TPL Insurance focuses on making travel insurance easy and accessible
Every year thousands of Muslims travel to holy lands for Hajj, Umrah, and Ziarat. What worries many pilgrims are emergencies which may happen in a foreign land, and this is valid stress because so much can go wrong during travelling. From losing passports and important documents to medical emergencies, any type of crisis or unforeseen…
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China no longer requires COVID test info for international arrivals, as it further eases restrictions
China is moving further to ease anti-COVID-19 restrictions on international arrivals, with the new health declaration form issued by the General Administration of Customs scrapping requirements for visitors to report information regarding nucleic acid test results, their infection status and vaccination dates. The latest move followed several recent steps taken by Chinese authorities to make…
Pakistan earns US $809 million by exporting transport services during FY 2022
Pakistan earned US $809.740 million by providing different transport services in various countries during the twelve months of fiscal year (2021-22) as compared to the corresponding period last year. This shows growth of 48.84 percent as compared to US $544.040 million earned through provision of services during the corresponding period of last fiscal year (2020-21),…
Shell Pakistan to discontinue its aviation operations across Pakistan
The Board of Directors of Shell Pakistan Limited (SPL) announced the Company’s half year results on August 17th, 2022. The Company posted a profit after tax of PKR 7,469 million compared to the profit of PKR 2,153 million made in the same period last year. The encouraging turnaround is mainly driven by improved business performance…
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…
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…
OGRA advised chief secretaries to take appropriate measures to assist tourists during Eid holidays
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) advised Chief Secretaries to manage visitors at tourist areas and to control traffic as per parking capacity around hilly areas and also to avoid any shortage of essential commodities including fuel during Eid holidays. The Chief Secretaries Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been asked to depute concerned DCOs…
Air travel FED reduced to Rs30,000
To give relief to the rich/wealthy class, the government has decided to reduce the federal excise duty (FED) of Rs50,000 to Rs30,000 imposed on club, business, and first class international air tickets through the Finance Act, 2022. The government has reverted a major taxation measure of budget (2022-23) on the wealthy people of the country….
Experience the best summer holiday in Dubai with Emirates’ exclusive value-added offers
Emirates is making Dubai a cooler summer holiday destination than ever before, offering customers free entry to some of the UAE’s most popular attractions plus many more exciting offers, while the city’s marquee event – The Dubai Summer Surprises – returns with a full calendar of entertainment, culture and family activities. Whether returning to Dubai…
Emirates to operate extra flights for upcoming Hajj season
With the significant demand for air travel during Hajj, Emirates is deploying extra flights to ensure more connectivity for the scores of pilgrims making their way to the Holy City of Makkah. Emirates will be operating special flights to Jeddah and Medina during the upcoming Hajj season to carry pilgrims for this special period. Emirates…