Aamir Ahsan Khan named Country Manager of Ericsson Pakistan
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has announced the appointment of Aamir Ahsan Khan as Country Manager of Ericsson Pakistan. Aamir is set to lead a strong cross-functional team aided by a network of partners to support communication service providers and increase Ericsson’s digital footprint in the country. Having joined Ericsson 14 years ago, Aamir brings forward progressive and…
Mondelēz Pakistan bags award for Gender Diversity at Workplace award
At the prestigious occasion of the 18th Annual Excellence Awards by CFA Society Pakistan, Mondelēz Pakistan received The Gender Diversity at Workplace Award 2021. The award recognises leading organisations for the efforts made in different domains of their business operations and management styles in relation to enhancing their gender diversity representations within the organisation. As…
SECP registers first Life Insurer as Pension Fund Manager
In another first at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), a life insurance company namely the Postal Life Insurance Company Limited, has been granted permission to manage private pension funds under the Voluntary Pension System (VPS). Private pension funds under the VPS are regulated by the SECP in terms of VPS Rules, 2005,…
Systems Limited announced today that its subsidiary E-Processing Systems B.V. has received an investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
E-Processing Systems owns and operates OneLoad, Pakistan’s leading microretailer digitization and payment platform used by over 50,000 small shops across Pakistan. OneLoad is one of the largest mass market financial access platforms in the country, enabling its retailers to deliver telecom, digital payments and banking services to over 7 million unbanked customers each month. The…
KU, SGS inks MoU to initiate OBE in academia
The University of Karachi and SGS Pakistan Private limited inked the Memorandum of Understanding to bridge the gap between academia and the industries by initiating outcome-based education in the higher education sector. According to the MoU signed on Monday at the SGS Head Office, both parties have agreed to promote collaboration for research and development…
PPL bags top Corporate Philanthropy Award
Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has once again received the highest Corporate Philanthropy Award for being the largest corporate giver in terms of volume of donations during 2019-20. Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) adjudged the winner based on their research-based annual philanthropy survey. The company has maintained the top slot for the 16th consecutive year in…
PTCL achieved Tier III Certification from Uptime Institute for its Commercial Data Center in Lahore
Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) has received tier-III certification of design for its Commercial Data Center (CDC) in Lahore from Uptime Institute (UI). The certification validates PTCL stringent compliance with international standards in modern data center design and management for delivery of high-quality hosting facilities to its customers. The certification followed a rigorous assessment based on…
realme Presents a Bumped-up version of the realme GT Master Edition with 256GB Memory
The realme GT Master Edition is realme’s first 5G flagship offering in Pakistan that has been touted as Smartphone of the Year by being the No. 01 5G Smartphone to be sold on Daraz during the 11.11 Salebration The anticipation around realme GT Master Edition doesn’t seem to end as realme has introduced a 256GB…
HILTON PHARMA HOSTS DINNER IN HONOUR OF BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER UK OVER FACILITATING FUNDING FOR TCF
Mr. Shahbaz Yasin Malik, CEO of Hilton Pharma hosted a dinner in Karachi to honour Mike Nithavrianakis, British Deputy High Commissioner UK who ran the London Marathon as well as the Manchester Half Marathon and single-handedly raised a significant amount of Rs. 40 million for The Citizens Foundation (TCF). Picture shows from left to right:…
SSGC, SNGPL To Enhance Capacity Production of Meters Manufacturing
The managements of Sui Southern Gas Company and Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Company decided to stressed upon working in unison to improve the Plant’s manufacturing capacity, add new product lines and introduce new assembly lines to maximize product localization and thus develop employment opportunities in the country and in addition, save valuable foreign exchange through…