GE has announced the appointment of Masroor Mahmud as its CEO for Pakistan.  He is mandated by driving the company’s growth in the country and aligning business strategy across all GE sectors with the government’s vision for development. In addition, Masroor will focus on enhancing talent development, ensuring risk management, and building a strong GE […]

Webdnaworks (Pvt) Ltd (WPL) is the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) licensed and regulated Payment System Operator (PSO) and Payment Service Provider (PSP). WPL has been granted this full commercial license for the installation of White Label ATMs across Pakistan. WPL plans to roll out 600 ATMs over the next two years, and are willing to […]

EMPG, the parent company of Pakistan’s largest real estate portal Zameen and one of the leading digital classifieds groups in the MENA, South Asia, and Southeast Asia regions, has announced its acquisition of Lamudi Global, which has businesses in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Mexico. The group said the acquisition had taken place before its merger […]

Reckitt Benckiser (RB), the Multinational producer of hygiene, health, and nutrition products including Dettol, Harpic, and Robin has pledged to invest another Rs500 million to help the country fight the CoVid-19 pandemic. According to WHO’s Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, without effective interventions there could be an estimated 200,000 cases by mid-July in Pakistan. The impact […]

On the approval of the federal government, National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) offices have resumed operations countrywide to facilitate beneficiaries of Ehsaas Emergency Cash who were facing problems in withdrawing cash due to faulty biometric identification and registration of deaths of eligible family members. To get first-hand information about the facilitation being extended to Ehsaas beneficiaries […]

Karandaaz Pakistanis providing financing to Excel Labs to initiate COVID-19 testing. With this funding, Excel Labs is building its capacity to carry out an estimated 500 tests daily and more than 10,000 tests a month. This emergency response will help the country build a critical testing capacity to test, track, and control the spread of […]

Islamabad, 16th March 2020: Amidst the growing threats of Coronavirus, Pakistani telecom operator Ufone in collaboration with National Institute of Health (Pakistan) conducted a public awareness session on Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Ufone Tower in Islamabad to educate its employees about the pandemic, its symptoms and key preventative measures that should be taken on an individual […]

  DUBAI, UAE 7 March 2020: Emirates is providing customers more flexibility, choice and value through its newly introduced waiver policy for all booked tickets issued on or from today, 7 March until 31 March 2020, allowing customers across its network the choice of changing their travel dates without change and reissuance fees. The move […]