BIZ TODAY MONITORING DUBAI: The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, the world’s premier international jockeys’ competition returned to Ascot Racecourse, UK, on Saturday, 11 August when a team of three elite female riders beat-off competition from some of the world’s top international jockeys. Four teams compete in the points-based competition which is played out over six ten runner handicaps in …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Canon Middle East (CME), a provider of imaging technologies and services, signed a distribution agreement in Jordan with Logicom, the leading regional distributor of technology solutions and services.As part of the agreement, Logicom Jordan will distribute and promote Canon’s comprehensive consumer product portfolio of photo, video and B2C printing solutions to the entire Jordanian market. Canon …

KARACHI: Between 2000 and 2010, Pakistan lost an average of approx. 43,000 hectares of forests (equivalent to half the size of Islamabad) every year. With only 2% forest cover remaining, the country’s deforestation rate is the highest in Asia, and is well below the recommended cover of 25%. Therefore, in order to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change, regulate …

DUBAI: Emirates has launched one of its biggest sales yet with special fares to over 70 global destinations within its network. Passengers can still plan a short getaway before the summer season ends to destinations in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and the Far East. The offer applies to bookings made today until 20th August 2018 for travel between 1st September …

LONDON: As the summer holidays reach full swing British Airways has released data revealing exactly what, and who, is on one of the airline’s 850 flights a day. A Boeing 747 operating from Heathrow to JFK is loaded with over 7,000 items – many of which have to be unloaded and re-loaded before each flight. Included in the inventory are …

LAHORE: Following the announcement of its eleventh consecutive season with ‘Hum Dekhenge’, Coca-Cola Pakistan proudly launched the first episode from Coke Studio Season 11, featuring over 70 diverse artists in this landmark season. Season 11’s Episode One was introduced at a media launch event in Lahore. The event featured the screening of the Coke Studio rendition of the National Anthem …

ABU DHABI: Emircom, one of the UAE’s leading systems integrators, bagged new awards during the Cisco Regional Partner Summit held recently at The Ritz Carlton in Dubai. Being recognized as the ‘Service Provider Partner of the Year,’ ‘Commercial Partner of the Year,’ ‘Highest Adoption at a Customer for Collaboration EA,’ in UAE and ‘Enterprise Partner of the Year’ in Saudi Arabia, reflect …

ISLAMABAD: The gold imports into the country increased by 24.28 percent during the fiscal year 2017-18 against the imports of the corresponding period of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. Pakistan imported gold worth $20.713 million during July-June (2017-18) against the imports of $16.667 million in July-June (2016-17), showing growth of 24.28 percent, according to latest PBS trade data. …

KARACHI: The Thar Foundation and ABB Power & Automation (Pvt) Limited have signed an agreement to support the cause of education in Thar. Under the ambit of the agreement ABB Pakistan will provide financial assistance to educate 30 students from Tharparkar for the academic year 2018-19. Through this partnership, ABB Pakistan will bear expenses of 30 Thari students from the …

ISLAMABAD: Senator Faisal Javed on Friday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan will take the oath as prime minister on August 18. PTI chairman Imran Khan, whose party secured 116 general seats in the National Assembly in the July 25 polls, is set to become the country’s next prime minister. President Mamnoon Hussain has summoned a session of the National …