DUBAI: Arsenal Football Club today boarded a newly branded Emirates A380 with a livery featuring a montage of Arsenal first team players. The club is making their way to Dubai for a friendly match with Al Nasr Sports Club as well as the official inauguration of Al Maktoum Stadium, taking place on 26 March. During their stay in Dubai, the Arsenal players …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Standard Chartered announced the launch of the Standard Chartered Belt & Road Relay, the first-ever global running event spanning the Belt and Road initiative, with the aim of highlighting the Bank’s continued commitment to Belt and Road, and the positive impact of the initiative to communities and businesses globally. The Relay will be led by eight …

DUBAI: UAE-based health insurance administrator IRIS Health Services received the ‘Innovation of the Year’ award at the 2018 Etisalat SMB Awards in Dubai yesterday, the only company in the insurance sector to be selected out of more than 300,000 small- and medium-sized businesses across sectors nationwide. IRIS, which serves more than 350,000 insured members in the UAE alone in addition …

ABU DHABI: In order to translate flight data into realistic animations including 3D views, cockpit instruments and the environment in the sky and on the ground, the flagship of Kazakhstani aviation chose the independent French company CEFA Aviation. “Being chosen by Kazakhstan’s national air carrier, an airline which is growing and winning multiple awards, is a great recognition of our …

KARACHI: Mr. Junaid Hamid, Founder of ArtKaam Gallery organized “Layers of Silence” – An exhibition of paintings by Artist Riaz Rafi on March 14,  2019 at C-117, Sector 31-A, Korangi Industrial Area. Karachi based artist Riaz Rafi, holds a Masters in Journalism and chose art as his profession. He has been painting since school days. In 1983, he won the …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Azerbaijan revealed the design of its Country Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai on Wednesday 20 March, after receiveing its plot and breaking ground on the nature-inspired pavilion earlier that afternoon. The ground-breaking ceremony took place on the Azerbaijan pavilion plot at the Expo 2020 Dubai site, in the presence of the General Commissioner Mr. Anar Alakbarov, …

DUBAI: Dubai Property Festival holds  on 26-28 March 2019 at the Dubai World Trade Centre with the anticipated participation of a huge number of international property investors. Dubai Property Festival is an initiative of the Dubai Land Department through its investment arm, the Real Estate Investment Management and Promotion Center. DLD has made a headway in 2018 with an impressive …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Hisense have joined hands as associate sponsors for the upcoming Pakistan and Australia series which is scheduled to be played in Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai from March 22-31, 2019. Hisense already has a prominent global presence on the field of football; with the latest being the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia, where …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: As a way of further bolstering its long-standing efforts to reach out to members of underprivileged sections of society, Telenor Microfinance Bank, one of Pakistan’s leading microfinance bank, aims to serve the unbanked and under-banked members of society as well as empower them by delivering quality financial services, thereby paving the way for greater financial inclusion. …

KARACHI: A charitable health organization has offered the Sindh government to run its half a dozen Thalassaemia centres, which are lying functionless for years after completion in different cities of the province including Karachi, saying they could make these centres functional under public-private partnership provided ample resources are given with no strings attached. Afzaal Memorial Thalassaemia Foundation (AMTF), which recently …