News Desk DUBAI: Village Capital, with the support of International Finance Corporation (IFC) today announced the 21 early-stage startups that were selected to take part in Sustainability MENA 2021, an investment-readiness program for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Turkey-based startups that are tackling the region’s most pressing sustainability challenges. A total of 21 companies were selected to participate in …

Etihad Airways has extended its ‘Verified To Fly’ travel document initiative, enabling travellers to validate their Covid-19 travel documents before arriving at the airport, to routes across its global network. Available for the vast majority of Etihad flights, to use the Verified to Fly service passengers sign-up by visiting Manage my Booking and following the simple instructions to upload and submit their …

Indus Motor Company (IMC) announced the launch of its facelifted Toyota Hilux Revo 2021. With more robust features, off-road driving capabilities and modern design, the new Revo V, Revo G AT and Revo G MT variants will be hitting the market with a price tag ranging between Rs 6.54 million and Rs 7.49 million. The Company’s Chief Executive, Ali Asghar …

The groundbreaking ceremony of CCI Pakistan (Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Ltd) greenfield production plant in Haripur was held on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, with Chief Minister KP province, Mahmood Khan being the guest of honour. This will be CCI Pakistan’s 7th production plant in Pakistan and the first in the province of KP. The new facility will be set up with …

​​​​​The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) today signed an agreement with the Government of Romania for the hosting of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22) in Bucharest. ITU’s supreme governing body is set to convene from 26 September to 14 October 2022 at the Palace of the Parliament in the Romanian capital, marking the return of the conference to Europe after more than three decades.    “I am very pleased that the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference …

Creditfix, the Pakistani Fintech startup, has announced that they have secured an undisclosed amount of seed funding in a round led by venture capital fund, Insitor Partners Pte. Ltd. The Singapore-based impact investment firm confirmed this as their inaugural investment into Pakistan. The landmark deal is the first-of-its-kind in Pakistan’s startup ecosystem, marking the first-ever convertible loan financing from an …

The newly formed Board of Dubai Chambers today held its first meeting at Dubai Chambers’ headquarters, which discussed objectives and as the organisation prepares to adopt a long-term strategy.   The meeting was headed by H.E. Abdulaziz Al Ghurair, Chairman of Dubai Chambers, and attended by H.E. Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Chairman of the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, His …

Bestway Cement and Reon Energy Limited today energized 14.3 MW captive Solar Power Project at Farooqia, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Solar Photovoltaic Plant is part of around a 50 MW project deal dispersed across Bestway’s four locations i.e., Farooqia, Chakwal, Kallar Kahar and Hattar. The deal between Bestway and Reon is the largest distributed energy project in the region to date. …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates is expecting more than 450,000 passengers to travel from, to and through Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport over the course of the next two weekends on over 1,600 flights. The busiest days for the airline will be the next two weekends, 2-3 July and 9-10 July, although high passenger traffic is expected to start …

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in line with its commitment to invest in Bahraini workforce has appointed two Bahrainis in executive and management roles: Mr. Adnan Hashim as Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Jamal AlKuwaiti as Director Human Resources. Mr. Adnan Hashim brings with him more than 25 years of experience in the banking and …