and Director of the Board of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), EEG will host an insightful panel discussion titled “Green Infrastructure and Retrofitting: Upgrading the Built Environment for Net Zero” on 27 August …

By Rafiq Vayani LAHORE: Lucky Investments Limited (“Lucky Investments”), one of Pakistan’s fastest-growing Shariah compliant Asset Management Companies, has expanded it network to Lahore by inaugurating its first branch in Gulberg, Lahore. It’s a significant milestone in the company’s nationwide expansion strategy. The branch was formally inaugurated by Mohammad Shoaib, CFA, Chief Executive Officer of Lucky Investments Limited, in the …

More than 500,000 users engaged as Kaspersky builds a scalable, data-driven customer engagement framework for its B2B operations DUBAI: Global cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky has strengthened its B2B customer engagement through WebEngage’s data-driven engagement platform. The collaboration has already helped Kaspersky engage more than 500,000 users during the initial phase of the partnership, as the company builds a …

KARACHI: Today, senior K-Electric officials visited HB House, Bhit Island, where they were warmly welcomed by Sardar Hussain Aslam Bhatti. The delegation included Cluster Head Mr. Fahad Nazar, GM IBC Baldia Mr. Masood Bajwa, DGM IBS Baldia Mr. Sami Khan, Recovery Manager Mr. Zeeshan, Mr. Ather, Assistant to Mr. Fahad Nazar, and Mr. Amir Shah from the Operations Department. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CmykL2iuD …

News Desk KARACHI: Select Technologies Limited (“SELECT”), a leading Pakistani technology company engaged in the manufacturing and assembly of smartphones and consumer appliances, has successfully completed its Initial Public Offering (“IPO”), receiving a strong response from investors during both the Book Building and General Public Subscription phases. The IPO raised PKR 3.02 billion, making it one of the most notable …

Snowflake commits $6 billion in Graviton compute and AI spend on AWS over five years, reflecting accelerating demand for data and AI workloads DUBAI: Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the AI Data Cloud company, today announced that it has signed a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate enterprise agentic AI adoption to help joint customers worldwide …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Standard Chartered Pakistan today announced the appointment of Adil Salahuddin as its Chief Executive Officer & Head of Coverage, subject to regulatory and statutory approvals. Commenting on the appointment, Rola Abu Manneh, Chief Executive Officer, UAE, Middle East and Pakistan, Standard Chartered, said: “Pakistan is an important market for Standard Chartered and one of our longest …

News Desk KARACHI: Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s leading Islamic bank and one of the country’s largest banks, has partnered with the Centre for Islamic Finance (CIF) at LUMS to make high-quality, industry-led Islamic finance education more accessible across Pakistan and beyond. Formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the collaboration brings together Meezan Bank’s market leadership and LUMS’ academic strength to …