KARACHI: Dawlance, being Pakistan’s market leader in home appliances, with a vision to expand its exports business from Pakistan has now inaugurated two new production lines – one for manufacturing automatic washing machines and one for manufacturing water dispensers. The products manufactured on these modern lines will also be exported to other countries, ensuring strict compliance to European standards of quality …

DUBAI: Dubai Airports celebrated the arrival of the inaugural flight of full service Indian carrier Vistara from Mumbai at a ceremony at Dubai International (DXB) on Wednesday evening. Vistara’s daily non-stop service between Mumbai and Dubai will offer more choice and convenience to the tens of thousands of customers who travel between the two cities daily. With the launch of …

KARACHI: “German universities are providing technical assistance to Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, University of Karachi (UoK) to setup a Virology Center.     Although Pakistan has the first highest global burden of viral diseases, the country lacks the national capacity in the field of virology. The country has suffered a dilemma of infectious diseases such as dengue, …

KARACHI:  In a major push for increasing green cover in Karachi and mitigate the effects of climate change, Thar Foundation – the CSR front for Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) & Engro Powergen Thar Limited (EPTL) – has announced a collaboration with the Urban Forestry for plantation of over 10,000 saplings across the metropolis.  In this connection, a memorandum of …

KARACHI: Lucky Cement Limited (PSX: LUCK) has won the Best Corporate Report Award with second position in the cement category at the much anticipated “Best Corporate & Sustainability Report Awards 2018.” The award ceremony was jointly organized by the Institute of Charted Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP), at a local Hotel in …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Pakistan Bonsai Society is organizing its 21st annual Bonsai exhibition from Friday, August 23 till Sunday, 25th at Nisar Shaheed Park, DHA Phase 4, entrance through gate no 3. Approximately 250 bonsai will be on display, ranging in age from 3 years to 60 years. All are from locally 0btained plants such as Ficus, Tamarind, Clerodendorum Hydrophylum, …

ISLAMABAD: Zong, China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak), Pakistan’s No. 1 Data Network, today successfully conducted 5G trials. The event was attended by Mr. Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, Secretary Information Technology and Telecommunication division on behalf of Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Amir Azeem Bajwa, Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunications Authority and Dr. Wang Zhihua, Economic …

KARACHI: To mitigate the impact of climate change and increase tree cover, WWF-Pakistan and JS Bank launched a drive to plant 100,000 mangrove saplings along the coastal belt of Baluchistan. This campaign aims to mitigate climate change, regulate water cycles and increase green cover across the country. During the launch event, saplings were planted at Miani Hor which is a …

DUBAI: A total of 2,208 Indian companies joined Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry as new members in the first six months of 2019, marking a 18% increase compared to the same period last year, the non-profit public organisation has revealed. Indian firms accounted for 24.4% of new member companies that registered with Dubai Chamber between January and June 2019, …

MANAMA: A new batch of Bahraini pilots recently took to the skies with the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier as they completed ground and base training courses. A group of 8 pilots are now operating as Second Officers to complete a set of flying hours and earn their next stripe to become First Officers in the future. Gulf Air’s training …