Omer Bin Ahsan, Chief Executive Officer, Haball shared his insights on impact of pandemic out-break on digital financial services in Pakistan with our editor in Chief during an exclusive Q&A session on COVID-19. 1. How do you think the financial industry change post COVID-19? They will read the writing on the wall on their insourced […]

TECNO, a premier smartphone brand conducted a CSR Donation Ceremony on 11th of May, 2020 in which Governor of the Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar along with other provincial government officials was also present. The ceremony took place at Hafeez Centre in Lahore, the biggest I.T Market of the country. Fulfilling its corporate responsibility, TECNO has taken […]

“The Insurance industry has generally been a laggard in adopting new technologies and business models”, commented Nomaan bin Bashir, General Manager – Head of Consumer Insurance, IGI General Insurance, during an exclusive Q&A session with our Editor-in-Chief and expressed his point of view on the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the insurance industry in Pakistan. […]

“Companies will need to modernize and optimize their current business while also looking to create their business for the future – one that aligns to a new mindset of buyers, risks, behaviors and expectations during and post COVID-19”, expressed Nilofer Sohail, AGM & Head Channel Strategy & Execution at EFU Life during an exclusive Q&A […]

“Our customers have always been our highest priority, but even more so during these unprecedented times”, mentioned Mohsin A. Qureshi, Chief Operating Officer at Cheetay, while expressing his point of view on the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on e-commerce landscape in Pakistan during an exclusive Q&A session with Daily NewsPK. 1. How do you see […]

“This recent pandemic has broken the inertia with respect to telemedicine services in the country, however for it to remain effective and useful even after the lock-down, we need a comprehensive digital health policy to make sure digital health can be integrated in the DNA of our health care system at a public as well […]

UPaisa customers can now donate to Prime Minister’s Corona Relief Fund and Shaukat Khanum with convenience through UPaisa’s fund’s transfer facility. Donations can be sent to multiple organizations that are working for the relief of daily wage workers and other deserving households by simply dialing *786#. Customers can select the “donation” option after which they […]

A nonprofit platform named HelpTrace that provides an accurate mapping of the COVID-19 has been launched by two Pakistanis and spread at a global level. Tahir Siddique, a Pakistani – Danish who is a serial entrepreneur and Omar Chaudhary, a Pakistani – French, is the Global Project Manager for HelpTrace.org. HelpTrace.org is a multi-lingual web […]

  The State Bank of Pakistan today released its Second Quarterly Report for FY20 on the State of Pakistan’s Economy. According to the report, the stabilization efforts and regulatory measures yielded notable improvements during the first half of FY20. The current account deficit contracted to a six-year low, foreign exchange reserves increased, the primary budget […]

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to march across Pakistan, law enforcement have turned to proven public health measures, such as social distancing, to physically disrupt the contagion. Yet, doing so has severed the flow of goods and people and halted online delivery services causing people to break the barriers of social distancing, an issue addressed […]