KARACHI: Green Eye Productions organised a CSR campaign of tree plantation beginning with NAPA, here today in collaboration with students of Iqra University, with the aim to plant 100,000 saplings throughout the city. The CSR project involved the plantation of saplings by the students first at NAPA and later in various areas of the city. With the plantation drive Green …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Executive Committee of World Memon Organization (Pakistan Chapter ) held a press conference here in Karachi Press Club today i.e. on 25 Oct 2018 to inform media about their flagship event “16th Annual General Meeting” of leaders of Business Community and Government Ministers and high officials. Shoaib Ismail Mangroria , Secretary General Memon Organization welcomed the press and …

KARACHI: Mövenpick Hotel Karachi strongly believes in giving back to the area it operates in through supporting key social causes, especially related to education. The hotel recently took part in a global CSR campaign ‘Kilo of Kindness’ that comes under the CSR function of Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts, SHINE, which focuses on assistance of underprivileged sections of the society. The …

ISLAMKOT: Continuing the mission to make quality education accessible for all, The Dawood Foundation (TDF) in collaboration with The Thar Foundation, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), Engro Powergen Thar Private Limited (EPTL) and Engro Corporation will be organizing the first TDF Magnifi-Science Thar Exhibition on 26th and 27th October in Islamkot, Tharparkar district. TDF Magnifi-Science Exhibition is a collaborated effort of …

KARACHI: Awards were conferred on six top journalists for their outstanding contributions in humanitarian reporting at the 2nd Humanitarian Reporting Awards 2018 jointly organized by the Centre for Excellence in Journalism at the Institute of Business Administration (CEJ-IBA), Karachi and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The awards were given in three categories: mainstream broadcast (Urdu), mainstream print and …

DUBAI: Beggar turn entrepreneur, Kareema Juma whose family have been beggars all their lives, was honored with LADIESFUND Idol Award at the 10th LADIESFUND® Women’s Awards for Pakistan 2018 at Sindh Governor House, alongside Saliha Bibi, an illiterate Kalash woman who is now an educator.  “It is very important for us at LADIESFUND to spotlight and recognize such truly inspiring …

News Desk KARACHI: The Provincial Minister of Sindh for local government, Saeed Ghani said that, Shah Abdul Latif was the famous personality of Sindh, though he is not with us but his poetry is remain alive. Latif’s poetry basically represent the Sindhi culture, he share his views while addressing the launching ceremony of English translated book “Shah Jo Risalo” written …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Every year, on the second Thursday of October, World Sight Day is celebrated to raise awareness for the 36 million people who are blind and an additional 217 million people suffering from moderate or severe visual impairment around the world. Therefore, we launched Seeing is Believing in 2003 to tackle avoidable blindness. 80 per cent of …

DUBAI: His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan Mabarak Al Nahyan, UAE Cabinet Minister, Minister of Tolerance and President of the UAE Genetics Association, yesterday officially inaugurated the 10th edition of the UAE Cancer Congress. The 3-day event running until the 13th of October, is organized by INDEX Conferences and Exhibitions in partnership with UAE Genetics Association, under the theme ‘Promoting Excellence in …

By Faizan Jaffer KARACHI: On 5th October on the occasion of World Teacher Day, a program organized by Education Department Lyari Zone DMC South at Arts Council of Pakistan with special guest President of ACP, Muhammad Ahmed Shah. Appreciating about betterment of Education System of Lyari he stated that because of teachers’ striving today Children of Lyari are showing expertise in …