KARACHI: The Nest I/O, P@SHA’s Tech Incubator and Accelerator, signed an MoU with Islamabad United, a leading HBL PSL team, to promote entrepreneurship in the country. Under the umbrella of #UnitedWeTech, both partners will be working together to identify and promote entrepreneurs and founders with a proven Minimum Viable Products (MVP), demonstrated traction, and/or a strong positive social aspect.  “We …

KARACHI: Positive Media Communications (PMC) organised a seminar on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the Movenpick Hotel. The seminar, titled “Tolerant Pakistan” discussed ways to shun extremism from the country and bring about harmony. A panel comprising of esteemed guests from various backgrounds were invited to the session to speak about tolerance. The panel was comprised of His Excellency, the …

Sport Desk DUBAI: Australian Open champions Novak Djokovic and Sofia Kenin will headline a fantastic fortnight of tennis action when the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships gets underway on 17th February. Djokovic, who will be seeking his fifth crown in Dubai, defeated Dominic Thiem on Sunday to earn a record eighth Australian Open title, a day after Sofia Kenin astounded everyone by claiming …

JORDAN: Arab Bank Group closed 2019 with solid results reporting net income after tax of $846.5 million as compared to $820.5 million in 2018, recording a growth of 3.2%.  Net income before tax grew to reach $ 1.15 billion as compared to $ 1.12 billion in 2018, while Group equity grew to reach $9.102 billion with a return on equity …

KARACHI: Friends of Burns Centre organized an 15th Anniversary Dinner 2020. It was held at Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi on January 31, 2020. Mr. Zahid Saeed, President of Friends of Burns Centre spoke that how Burns Centre is helping people to recover from their cruel burns injuries by giving them best facility and 100% free treatment. Mr. S. M. Muneer, …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: The agreement between Pakistan Super League franchise Lahore Qalandar and Medicam Group of Companies has been finalized.  Medicam Chairman Mr. Khalil Ahmad Nanitalwala, Chief Executive Officer, Salman Khalil Nanitalwala, Managing Director, Junaid Khalil Nanitalwala, Chief Operating Officer Khurram Khalil NaniTalawala, Director Admin Zafar Riaz Bari and others attended the event. “We want cooperation with cricket as …

DUBAI: Supported by cricketing superstars Yuvraj Singh and Shahid Afridi, alongside 12,000 spectators, Laing O’Rourke triumphed by 147 runs over CoEX Project Team in the final of the third annual Expo 2020 Dubai cricket tournament at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday. The popular tournament forms part of Expo 2020 Dubai’s strategy to advance worker welfare and health, safety, quality …

News Desk DUBAI: In a bid to further contribute to enhancing trade flow in Dubai’s leading free zones, DP World, UAE Region and Dubai South signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enable its flagship Free Zone, Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) and Dubai South to facilitate the seamless entry and exit of goods between them and enhance services to …

News Desk KARACHI: Lucky Cement Limited (psx: LUCK) won the Int’l Corporate Social Responsibility Award in the category of “Green Environmental Stewardship”, organized by The Professionals Network (TPN), at the 9th CSR Summit & Awards held on 30th January, 2020 at Marriott hotel, Karachi. Lucky Cement Limited received this prestigious award in recognition of its efforts to control carbon emissions in …

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa has become the first country in Africa to join to the Facebook Amber Alerts programme. This follows the announcement of a partnership between Facebook (facebook.com) and The South African Police Service (SAPS) to use the Facebook platform and community to help find missing children. The system enables the South African Police Service to seek assistance from the …