By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: The Professionals Network organises Islamic Banking Conference & Expo 2020 in Karachi Marriott Hotel on Thursday, 26th November. While addressing at the Conference Federal Minister of State Ali Muhammad Khan stressed on eliminating RIBA from Pakistan’s Economy and our financial supply chain. He said the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan and Quaid e Azam Mohammed …

World Travel Awards – the global initiative to recognize and reward excellence in travel and tourism – has unveiled the 2020 winners of its World categories. Winners include Maldives, which cemented its reputation as the definitive secluded sanctuary to win ‘World’s Leading Destination’ for the first time. Portugal also performed strongly, with Madeira voted ‘World’s Leading Island Destination’, Lisbon named ‘World’s …

The exponential increase in Covid-19 cases across Pakistan has once again created a difficult situation for citizens. Being a people-centric brand, the safety and security of customers is of utmost importance to Ufone. Hence the company is providing an online balance recharge service so customers can avoid unnecessary visits to retailers or service centers. Various options have been provided to customers …

Abu Dhabi Sports, one of the most watched sports channels in the Arab world, today announced the launch of ‘Abu Dhabi (AD) Fight’, the first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighting channel in the region. To be aired via eLife by Etisalat, the new channel will allow sports fans in the UAE access to celebrity athletes, regional and global events, in addition to …

As part of its efforts to ensure safety and security for the community, Careem distributed smog kits and safety jackets to the Captains in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. In the last few years, smog has been dubbed as the ‘fifth season’ in Pakistan with every year the statistics record an  increase  in the level of pollution in the air beating …

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has won the GCC Gov HR Award for the Best Nationalisation Initiative category in the GCC during the 8th GCC Gov HR Summit. The awards saw intense participation of prominent government authorities and private businesses in the GCC countries in the presence of leading media organisations in the UAE and the region. His Excellency …

It is beginning to look a lot like the festive season and, Mall of the Emirates and Ski Dubai have announced an incredible programme of festive events to celebrate the holiday season. Guests can experience a world of festive joy at Mall of the Emirates’ festive market from 26 November – 24 December and a white holiday at Ski Dubai’s Winter Wonderland from …

K-Electric (KE) held its 110th Annual General Meeting (AGM) for FY 2020. With the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the AGM was hosted virtually. The meeting was chaired by Shan Ashary, Chairman of the KE Board, with Moonis Alvi, Chief Executive Officer, KE also in attendance, along with Aamir Ghaziani, Chief Financial Officer, Rizwan Dalia, Company Secretary & Chief People Officer and other …

DUBAI: The first scheduled commercial flight operated by flydubai from Dubai International (DXB) landed at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) on Thursday 26 November at 11:35 to a water salute.  The inaugural flight was flown by Captain Patrick Gonzenbach and Emirati First Officer, Abdulla Al Shamsi. On board the aircraft was a delegation led by Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer, …

News Desk ABU DHABI: talabat, the leading Middle Eastern food-delivery platform has officially opened its very-first Cloud Kitchen in Abu Dhabi. Spearheaded in conjunction with the Cloud Kitchen team at Delivery Hero, talabat’s German parent company,  the latest venture in the MENA region is set to create opportunities for upcoming F&B concepts to see further growth in talabat-operating markets, servicing …