The Board of Directors of Shell Pakistan Limited (SPL) announced the half year 2021 financial results on August 26th.  The company posted a profit after tax of PKR 2,150 million compared to the loss of PKR 7,873 million made in the same period last year. The first half of 2021 saw a significant recovery compared to a very tough last year.  The …

News Desk DUBAI/KARACHI: Visa (NYSE: V) today announced the appointment of Leila Serhan as Group Country Manager and Senior Vice President to lead its presence across the North Africa, Levant and Pakistan (NALP) region.  Ms. Serhan brings more than two decades experience of leadership positions, including 20 years gained at Microsoft. Ms. Serhan most recently led Microsoft’s public sector business across the …

This Emirati Women’s Day, the Emirates Group hosted a live forum to celebrate the contributions of talented Emirati Women both inside and outside of the organisation. The forum was held virtually and hosted a group of distinguished and well-recognized Emirati women in diverse roles and fields. The forum was moderated by Bakhita Al Muhairi, First Officer at Emirates who also …

Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan, in partnership with INNOVentures Global (Pvt.) Limited, announces the top seven winners of the #SCWomenInTech Programme 2021. Standard Chartered Women in Tech (WiT) support female-led entrepreneurial teams with business management training, mentoring and seed funding. These accelerators were designed to help address gender disparity in the technology sector and to use technology to tackle social challenges …

Huawei has extended support for HUAWEI Ads, the programmatic advertising marketplace that allows app developers to dramatically increase in-app revenue, to all Android devices.    HUAWEI Ads provides an easy and effective way for developers to open up their apps to third-party advertising, while offering advertisers a way to buy impressions on the huge global user base of Huawei devices. “Feedback on HUAWEI Ads has …

As most women-led businesses trade from home, or in shared business spaces, they are ineligible for grants except for locally administered discretionary funds. While these businesses have no or low premises costs, they face other fixed costs for which they have no support. Historical evidence tells us that human discretion introduces gender bias into funding decisions, sounding alarm bells around …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Manchester City FC will this weekend put Expo 2020 Dubai in the global spotlight during the Club’s Premier League fixture against Arsenal. The famous Etihad Stadium will play host to a special Expo activation on Saturday – with the showpiece event’s logo featuring across a number of areas at the game, including player’s warm-up jackets, a banner covering the centre …

News Desk RIYADH: As a milestone step on its journey to becoming a fully-fledged omni-channel car rental brand, Lumi, Seera Group’s car rental business announced the launch of a new App and mobile web platform,further accelerating the development of sophisticated travel booking solutions in Saudi Arabia. In the evolving new world of travel, changing customer circumstances and requirements is important …

As a global technology brand, OPPO is committed to empowering female business leaders both in the UAE and across the globe. OPPO is dedicated to supporting and encouraging women to be a driving force for change and share their fresh perspectives with the world. This Emirati Women’s Day, OPPO celebrates by shining a spotlight on acclaimed Emirati film writer, director, …

Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited today announced its H1 Results for 2021. The Bank has delivered a resilient financial performance with a Profit before tax of PKR 12.0 billion. Revenue was lower as compared to last year primarily due to sharp reduction in interest rates in Q2’20, subdued economic activity and market volatility which impacted foreign exchange income, revaluation income …