By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Governor Sindh Imran Ismail invited a delegation of LADIESFUND award winners from the past decade to Sindh Governor House for a roundtable discussion and tea.  Attendees included Sultana Siddiqui, Tina Sani, Angie Marshall, Moneeza Butt, Ameena Saiyed, Naila Naqvi, Farhat Rasheed, Shabina Mustafa, Noorjehan Bilgrami, Sahar Paracha, Madiha Sultan, as well as Tara Uzra Dawood. The …

LONDON: Among those joining El Sibai in the list, which was unveiled at an iSportconnect Leadership Masterclass held in London, are international tennis star, Serena Williams, Mary Davis, CEO, Special Olympics, Marie Donoghue, Vice President of Sports Video, Amazon and Ellie Norman, Director of Marketing & Communications, F1. Commenting on the poll, Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of …

ISLAMABAD: Strengthening its market standing as the nation’s preferred banking institution, Telenor Microfinance Bank (TMB) has won the 13th Citi Micro-entrepreneurship Awards – Most Innovative MFI award. The award ceremony was held at a local hotel in Islamabad recently. It was attended by representatives of the banking sector, regulators, financial institutions, stakeholders and media personnel. The Citi Micro-entrepreneurship Awards program …

DUBAI: dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, announced the appointment of Dirk Goovaerts as the company’s Regional Chief Executive Officer for the Asia Pacific region. In his role, Dirk Goovaerts will oversee dnata’s operations at 10 airports in three countries, including Australia, the Philippines and Singapore, managing a workforce of 6,000 employees. Dirk Goovaerts will be based in …

DUBAI: Al Habtoor Motors-Mitsubishi focuses on offering customers absolute peace of mind with its new March promotion. “Drive For A Year Free” promotion offers Mitsubishi customers opting from an extensive range of cars and SUV’s – Free Petrol, Free Salik and Free Service for one whole year. Additionally, they also get benefits like Warranty, Free Llumar tinting and Free Scotchgard …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited announces the launch of Women in Tech, a global programme aimed at supporting greater diversity in gender representation within technology based entrepreneurship. Partnering with INNOVentures and the Pakistan Innovation Foundation (PIF), Standard Chartered Women in Tech programme aims to promote the economic and social development of women in Pakistan through innovation …

RIYADH: Emirates Flight Training Academy (EFTA), the world class flight training facility developed by Emirates, and the National Aviation Academy (TAYARAN), a not-for-profit vocational training institute in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to share their expertise and jointly promote their training programmes and exchange cadets pilots and aircraft maintenance technicians in training between the two …

RIYADH: Saudi Airshow, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi national flag carrier, Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA), announced positive growth in traffic since their codeshare partnership began in November 2018. Jointly, Etihad and SAUDIA have flown over 16,000 guests across the partnership, solidifying the airlines’ commitment to growing inbound …

DUBAI: A 20 year old university student from Amman, Jordan has won US$1 million in the latest Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire draw held on 12th March, 2019 at Concourse C in Dubai International Airport. Ms. Tala W., a Jordanian national and holder of ticket number 4619 in Series 295, purchased her winning ticket along with her father on their …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI:  Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan (MUFAP) held its Yearbook 2018 launch at a local hotel in Karachi. The SECP Policy Board Chairman, Mr. Khalid Mirza, was the chief guest at the occasion. MUFAP is the trade association representing Pakistan’s asset management industry comprising of 19 Asset Management Companies managing 281 Funds (in conventional and Shariah compliant …