News Desk KARACHI: Amidst the growing trend toward eco-conscious spending and consumption among people who want to pursue more sustainable choices and practices, Mastercard has released its Mastercard Carbon Calculator for the Middle East & Africa and Pakistan.  Developed in collaboration with the Swedish fintech Doconomy, the Mastercard Carbon Calculator is a feature that provides access to insights and data about environmental …

Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s leading Islamic bank has launched a free COVID-19 vaccination drive for its employees and their family members in collaboration with the Government of Sindh. The vaccination camp kicked off  at the Bank’s Head Office in Karachi under the leadership of Mr. Irfan Siddiqui, Founding President & CEO – Meezan Bank along with the Bank’s senior management team. …

On 4th June 2021, Pak Suzuki Officials visited Burns Centre and donated Plus Moist Dressing (Quantity: 100 Packets). Plus moist is a new type of wound dressing developed on moist wound healing concept. Plus moist gives superior non-adherent ability in a moist environment, and does not form a scab. Because Plus moist uses self-regulating absorption of the exudate fluid, Plus …

Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi has always strived for the promotion of arts and crafts. In this regard, the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi Music Production has allowed singers to showcase the essence of their talent. “Arts Council Music Academy The ACMA Band Releases First Original Song “Lahooti”. The song “Lahooti”, based on a great combination of Sufism and rock …

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the newest national airline of the UAE, has announced the launch of its latest route to Chisinau, Moldova, starting on 4 September 2021. With the launch of Chisinau, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has now on sale 25 destinations. The flight to Chisinau will be operated two times per week on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tickets are already on sale on wizzair.com and the airline’s …

Salesflo (Retailistan Pvt. Ltd) started the retail digitization journey for Pakistan in 2015 with the launch of Pakistan’s first cloud enabled Sales and Distribution platform. Since its inception, Salesflo has onboarded more than 40 enterprise FMCG, Pharma & Distribution companies representing close to Rs.400 billion in annual transacted goods (Roughly 1% of Pakistan’s GDP).Salesflo, through its continuous digitization has laid …

Egypt has fully vaccinated all staff working at both Red Sea and South Sinai governorates, two of the country’s tourism hotspots as hotels and resorts gear up for the safe return of holidaymakers this summer. Staff working in establishments including hotels, resorts, cafes, restaurants, bazaars and tourism transportation in the Red Sea and South Sinai governorates have received COVID-19 vaccine. Egypt’s …

By Rafiq Vayani / Kamran Hashim KARACHI: First meeting by the ad-hoc committee of All Karachi restaurant Association (AKRA) was held on 02nd June 2021 at the Pizza Point, North Nazimabad. This meeting by ad-hoc committee headed by Mr. Asad Hanif as Chairman and Mr. Faizan Rawat as General Secretary was attended by more than 50 owners of different restaurants …

Emirates will be providing more choice and comfort for its customers in Bahrain, with the introduction of the first scheduled Airbus A380 service during the month of June. This is the first time an airline operates the double-decker on a regularly scheduled basis to the Kingdom, and demonstrates the operational readiness of the new airport to provide the necessary infrastructure …

In commemoration of World Environment Day, Nestlé and LuLu have teamed up to encourage use of reusable bags in a joint campaign running instore across 40 outlets in the United Arab Emirates and on the leading hypermarket chain’s website. The collaboration will offer 100,000 reusable grocery bags to LuLu shoppers as part of a campaign entitled “Love your planet, and say …