Pak-Qatar Family Takaful Limited (PQFTL) came into an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sehat Kahani, to promote Takaful products through the digital medium. Sehat Kahani and PQFTL aim to make Takaful products, affordable, and accessible for the major part of the population currently not being served. Mr. Azeem Iqbal Pirani (CEO, PQFTL), Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram (CEO, Sehat Kahani), Mr. Zeeshan Haider (Head of Alternate distribution …

RIYADH/DUBAI: Alfanar Construction, along with several other companies, signed an agreement to sponsor the $10 million ‘Global Innovation Award in Water Desalination’ at the recently concluded Innovation Driven Desalination Conference in Jeddah. The agreement was signed between Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) Governor, H.E. Eng. Abdullah Al-Abdul Karim and Alfanar’s Executive Vice President, Eng. Amer Al Ajmi, along with other …

Companies worldwide are adapting to a rapidly evolving reality of work that employs technological products and services for an ever-improving customer experience. To stay ahead of the curve and meet the changing needs of businesses around the country, Telenor Pakistan launched Telenor Business Solutions last year. Designed with the ambition to strengthen the business performance and capability of organisations in …

e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group) today unveiled  “etisalat by e&” as the new brand identity for Etisalat UAE in line with the Group’s recent positioning as the global technology and investment conglomerate that digitally empowers societies. The brand evolution comes at a time when the Group continues to accelerate its digitalisation leadership in line with its objectives for exploring new geographies and …

Paymob, a leading Egyptian payment solutions facilitator announces the appointment of Mr. Fawad Abdul Kader as the Country Head for their Pakistan operations, effective April 2022. Mr. Kader is a fin-tech project specialist with extensive in-depth knowledge and implementation experience in the financial services industry. He has played a key strategic role in the development and deployment of financial services …

British Council is partnering with PoliNations on the Pakistan-UK New Perspectives Season to mark the 75th anniversary of Pakistan. The partnership seeks to create an artistic response to the themes of PoliNations, including celebrating diversity and the cross-pollination of culture, exploring the influence of journeys along the silk road and the history of tea. New Perspectives showcases the cultural wealth …

RIYADH?DUBAI: Given the new Universities Bylaw, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education (MoE) has envisioned a substantial change in the higher education system by granting disciplined autonomy to universities in framing their academic, financial, and administrative regulations. Universities will need to be ready for this significant level of change as they have been granted the opportunity to set their own strategic …

By Rafiq Vayani Rider, Pakistan’s first-ever logistics start-up to be backed by YC, is building modern logistics for online sellers across the country. In doing so, the start-up has attracted the attention of investors and is today announcing a $3.1M funding with participation from YCombinator and new investors i2i Ventures, Flexport, Soma Capital and Rebel Fund. Existing investors Global Founders …

Test for admission to the internationally famous MPhil & Ph.D. Degree Programme-2022 of the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi (UoK) was held at the premises of the ICCBS on Sunday. Spokesman of the ICCBS – University of Karachi on Sunday said that hundreds of candidates appeared in the test that started at 10:00am and …

The International Schools Partnership (ISP) has launched ISP Educates ME, an initiative that educates its community of families, students, and staff through free webinars, training, and talks. The Educates ME initiative provides the ISP school community with information and advice on key topics focusing on learning and wellbeing. Abigail Fishbourne, Director of Learning at ISP Middle East, spoke about the …