By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: International Memon Organization (IMO)’s Pakistan chapter has announced commencement of second edition of “IMO Winter Family Festival & Grand Bachat Bazaar” starting Saturday 11th January 2020 and going will go on till Sunday 12th January 2020 at Al-Jadeed Residency, near KN Academy, Malir Cantonment, Karachi. Speaking to BizToday correspondent at the announcement event for this Grand …

KARACHI: Oxford University Press (OUP) launched an important book titled Blood over Different Shades of Green—East Pakistan 1971: History Revisited.The publication has been authored by Ikram Sehgal and Bettina Robotka. The event hosted in Karachi was well attended by the media, authors, academics, and foreign dignitaries. The book examines the events of 1971 that led to the dismemberment of Pakistan. …

LAGOS, Nigeria: The Group Managing Director/CEO of Dangote Cement Plc Engr. Joseph Makoju mni will retire as GMD/CEO effective January 31, 2020, a position he has held since 2018; according to a report from the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Engr. Makoju, popularly called Mr. Cement, is bowing out after 45 years of transformational leadership in the cement industry. The Board has however approved the …

KARACHI: OLX, Pakistan’s number one marketplace has announced a strategic partnership with Bank Alfalah in the online car and real estate market with the aim to promote financing with the integration of a financing widget on OLX. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the two companies at the OLX head office in Lahore. Through this partnership the OLX …

THARPARKAR: Continuing the mission to make quality education accessible for all, the Thar Foundation in collaboration with Pakistan Space Science Education Centre organized a science festival in New Senhri Dars, Jeewan Das campus, some 70 kilometers away from Mithi. Thar’s 1st Maker & Science Expo is the culmination of a three-phased training through hands-on science and project-based learning using STEAM (Science …

KARACHI: TPL Insurance has entered into a strategic partnership with FINJA, a Pakistani fintech on a mission to make payments free, frictionless and in real time. With the partnership, the two companies aim to provide an innovative platform to simplify the complicated process of buying insurance products. Customers can purchase TPL Insurance products in just a few clicks using the SimSim mobile …

KARACHI: Arif Habib Limited (AHL), one of Pakistan’s leading and largest Brokerage and Investment Banking Firms has been recognised amongst the Top 25 Companies by the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). AHL is one of the six companies that have been recognised as a Top Company for all of the last three years (2016, 2017 & 2018). The PSX Top 25 Companies …

KARACHI: The most awaited brunch was hosted by Hasan Rizvi on a Wednesday, December 25th 2019. Day affairs are an absolute yes as the cool winter breeze takes over Karachi along with the absolutely stunning décor and DJ Shakir’s playlist which got everyone swaying to the beats and made Rizvi’s brunch a fabulous affair. The theme was set to yellow …

ABU DHABI: In cooperation with several astronomy observatories, the UAE Space Agency organized a series of community events to observe the annular and partial solar eclipse on Thursday, December 26 at 07:00 UAE time. The events included observing the partial solar eclipse at the Agency’s headquarters in Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, in cooperation with the Emirates Astronomical Society (Falak). The event witnessed a …

DUBAI: HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 has garnered attention and fame from fans and new users alike. The latest addition to the family is the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 42mm, a slimmer and sleeker version that packs just as much power as the bigger 46mm version into an all new minimalist body. Part of Huawei’s Seamless AI Life Strategy, this new …