BIZ TODAY REPORT KARACHI: Pingu’s English School and Eureka School System also secured 1st position among all schools’ stalls in 5th All Sindh Education Expo hosted by Pakistan Academic Consortium. Pingu’s English School, a UK based brand , an international kindergarten project of Eureka School System with its presence in 21 countries and worldwide popular cartoon character “Pingu”, which is …

KARACHI: The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of The Aman Foundation won prestigious accolades at the 9th Annual CSR Summit, held by the National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH), at the Serena Hotel, Islamabad. The General Manager, Marketing and Communications Sajida Bandukwala, attended the award ceremony on behalf of the Aman Foundation and received the award in the ‘Public …

KARACHI: The Citizens Foundation (TCF) has organized this year’s Obhartay Sitaray to provide a singing platform to school going students of Karachi. Obhartay Sitaray 2018 competition will kick off from the mid-January with finale scheduled for 27th January. The judges’ panel comprises of the musical powerhouses like Tina Sani, Salman Alvi, Afshan Ahmed, SB John and Azhar Hussain among others. …

ISLAMABAD: Air University students have successfully unveiled an energy-efficient vehicle “Markhor” on the occasion of Car & Bike Show held at Giga Mall. Markhor is a project by team “Mech The Tech (MTT)” which consists of final year students of Mechatronics Department of Air University Islamabad. The team lead Muzamil Imran, while talking to the media, informed that the aim …

KARACHI: A commemorative evening was organised and hosted by Architecture Design Art (ADA) to honour the larger than life, late Mr Habib Fida Ali at his residence on Friday. The evening kicked off with refreshments served immediately as friends, colleagues and clients of the renowned architect gathered to pay their respects and honour the great figure that was Habib Fida …

KARACHI: A peaceful protest initiated by actor-singer Junii Zeyad for the 7-year old Zainab who was mercilessly raped and murdered, took place here today outside Karachi Press Club. The incident has finally shaken civil society into action, with the realisation that it isn’t enough to just condemn on social media anymore, as this crime wasn’t the first of its kind …

KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) reaches yet another milestone in Digital Services as itattainsPayment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS)certification v3.2 for its Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IaaS) offering – PTCL Smart Cloud.  PCI DSS certification is a landmark achievement for PTCL Smart Cloud services, which assures maximum security compliance as per international standards. Pakistan’s First SDN-enabled cloud infrastructure is now the …

LAHORE: Afkar-e-Taza’s Thinkfest 2018 all set to take place on 13th-14th January at Alhamra Arts Council, Mall Road, Lahore. The Afkar-e-Taza Thinkfest realizes the vision of Iqbal, the aspirations of Jinnah, and the hopes of millions of Pakistanis in establishing a space for creative thinking, robust discussion and innovative ideas. It will bring together distinguished academics, writers, poets, artists, analysts, …

BIZ TODAY REPORT KARACHI: The President of The Jinnah Society, Liaquat Merchant, briefed the members of the media at a press conference about the Society’s plans for 2018 which include the conferment of the Jinnah Awards in 2018 to individuals who have rendered outstanding services to Pakistan. The Jinnah Awards were conferred to the following luminaries between 1999 and 2017: …

MAKLI: The launch of 1000 green shelters programme, which aims to reach out to disadvantaged communities under Heritage Foundation’s initiative of “Safe Shelter, Clean water for all’ took place here in Makli Goth, Thatta on Sunday. The event also marked the closing of the four-day workshop on Zero Carbon, for senior students of architecture, that took place at Zero Carbon …