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 …

KARACHI: The 10th ‘International Women Leaders Summit’ was held in Movenpick Karachi, Pakistan, bringing together women leaders from across the globe, to reflect on their stories of success, and inspire others to take the lead. A pioneer in leadership development for professional women, New World Concepts led by Yasmin Hyder has been organizing the International Women Leaders’ Summit in Karachi since 2012. …

KARACHI: Engro Fertilizers welcomes the decision of Government of Pakistan to reduce GIDC on urea. In line with the decision and to support the valued farmers of the country, Engro Fertilizers has decided to fully pass on the benefit of change in GIDC rates by announcing a 160/bag reduction in urea prices, effective February 1, 2020. It is worth highlighting that the impact …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Mr Shazad Dada, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Limited has taken over as the President of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) for the 2020 term. This was announced at the 160th Annual General Meeting of the OICCI held at the Chamber on Friday, January 31, 2020. Mr. Haroon Rashid, Managing Director Shell Pakistan Limited, was elected …

KUALA LUMPUR: In order to prevent the public’s negative perception on the spread of Coronavirus Novel Cluster circulated by Chinese tourists particularly from Wuhan city and Hubei Province, the government of Malaysia through the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MoTAC) has taken a positive step by establishing a Tourism Recovery Committee to monitor current developments for this issue. The Minister of …

KARACHI: The most anticipated war drama film “The Last Full Measure” would be hitting cinemas across Pakistan on Friday, (today) 31st January 2020, making this the first time that a Hollywood film by a Pakistani Executive Producer would be released in Pakistan. Written and directed by Todd Robinson, the film stars Sebastian Stan, Christopher Plummer, William Hurt Ed Harris, and …

News Desk KARACHI: On a consolidated basis, Lucky Cement Limited reported net profit after tax of PKR 3.21 billion after taking out PKR 0.71 billion attributable to non-controlling interests for the half year ended December 31, 2019, which translates into earnings per share (EPS) of PKR 9.93 / share as compared to PKR 17.92 / share reported during the same period last …