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 …

LAHORE: Pakistan’s favourite cinema chain, ‘Cinepax’ introduces Laser Projectors for the first time ever in Pakistan. Cinepax is renowned for its premium cinema offerings that make every visit a completely fascinating event for Pakistani families. This is an era of innovation in cinema technology advancements and Cinepax has become the pioneer in bringing the latest Barco Laser Projectors to Pakistan …

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 …