Automotive giant Toyota has announced short-term interest-free emergency loans to all vendors. The coronavirus outbreak has negatively impacted every business in the country, and Pakistan’s auto industry is no different from an industry-wide shutdown. Automotive vendors have been sorely lacking in financial support. Therefore, Toyota’s recent decision to support them is a highly commendable move. […]

Telenor Pakistan has partnered with Google in order to train and upskill small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to help them survive during the crisis and minimize the impact of an ongoing pandemic on their operations.  The online skills training will be conducted as a series of webinars under ‘Going Online with Google’ initiative and Telenor […]

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 […]

Press release: IPO oversubscribed by 1.07x with more than 80% of the applicants subscribed through E-IPO. KARACHI, 28th MARCH, 2020: The Initial Public Offering of Bank Islami Ehad sukuk has been successfully closed. Despite the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic, significant interest was received from both institutional and retail investors with PKR 320.6 million subscriptions received against […]

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.

Dr.Safiuddin Siddiqui, MBBS, educates on how to tackle this pandemic and what are the things to avoid including mass hysteria.

Halima Iqbal, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer and Farwah Tapal, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Oraan share their journey at Oraan and discuss the significance of financially inclusive society while explaining their value proposition in the market.  

  Adnan Ali, Chief Executive Officer at apps shares the journey of creating a disruptive platform for payments in Pakistan and discusses the vision for future initiatives.

Iftikhar Arif, General Manager Information Technology at Muller & Phipps Pakistan (Private) Limited shares the journey of designing e-commerce platform while leveraging logistics channels with Daily NewsPK and discusses the future initiatives that will be taken under his leadership.  

  Senior Lecturer Accounts and Finance, Institute of Business Management, Kamran A. Rabbani shares his point of view on mergers and acquisitions landscape in Pakistan.