DUBAI: As part of its bid to become one of the world’s major import and export hubs, King Abdullah Port – the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) first fully privately owned, developed and operated port – has joined the elite list of Gold Sponsors of the premier Seatrade Maritime Middle East (SMME) 2018 in Dubai in a move that reflects …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: The third edition of Memon Super League (MSL) starting in Karachi in last week of August is all set to become the first local T-20 cricketing league tournament in Pakistan to use the option of third umpire. The third edition of MSL, which will be played from late August till October, 2018 at the three sporting …

SHARJAH: Air Arabia (PJSC) yesterday announced strong financial results for the first half ending June 30, 2018 as the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier continued to deliver solid and sustained financial performance. Air Arabia reported a net profit of AED 230 million for the first half ending June 30, 2018; a 12 per cent less than the AED …

DUBAI: dnata, one of the world’s largest air services provider, announced today it has acquired Tropo, a Germany-based tour operator, from ProSiebenSat.1 Group. The acquisition marks dnata’s entry into the German market and extends its global network of travel businesses in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australasia. The purchase agreement also includes TV media volume worth several million euros for …

DUBAI: Emirates has refreshed its premium offering with new luxury products in First and Business Class for a more comfortable travel experience. The new products stem from collaborations with BYREDO skincare, Bowers & Wilkins and Emirates’ longstanding partnership with Bulgari for its refreshed amenity kits. BYREDO for Emirates Wellness kit Emirates First Class customers will find the BYREDO travel wellness …

By Farooq Dadi / Rafiq Vayani ISLAMABAD: President Rotary Club Karachi Platinum Faisal Nadeem one to one meeting with Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani. President Faisal Nadeem is one of the most vibrant and active president of our District. His Club is engaged in several projects and already completed almost eight projects so far without any support from RI or District. …

LAHORE: VentureDive’s application, Athan, made global waves after it got featured as one of the fastest growing applications in the Asia Pacific region at the Google App Summit’18, held in Singapore. Athan was the only ‘made in Pakistan’ app to feature at the event. Representing Athan at the summit, VentureDive’s Managing Director Saad Fazil and Senior Product Manager Ali Raza …

KARACHI: Octara, Pakistan’s leading training solutions provider, will collaborate with Expothon, a Canadian think tank on innovative excellence to host a series of exclusive workshops focused on devising pragmatic solutions for Pakistani businesses. The ultimate aim of these workshops is to develop a plan to quadruple the total exports of Pakistan. A marathon debate on this key issue will be …

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan has noticed misleading rumors spreading in social media regarding clearing operations of Summit Bank Ltd. It is clarified that NIFT (National Institutional Facilitation Technologies), which provides clearing services for banks, has not discontinued its membership or its services in any way for the Summit bank. It is pertinent to mention that these rumors stemmed from …

KARACHI: Health experts have stressed that blood must be screened for infections with highest standard methods to reduce the risk of transfusion transmitted infections (TTI) in the recipients. Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) is a highly sensitive and advanced technique which has reduced the window period of TTIs so increase the safety of Blood Transfusion. All registered blood banks should be …