British Council is partnering with PoliNations on the Pakistan-UK New Perspectives Season to mark the 75th anniversary of Pakistan. The partnership seeks to create an artistic response to the themes of PoliNations, including celebrating diversity and the cross-pollination of culture, exploring the influence of journeys along the silk road and the history of tea. New Perspectives showcases the cultural wealth …

RIYADH?DUBAI: Given the new Universities Bylaw, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education (MoE) has envisioned a substantial change in the higher education system by granting disciplined autonomy to universities in framing their academic, financial, and administrative regulations. Universities will need to be ready for this significant level of change as they have been granted the opportunity to set their own strategic …

By Rafiq Vayani Rider, Pakistan’s first-ever logistics start-up to be backed by YC, is building modern logistics for online sellers across the country. In doing so, the start-up has attracted the attention of investors and is today announcing a $3.1M funding with participation from YCombinator and new investors i2i Ventures, Flexport, Soma Capital and Rebel Fund. Existing investors Global Founders …

Tara Uzra Dawood, President, Dawood Global Foundation LADIESFUND, paid an official courtesy visit to Dr. Murtaza Syed, Acting Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, and Sima Kamil, Deputy Governor. They discussed their collaborations for facilitating loans for women SMEs and the handicapable. LADIESFUND®, an initiative by Dawood Global Foundation, has grown tremendously and has become the leading resource in …

As travel rebounds from the impact of the pandemic, Emirates is busy preparing for its busiest period yet, with over 550,000 customers expected to fly out from the UAE between June and July on over 2,400 weekly network-wide departures. The airline continues to add flights and frequencies where possible as it ramps up its summer schedule, and will be operating …

The 15th edition of PrintPak, the printing, packaging, and graphic arts exhibition, is to be held at Karachi Expo Center from September 3-5. The soft launch of the exhibition was held at a local hotel here in which acting President of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Shabbir Hassan Mansha was the chief guest. The biggest print …

The premiere of one of the most awaited movie of the year “Peechay Tou Dekho” took place on 16th June at The Arena Cinema, Karachi amongst the glitz and glam of Pakistani media and was attended by the creme de la creme of showbiz, socialites from K Town and the loving fans with the whole front yard of The Arena …

By Pirah Aijaz People learn skills and expect overnight success, not realizing that every growth process takes time. This is what I learned in my entrepreneurship journey. After leaving the 9 to 5 grind, it took me 6 years to build my career. So, I would say nothing happens overnight. Do you know what I did? I just stayed consistent …

TikTok has partnered with Edkasa and LUMS to launch a digital learning programme to facilitate online education and distance learning for high school students. Driven by TikTok, the programme #ExamReady will promote digital learning designed to help millions of Pakistani students. In this first of its kind year-long partnership, TikTok, Edkasa and LUMS will collaborate to bring to life over …

Dolmen Mall, Pakistan’s first international standard community centric mall, that has changed the retail landscape of the country, keeps facilitation of customers from all walks of life at the heart of its initiatives. Carrying on the legacy of being the first to launch dedicated mall services in Pakistani malls, Dolmen Mall is now introducing the first of its kind facility …