By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: The Okhai Memon Youth Services is celebrating the year 2018 as GOLDEN JUBILEE year of its inception. The organization has played a pivotal role in overall development of members of Okhai Memons, especially for the youth of the community. The Okhai Memon Youth Services was founded by our late President Muhammad Usman. He had a vision for the …

KARACHI: A press conference was arranged by Heritage Foundation Pakistan (HFP) at Karachi Press Club, for the restoration of historic Calcutta House, a colonial heritage building, a part of which collapsed recently, displacing eighteen families residing on the site, and to create awareness about more than 500 other similar structures that are on the verge of collapse. The conference was …

KARACHI: Spearheaded by 11 organization from development sector of Karachi, Azme Naujawan is a youth capacity building training project which aims to maximize the youth’s abilities for their future through capacity building, mentoring and meaningful engagement. Also to impart a complete training that train youth with the necessary skills and knowledge. For this purpose, 7 youth centers have been established …

DUBAI: Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, Founding Chairman of the Al Habtoor Group and Founder of the Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Achievement Award (KAHAA) honoured HRH Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saoud, Governor of Mecca at a ceremony held at The St. Regis Dubai, Al Habtoor City on Tuesday 20 March 2018. Prince Sultan bin Khalid Al-Faisal Al Saoud …

KARACHI: Leading up to World Water Day, Procter & Gamble (P&G) announces its continued collaboration with METRO Cash & Carry and Health Oriented Preventive Education (HOPE) to provide clean drinking water to Pakistani communities in need through its Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) program. P&G announced its commitment for the fourth year of its disaster-relief effort through this partnership to …

LAHORE: Pakistani Artist Soraya Sikander exhibits a new series ‘INSCAPE – Exploring inner landscapes’ at leading international art gallery Unicorn Gallery 2018 in Lahore. Artist Soraya Sikander presents a new series of calligraphic landscape paintings based on her interpretation of Pakistan. This is the artist’s nineteenth exhibition held at the prestigious Unicorn Gallery 2018 in Lahore. Soraya Sikander has also exhibited at the National Art Museum as part …

DUBAI: Seven students from Emirates Aviation University will take part in the Boeing Mentorship Programme, developed by Boeing Middle East. The UAE-based programme focuses on providing students with academic and career guidance, enhancing their leadership skills and exposure to the private sector within the aviation industry. The collaboration was announced at Boeing offices in the Dubai Airport Free Zone, during which …

DUBAI: Twenty post-graduate students from top Indian business school near Mumbai, Dr V. N. Bedekar Institute of Management Studies (VNBRIMS), visited the Tristar Group as part of their educational tour in Dubai to understand how to swiftly navigate through the globalized, multicultural and ever-evolving business landscape.The students were accompanied by Dr. Nitin Joshi and Prof. Kanchan Akshay from VNBRIMS. They …

DUBAI: Delegates at the Sixth Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF) in Dubai ongoing until 18 March identified the need to develop sound ‘human skills’ to prepare youth for a technology dominated workplace in 2030. The panelists underpinned the need now more than ever, for critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, creativity and empathy, as sustainable workplace skills needed to navigate the fourth …

KARACHI: The global career-acceleration program for women, ‘See It – Be It’ was held by Pakistan Advertising Association and Pakistan Advertisers Society, in collaboration with Synergy Dentsu. The program ‘See It Be It’ was launched by Cannes Lions. Being the world’s largest advertising festival began this program five years ago, to address the issue of the under-representation of women at …