DUBAI: Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) is offering Umra trips to 25 taxi drivers during this Ramadan. The step, which coincides with the Year of Tolerance, reflects the keenness of DTC to bring happiness to drivers during the holy month of Ramadan. “Since 2010, Dubai Taxi Corporation has been running this initiative, and about 1200 drivers have benefited from it so …

KARACHI: K-Electric (KE) defeated Santex Group (SG) with 3 wickets to spare in their second match of the on-going Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cup, held at Naya Nazimabad Stadium, Karachi. A score of 46 runs by Jahanzaib Sultan, who was well supported by Muhammad Mohsin with 35 runs and Umair Yousuf with 33 runs, enabled KE to successfully achieve the set target …

KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited celebrates the 50th anniversary of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, which has been celebrated annually since 1969. The theme for this year is ‘Bridging the Standardization Gap’. PTCL has gone through massive transformation since its inception and is now focused to provide a digital lifestyle, along with innovative telecom services to customers as well as …

KARACHI: That 1 place is the brain child of Bushra Wahid who has been successfully running her prêt label ATTIRE. Attire by Bushra Wahid is an illustrious and eminent brand that was established in 2008. Being an inveterate designer Bushra Wahid has put out multifarious clothing from Pret to formal delineation that has helped the brand to become prominently famous …

KARACHI: The Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation was a primary supporter of the Pakistan’s first official Pavilion at the La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale), 2019. The world’s oldest and most prestigious international art exhibition, the biennale is a six month long contemporary visual art exhibition and host a large number of prominent individuals from all walks of life. The overall focus …

DUBAI: Swissport achieved an operating EBITDA of 273.2 million euros in 2018, an increase of 24.1 percent over the previous year’s result of 220.1 million euros. Total revenue from operating activities increased to 2.99 billion euros, up 6.7 percent from 2.81 billion euros in 2017. With revenue of 2.99 billion euros for 2018 Swissport’s business volume was up 6.7 percent …

KARACHI: Careem Pakistan has announced the launch of “Careem On-Call” which allows customers to use a phone call or an SMS to call a Careem Bike at specific locations within the city, for as low as PKR 25. The service is aimed at delivering an efficient transportation service to those who may not be using a smartphone or may not …

ISLAMABAD: Telenor Pakistan’s digital startup accelerator programme, Telenor Velocity, signed a contract with Google to launch its first ever gaming cohort aimed at accelerating the game developers. Game Launcher is a programme for top indie game studios who are looking to build, scale & monetize best-in-class mobile games. Like most developing technology areas, game development requires learning and mentoring. To …

KARACHI: ACCA and Atlas Copco Pakistan have agreed to work together for the promotion of sustainable business practices in Pakistan. Both the organisations will be collaborating to develop future-ready talent to meet the requirements of a digital age. The focus of their partnership will be to train a new generation of professional accountants who possess a right blend of digital, technical, …

DUBAI: Etihad Energy Services Company (Etihad ESCO) announced the signing of an agreement with Sharaf Electronics for the implementation of the lighting retrofit project at three terminals of Dubai Airport. The project will replace over 15,000 outdoor and indoor lights with latest energy saving LED lights, resulting in about AED 5 million annual savings every year, for next seven years …