SHARJAH: The Board of Directors of Sharjah Holding, a strategic partnership between Majid Al Futtaim Properties and Sharjah Asset Management, approved the proposed budget for the current year and the audited financial statements for 2018 during a regular meeting held on Wednesday. The meeting was headed by Board Chairman Waleed AL-Sayegh. In attendance during the meeting were members of the …

KARACHI: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced today the launch of 2019 TV line, including new QLED 8K, QLED 4K & UHD models. Powered by Samsung’s proprietary Quantum Processor, the 2019 QLED TV lineup features more screen size options, stunning picture quality enhancements, dazzling colors from every angle, exciting new design elements and intuitive smart TV upgrades. Speaking at the occasion, …

KARACHI: Mr. Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Former Ambassador to the US, Iran, Canada and former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, and Lt Gen (Rtd.) Moinuddin Haider among others discussed Pakistan’s security challenges at a seminar on “Security Challenges to Pakistan”. It was organized recently by the Global and Regional Studies Centre (GRSC), Institute of Business Management (IoBM), according to IoBM Public Affairs Section. Present …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s No.1 Data Network, Zong 4G kicked off its first blood donation initiative in cooperation with Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital & Cancer Research Center (SKMCH&RC).The blood drive took place in Zong 4G’s Headquarters encouraging staff members to donate blood to save lives for people fighting cancer. A large number of volunteers from Zong 4G, comprising staff and management employees …

KARACHI:  Easypaisa, as part of its commitment towards a more financially inclusive Pakistan, in collaboration with a third party service provider is working to ensure customer wellbeing at affordable prices. This health service will be available for mobile users and will help increase access to healthcare while reducing healthcare costs. Through this service, a safe and reliable online health interface …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, will feature United Nations’ award-winning series of short feature stories – ‘UN in Action’, that reports on the organization’s peacekeeping efforts as well as United Nations’ projects aimed at reducing poverty and human suffering, fighting disease, providing humanitarian assistance and stimulating economic growth. The main objective of this agreement …

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s Largest Airline Group and SKYTRAX Certified Four Star Global Airline, has signed a partnership agreement valued at $500 million with Collins Aerospace, one of the world’s largest suppliers of aerospace and defense products based in West Palm Beach, Florida.  The 25-year agreement covers maintenance of heat exchangers, air management systems and fuel metering units …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: The Crafter’s Guild recently took the initiative to host the Meet the Maker series to bring together individuals from varying creative fields such as artists, designers, crafters, project heads, and more over hi-tea. The events have taken place in Islamabad, Lahore, recently in Peshawar and due to happen in Karachi soon. The mandate was to interact, …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announces the appointment of Mr. Esam Abdulhameed Al Hammadi as a Country Manager for its Dubai station. With a vast experience in airline sales and having managed Gulf Air’s hub station in Bahrain, Mr. Al Hammadi will transfer his years of knowledge and practice to manage one of the …

KARACHI: Jaffer Business Systems (JBS) and 1LINK have partnered to enhance the overall infrastructure of banking sector with modern technology transformation. JBS solution will support 1LINK to maximize its security, enhance service availability and bring agility in network operations for all applications and services being offered to its client. With this collaboration, 1LINK security posture will be upgraded via micro-segmentation …