More than 800women developers across Pakistan received training through a series of Women Techmakers sessions organized by Google this year. The events were held as part of celebrations for International Women’s Day (IWD), and covered important topics such as online safety, as well as coding and presentation skills. The theme behind IWD this year is #ProgressNotPerfection, which seeks to celebrate …

2022 has been significant for PizzaExpress as it celebrates its 57th birthday, which also marks 22 years of the pizza restaurant chain’s presence in the UAE. Renowned for its passion for good food and memorable times since 1965, PizzaExpress is committed to serving fresh ideas and great flavours without compromising the ingredients. Addressing the ever-growing demand for vegan cuisine in …

Nestlé Pakistan and the National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) pledged to continue their role as water stewards in a panel discussion to commemorate World Water Week 2022. The discussion focused on the need to use technology-based irrigation techniques to conserve water and increase yield simultaneously along the lines of this year’s theme ‘Seeing the Unseen: The Value of …

A high level delegation of America Pakistan Business Development Forum ((AMPAK-BDF), held a meeting with United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), represented by Mr. Christopher Rittgers, USDA Agricultural Counselor, US Embassy Islamabad, along with Mr. Rashid Yaqoob Raja, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, U.S. Embassy Islamabad, to discuss the need of enhancing the retail & agri trade and exploring new business opportunities …

By Rafiq Vayani The much-awaited content by Shaan-e-Pakistan, Shaadi Kay Laddoo, produced by Huma Nasr and introduced through a successful press conference held in June came to fruition here recently with the first season’s five engrossing episodes recorded back-to-back. Well-known celebrity panellists, and media persons gathered for the event to show their support for this unique venture. The event took …

du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has announced an exclusive offer to honor and empower UAE teachers to communicate and educate in their respective institutions. Designed specifically to meet their professional and personal requirements, the plan will offer teachers value for money, flexibility to educate out of class and connectivity in remote areas. du’s Educator’s Offer delivers benefits, including open data …

China Power Hub Generation Company (Pvt.) Ltd. donated 100 waterproof tents and 100 ration bags with ready-to-cook food to the local administration of Hub town in aid of the people of Balochistan who are suffering the calamitous consequences of unusually heavy monsoon rains that has devastated the local communities. Each ration bag included 10 kgs of flour, ghee, sugar, rice, lentil and …

Pakistan’s leading digital operator has won the Digital Nation Video Creativity Award at the GSMA Mobile 360 Asia Pacific organized recently in Singapore. The Digital Nations Award encompasses the contribution of mobile technology in driving the digital transformation of nations. Videos from 11 countries were received, including Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.    Sharing …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates SkyCargo sets up an airbridge between Dubai and Pakistan to offer cargo capacity free of charge on flights to transport relief aid to people grappling with the damage caused by the devastating floods. From today, cargo capacity on all Emirates’ passenger flights to Pakistan will be available to organisations based at the world’s largest humanitarian …

The “My Book is Your Book” initiative to collect new and used books launched by the Union Coop has achieved great success after it succeeded in collecting more than 2243 books in its first phase in just one week. In detail, Dr. Suhail Al Bastaki, Director of Happiness & Marketing Department at Union Coop confirmed that the initiative was launched …