KARACHI: Federal Finance Minister, Dr. Miftah Ismail has said that if the government fails to curtail trade deficit the country will have to resort to IMF for financial assistance. He was addressing post budget seminar organized by the Southern Regional Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) here at Pearl Continental hotel on Monday night. President ICAP …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Lieutenant General Dhahi KhalfanTamim, Deputy Chairman of Police and Public Security in Dubai, today opened Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC) 2018 – the region’s only true information security conference and exhibition–which runs concurrently with the Internet of Things Expo (IoTX) under the umbrella of Future Technology Week from 1 – 3 May at Dubai …

DUBAI: Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, is celebrating its 25th anniversary to Dammam. Originally operating two flights a week, Emirates now flies four times daily between Dammam and Emirates’ hub in Dubai. Since the start of the Dammam service in 1993, the airline has carried more than 3.8 million passengers. Adil Al Ghaith, Senior Vice President, Gulf Middle East and …

KARACHI: The bi-annual certificates’ distribution ceremony for the newly qualified Chartered Accountants was hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and organised by the Southern Regional Committee (SRC), ICAP here at a local hotel. As many as 75 newly qualified CAs of the Southern Region received their certificates. Of them 15 students received merit certificates and three …

DUBAI: Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), signed multiple Letter of Intent (LOI) agreements with leading hotel chains, Tourism companies and potential investors at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2018 in Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE the region’s leading travel industry showcase. The agreements are the first step towards identification of partners to collaborate on the large opportunities of promotion of the …

LAHORE: SimSim by FINCA, a leading mobile wallet in Pakistan participated in the “DIGITAL YOUTH SUMMIT 2018” held in Peshawar; a particularly useful platform for SimSim to present its technological work. The Digital Youth Summit (DYS) is a technology focused conference that has been organised by collaborative efforts of KP government and the World Bank. Commenting on the occasion, Mudassir Aqil, CEO …

ABU DHABI: In the presence of H.E. Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, UAE Minister of Economy and H.E Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Sciences,The Ministry of Economy (MoE), in partnership with 15 government and private sector entities, launched the National Program for Supporting Young Innovative Companies yesterday (Monday) as part of its participation in …

KARACHI: JazzCash, Jazz’s mobile financial product, has achieved record growth in its Mobile Account customers during the 1st quarter of 2018. As per official figures, JazzCash added half a million customers to its thirty day active base in record time of just 70 days, bringing the total active user base to over 3.5 million customers – a large step towards …

DUBAI: Artificial Intelligence, known as AI, is becoming an increasingly vital part of logistics and supply chain management and is expected to reshape the industry in the future. However, the adoption of AI requires a massive investment in technology and hiring of experienced AI & IT professionals. AI industry specialists highlighted that the current interest in the adoption of AI …

By Rafiq Vayani ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX Certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it has won the 2018 ‘Africa’s Outstanding Food Services by a Carrier’ Award as voted by PAX International readers at a ceremony held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg, Germany in April 2018. Mr. …