1. How do you imagine the financial sector post-COVID-19? Covid-19 is an unprecedented event. The Pakistani economy will most likely sustain Rs2 trillion to Rs2.5 trillion losses in just three months, which will lead to an expected 18.5m jobless in Pakistan, and there will definitely be effects seen in the financial sector due to these […]

1- What are the challenges and opportunities there for you in the current crisis? The steady rise in COVID-19 cases has drastically changed day-to-day life across the globe and most importantly has completely shifted business operations all over the world. The pandemic has completely rearranged how business is conducting as well as show-cased change in […]

BYKEA, one of Pakistan’s leading transport and delivery services announced the release of a new feature today. As per this latest feature, the body temperature of the active driver partners shall be displayed on the app, for the customers to see. Tracking fever is the first line of defense against the epidemic and such a […]

In collaboration with leading charity partners across Pakistan, Careem is providing a platform where customers can digitally donate COVID-19 testing kits to hospitals and items of essential needs to those who have been most impacted by the recent pandemic. Careem has been distributing hundreds of ration bags to the community on a daily basis in […]

Jazz has contributed PKR 50 million to the Prime Minister’s COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund. The funds will be used by the government for health relief and food rations. In a meeting that took place between Prime Minister Imran Khan and Jazz CEO, Aamir Ibrahim, support for those in need during these trying times was reiterated. […]

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 […]

Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sehat Kahani, shares the idea behind the health-tech social enterprise, Sehat Kahani and explains how is she with her team trying to create a positive impact in the society by this proposition.

BIMA has recently partnered with Digital Pakistan to support Pakistan Government with the recent outbreak of COVID – 19 by providing Tele-medicine services. The meeting was held over video call.The meeting was attended by CEO Digital Pakistan Initiative Ms. Tania Aidrus ,CEO BIMA Pakistan Mr. Murtaza Khalil Hassan, Chief Medical Officer BIMA Pakistan Dr. Ahmad […]

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 […]