Singapore has world’s most powerful passport
SINGAPORE edged past France, Germany, Italy and Spain to reclaim bragging rights as having the world’s most powerful passport.
Adil Aziz
JazzCash leads way in Digital supply chain finance
Speaking at a panel titled ‘Strategies for Thriving in Pakistan’s Digital Supply Chains: Inflation, Credit Dynamics, and Digital Imperatives’ at the DigiBap Summit 2024, Aamir illustrated how fintech players like JazzCash are enabling grassroots digitisation in rural and semi-urban areas to enable end-to-end Digital Supply Chain Finance (DSCF) Solutions for MSMEs.
US, China, and UAE top countries for Pakistani products to exports
The United States (US) remained the top export destination of Pakistani products during the fiscal year 2023-24, followed by China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
NAASAA aims to promote Pakistani talent worldwide
North American Association for South Asian Affairs (NAASAA) recently held an event in Karachi, aimed at facilitating Pakistani talent to showcase their skills worldwide.
U.S Embassy’s AWE program trains 100 women entrepreneurs in Pakistan
The U.S Embassy in Islamabad held a graduation celebration for 100 women in the fifth cohort of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE). Since 2020, the AWE has mentored over 330 Pakistani women to establish and scale up their businesses.
Microsoft cloud service issues disrupt air travel operations
Microsoft is investigating a cloud services outage that grounded planes and disrupted flight operations in the US on Thursday (July 18) night, though some of the affected airlines said operations had recovered.
Pakistani companies exhibit textile products at New York’s international show
Over 600 exhibitors from around the world, including Pakistan, are showcasing their textile products at TEXWORLD-2024 which began in New York on Tuesday( June 16).
CCP hosts stakeholder engagement session for Cement manufactures
Competition Commission of Pakistan has hosted stakeholder engagement session, advocates significance of disclosing material information on Cement bags. This session is organized by CCP with the Ministry of Science and Technology and PSQCA.The Session was presided by Mr. Saeed Ahmed Nawaz, Member CCP.
CCP clears acquisition of P&G’s Safeguard manufacturing facility
The approved transaction entails the acquisition of certain assets of M/s Procter and Gamble Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd (P&G) by M/s Nimir Industrial Chemicals Ltd (Nimir) under the Asset Purchase Agreement (APA).
Pakistan’s largest Data Hackathon, Jazz digital squad, ends on high note
The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) has won Pakistan’s largest Data Hackathon, the Jazz Digital Squad, which concluded. The top five teams presented their datasets at the finale that included Bhit Datawits from IBA, Data Dazzlers from LUMS, Team Luna from FAST NUCES, Data Dragons from IBA, and The Data Aficionados from NUST.