By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Yousuf Dewan Companies, one of the Pakistan’s most prominent business houses, entered into a joint venture with Kolao Group of South Korea in April 2016. The new joint venture company ‘DAEHAN-Dewan Motor Company’ (DDMC) unveiled DAEHAN SHEHZORE, the immensely popular pick-up, as it resumes its production at its automotive assembly plant in Sujjawal, Sindh. The factory …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, today hosted an event gathering key government officials, dignitaries, trade and corporate partners, Falconflyer members, the airline’s workforce and media outlets from across the Kingdom. At the event, H.E. Mr. Zayed Bin Rashid Alzayani, Chairman of Gulf Air’s Board of Directors welcomed attendees and introduced Gulf Air Chief Executive …

LONDON: British Airways hosted a special Aerobility Aurora flight last night to view the northern lights at 30,000 feet. Aerobility supporters, volunteers and British Airways crew enjoyed a spectacular evening hosted by Tim Peake. The British astronaut joined 142 lucky stargazers on the Aerobility Aurora flight that took off from Gatwick and headed North to take in the natural light display. Starwatchers started the …

BARCELONA: HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, today announced four new additions to its award-winning portfolio of Android smartphones – Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus, new Nokia 6 and Nokia 1. Delivering all the craftsmanship you expect from a Nokia phone, each new smartphone offers durability and reliability as standard, with the range setting new benchmarks in materials …

KARACHI: Pakistan’s premiere amateur golfing events – the Jazz Golf Tournament teed off at the DHA Golf Club in Karachi. Jazz’s customers, amateur golfers and the company top management participated in the event. There were prizes for various categories of winners, and outstanding performers. This tournament is held in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad with over 400 participants from a diverse …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Gulfood Trade show 2018 was the 23rd such event and has now become the largest food show in the world It had almost 5000 exhibitors With the following breakdown per country Pakistan: 89 India: 307 Bangladesh: 43 China: 207 Iran: 58. Matco Foods had a terrific and very successful trade show and we saw a lot …

KARACHI: The federal and provincial tax regime needs to be simplified and other number of taxes on SMEs may be reduced in order to make it easy for the SMEs to graduate towards larger corporations. There is a need for tax reforms which may result in lesser tax authorities optimizing the cost of doing business. The representatives from different mainstream …

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star  Global  Airline, is pleased to announce that it has achieved yet another milestone, becoming the first A350 XWB Simulator Operator in Africa and among the few in the world. This machine is fitted with a full electrical motion system which delivers improved performance while providing …

MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national carrier for the Sultanate of Oman, is launching three new routes this year to Istanbul, Turkey in June, Casablanca, Morocco in July, and Moscow, Russia in October. While Istanbul and Moscow will be served by Oman Air’s Boeing 737-800, Casablanca will be served by 787-8. The new flight to Istanbul will launch on 1 June. …

KARACHI: Make the Future Singapore, a free festival of bright energy ideas and innovations for Asia, will take place at Singapore’s Changi Exhibition Centre from March 8 to 11, 2018. Returning to Singapore for a second year, the public festival will be a platform for conversation, collaboration and innovation around the global energy challenge: how to generate more energy, while …