LAHORE: A student of MS electrical Engineering, Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering at LUMS, Faaiz Arbab, has manufactured Pakistan’s first smart wheelchair called GOBEE. National Design Awards (NDA) Pakistan has awarded Arbab with the best Consumer Product Design Award (2018) for his Voice Operated Smart Wheel Chair. GOBEE is not only water repellent, and anti-rusting, but also has …

DUBAI: The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has started fitting taxis affiliated to the Public Transport Agency with surveillance cameras as a part of its efforts to improve the level of public transportations services. Through these cameras, RTA can monitor the conduct of taxi drivers and verify the extent of their compliance with the professional driving standards as well as …

DUBAI: ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller, the region’s leading public relations consultancy, has won ‘Best Campaign – Middle East/Africa’ for its 9th Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey at the 2018 PRWeek Global Awards held in London on Tuesday night. The ground-breaking study, which provides evidence-based insights into the attitudes of Arab youth, is based on data from 3,500 face-to-face interviews with young …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Herbion Pakistan organized an “Annual Dinner & Musical Night” recently at Pavilion End Club, Karachi. The event began with a welcome address by Head of HR, Ms. Bushra Raza, followed by a Long Service Awards Presentation for employees who have been with Herbion for more than 15 years, both in Pakistan and Overseas. Herbion brings for you …

DUBAI: Middlesex University Dubai’s Director, Dr Cedwyn Fernandes, has been awarded the title of Pro Vice-Chancellor. With over a decade of experience in higher education in the UAE, he has showcased great leadership skills and has led the University to outstanding success, catapulting its reputation as the University of choice in the region. Cedwyn took over as Director of Middlesex …

DUBAI: INDEX Holding, a leading UAE national company, signed a Cooperation Agreement with the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, at INDEX Holding headquarters in Dubai in support of “Voices for Refugees” Activation Campaign.The agreement was signed by Mr. Houssam Chahin, Head of Private Sector Partnerships (PSP) in the MENA region at UNHCR and Eng. Anas Al Madani, Vice Chairman & …

KARACHI: The required part to restore affected unit of KE’s Bin Qasim Power Station has reached Karachi from Holland. To speed the process, the rotor, weighing over 41 tonnes, was airlifted via the cargo aircraft Antonov and has been transferred to KE’s Bin Qasim facility on emergency basis. Team of experts has initiated installation work of the equipment at plant …

BIZ TODAY REPORT KARACHI: Pak Suzuki Motor Company has been contributing our society through their strong CSR programmes and determined in playing a major role in improving the quality of lives of our society. They are actively supporting us and also supporting major sectors of our society as education, environment and community health. Recently Pak Suzuki Motor Company donated an …

KARACHI: Martin Dow Group’s along with WWF’s employees spent the entire day at Wetlands Information Center cleaning the beach and planting more than 500 saplings as part of an environment drive to conserve and protect the declining mangroves. The activity was planned by WWF, one of the world’s largest conservation organizations, through their corporate employee engagement program. Sindh at one …

KARACHI: World Memon Organization (WMO) had a meeting yesterday (Friday, 11th May 2018) with the Governor of Sindh, Honorable Muhammad Zubair at Governor House. The delegation comprised of Mr. Haroon Karim, Mr. Mahmood Shaikhani, Mr. Ahmed Shaikhani, Mr. Altaf Habib Jangda and Shoaib Ismail Mangroria. The delegation briefed the Governor about WMO, its global activities in general and the work …