Standard Chartered and Dubai-based carrier, flydubai, have successfully signed the Sale and Leaseback (SLB) agreement for five new Boeing 737 MAX aircrafts. Four aircrafts were delivered between March and May 2022 with the remaining aircraft scheduled to arrive from Boeing, before the end of the first half of the year. The deal was structured, financed and arranged exclusively by Standard …

e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group) today announced launching its first set of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This marks a significant milestone for e& as the first technology and investment conglomerate in the Middle East to launch NFTs. The inaugural set of NFTs will be distributed selectively, and the Group will be providing further updates as their plans for the NFTs progress. The …

The Acting Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr. Murtaza Syed recently visited Meezan Bank’s Head Office in Karachi along with the Deputy Governor Ms. Sima Kamil and the Bank’s senior management. The Governor inaugurated the Digital Centre, built purposefully for catering the needs of Roshan Digital Accounts (RDA) customers.  Chairman Meezan Bank’s Board Mr. Riyadh S.A.A. Edrees, Meezan Bank’s …

The Aga Khan University Hospitals Clinical Laboratory has received the gold standard College of American Pathologists (CAP) accreditation for the third time and remains the only clinical laboratory in Pakistan to receive this prestigious accreditation. This accreditation is a certification that AKUH Clinical Laboratories follow over 3,500 standards to provide our patients timely and accurate results every time. A team …

Etisalat UAE, the telecom pillar of e& in the UAE, aims to sustain leadership as a digital telco and is already making great strides towards remaining resilient in the future hyper-connected world by transforming its technology model and excelling in customer and employee experience, said Masood M. Sharif Mahmood, CEO, Etisalat UAE. Mahmood shared his insights during his keynote ‘Reframing …

Zameen.com, Pakistan’s largest real estate enterprise, successfully concluded the first Qatar edition of its flagship ‘Pakistan Property Event’ in Doha. The event ran from May 20 and 21, 2022. The event attracted 5000+ overseas Pakistanis from Qatar and the neighbouring GCC countries. The two-day event offered more than 150 real estate projects worth billions of Qatari riyals. Attendees from Qatar …

Danube Properties, the UAE-based pioneer in affordable property development and one of the most dynamic private real estate developers in the UAE, today launched Gemz, a Dh350 million luxurious residential project with stunning pyramid-shaped architecture, offering spacious large homes and floor plans with unique convertible layouts so much so that 1BHK can be made into 2BHK, 2BHK into a 3BHK. …

Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has announced the appointment of Khaled Al Shamsi as its Executive Director. Al Shamsi will oversee the implementation of the Chamber’s recently adopted 2022-2024 strategy and steer the chamber towards its goals of attracting leading digital companies, foreign investments and specialised talent to …

Committed to making Karachi’s future more clean and green, K-Electric has renovated yet another park in the city. Located in the densely populated area of Nazimabad, Tanveer Shaheed Park had remained in an unusable condition for years, which will now provide a recreational facility to around 1,000 households in the vicinity. This development initiative was carried out under Project Sarbulandi …

Justin Bieber today announced the final international dates for his record-setting Justice World Tour, including October 8th at the Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai. Having sold in excess of 1.3 million tickets so far, the tour will travel to over 30 countries — playing more than 125 shows – from May 2022 through March 2023.  Thomas Ovesen, owner of T.O.P Entertainment and the outfit responsible for bringing the show …