ABHI, Unveel.io to offer Earned Wage Access to Ride-hailing & Delivery Drivers in Pakistan and UAE
ABHI, a Pakistan-based fintech and Unveel.io, a UAE-based API-Widget are combining their expertise to offer the facility of Earned Wage Access to ride-hailing and delivery drivers in Pakistan and UAE for the first time. As the world economy struggles to get back on the rails, this comes as a ray of hope for workers. Hundreds…
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PTCL Group Posts 5.7% Revenue Growth in the Half Year 2022
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the country’s leading telecom and ICT services provider, has announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, at its Board of Directors’ meeting held in Islamabad on July 18, 2022. During the first six months of 2022, PTCL Group successfully managed to keep the top line growth…
Workers’ remittances rise to a record-high in FY22
The overseas Pakistani workers’ remittances grew by 6.1 percent in fiscal year (Jul-Jun) 2021-22 to US$31.2 billion against the inflows of $29.45 billion in same period of the preceding year. On year-on-year basis, the remittances increased by 1.7% from $2.71 billion in June 2021 to $2.76 billion in same period of the fiscal year 2021-22….
Emirates statement on operations at London Heathrow
Emirates values our partnerships with airport stakeholders across our network with whom we engage continuously, and collaboratively, to secure our flight operations and ensure minimal customer disruption, particularly over the peak travel months. It is therefore highly regrettable that LHR last evening gave us 36 hours to comply with capacity cuts, of a figure that…
Jugnu Mohsin debuts her acting talent
with a purpose-led short film titled “Khaki Desan” Jugnu Mohsin, a renowned public figure and mother of popular vocalist Ali Sethi, has recently debuted her acting talents through a purpose led short film called Khaki Desan. Full version of this short film was recently launched on the occasion of Eid ul-Azha across all social media…
On World Emoji Day, Meta shares trends for Pakistan’s favorite Emojis
This World Emoji Day, Mark Zukerberg announced that WhatsApp now allows users to react to messages and group chats with a full range of fun emoticons and skin tone selector within conversations. Earlier users could only use six emojis to react to messages and group chats, which has now been changed to the full Emoji…
Agreement reached with IMF, Pakistan to receive $1.17 billion soon: Miftah
Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement on policies to complete the combined seventh and eighth reviews of Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Under the agreement, Pakistan would receive $1.17 billion soon, tweeted Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Miftah Ismail here on Thursday. The minister thanked prime minister, fellow ministers, secretaries and especially…
U Microfinance Bank Enters into Strategic Partnership with TPL Corp Limited
President & CEO U Microfinance Bank Limited (U Bank) Mr. Kabeer Naqvi and Mr. Ali Jameel, CEO, TPL Corp Limited, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of a strategic partnership to promote a synergic partnership between the two organizations. This strategic partnership will create a platform for strengthening the capability of organizations to provide a…
Emirates and Air Canada Form Strategic Partnership
Emirates and Air Canada today announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement that will create more options for customers when travelling on the carriers’ networks while also enhancing the customer experience throughout the journey. Emirates and Air Canada intend to establish a codeshare relationship later in 2022 that will offer enhanced consumer travel choices…
Sarsabz Fertilizer marks the significance of cotton through the nostalgic journey of ‘Khaki Desan’
The nostalgic memories of our mothers opening rustic family trunks and taking out hand-knitted khaees and dariyan made from indigenous cotton and proudly setting them for the frequent guests have faded away. However, to try and revive this lost cultural heritage and tradition, Sarsabz Fertilizer released the second episode of its Sarsabz Kahani web series…