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Telenor Pakistan and Facebook imparting digital skills to empower women entrepreneurs under World Bank’s GLWE initiative Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir) In continuation of its commitment to empower societies across the country, and celebrate International Women’s Day, Telenor Pakistan has begun implementation of their pledge under Girls Learn, Women Earn (GLWE) initiative with a digital skills bootcamp for women entrepreneurs. 100 aspiring women entrepreneurs will be trained via Telenor Pakistan’s flagship design thinking program, ACTIVATE and #SheMeansBusiness, Facebook’s program on digital skills and the ambition for 2020 is to train 1000 women. The inauguration ceremony was held at Telenor Pakistan’s 345 campus,…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Microsoft, through its Microsoft for Startups initiative, has announced the launch of its Global Social Entrepreneurship programme. Around the world, startups are creating new businesses, built around powerful technologies and designed to make the world a better place. Innovators and entrepreneurs are finding new ways to harness technology to drive purpose-led social enterprises that measure success not just by the profits they generate, but by the good they do. Microsoft is deeply inspired by the commitment of these social entrepreneurs, who are focusing their passion for positive change on improving human health and the environment, advancing social…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) organised a multi-stakeholder corporate networking conference on the theme ‘Punjab: Pakistan’s Industrial and Talent Powerhouse’ here in Faisalabad to emphasise on the need for future-readiness of businesses to keep Faisalabad globally competitive and make it lucrative for foreign investors. As a hub for industrialisation in Pakistan, Faisalabad is on the cusp of a technological revolution and the need for organisations to be future-ready was never greater. At ACCA’s conference, prominent thought leaders and policy makers discussed and proposed recommendations on how to keep Faisalabad region up to speed amidst the…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) The 3rd and the last day of the 11th Karachi Literature Festival drew a huge crowd of literature lovers who didn’t want to miss out any of the exciting sessions lined-up for the day. The enthusiastic engagement of the festival visitors with the written word, authors, artists, and the literati is indicative of the inspiring ideas and debates the 11th Karachi Literature Festival generated. Several stimulating discussions were held on the 3rd day including one titled ‘Urdu Adab ki Rang-a-Rang Jehtain’ with Azra Abbas, Arfa Sayeda Zehra, Attiya Dawood, Masud Mufti, and Asghar Nadeem Syed. Another popular session was ‘Student Politics…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) The second day of the 11th Karachi Literature Festival, which is being organized by Oxford University Press (OUP), was again an affair full of invigorating discourses and vibrant performances. The day started off with an informative workshop held on ‘Media Literacy and Misinformation’ conducted by Sabrina Toppa, an award winning US Journalist based in Pakistan. The renowned historian William Dalrymple made a presentation on the book Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company that has been edited by him. The journalist George Fulton introduced Dalrymple. Following this session, there was a conversation on ‘Aurton kay…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir)“This is a very exhilarating experience for me. I have never seen so many literary icons in one place and it is a real honour to be able to meet them and discuss issues of common interest. The very richness of this occasion fascinates me and creates in me the wish that instead of being a former bureaucrat and now a minister, I should also have followed the profession of art and literature and expressed my thoughts and feelings in a free-flowing manner.” “As you would be aware, the subject of education is a major priority for the…

WWF-Pakistan and The Coca-Cola Foundation join hands for World Without Waste at The Panda Challenge 2020 Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) WWF-Pakistan and The Coca-Cola Foundation collaborated to host the finale of ‘The Panda Challenge 2020’ school competition organized at the Ali Institute of Education in Lahore on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. The event was graced by the presence of chief guest Minister for Provincial Assembly, Sumera Shams who distributed medals, shields and certificates to all the winners in the presence of top management officials from WWF Pakistan and Coca-Cola. This grand finale was the third and final stage of the…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) A cheque distribution ceremony for Batch 2 of the Sindh Research Incubation Center (SRIC) was held at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi’s Center for Information and Communication Technology (IBA-CICT). The incubates of SRIC received cheques from the Government of Sindh to support their startups.  During the ceremony, the incubates of SRIC demonstrated progress of their startups in the form of presentations. SRIC is a technology incubator that facilitates the incubation process for 12 months. It is a project of the Information Science & Technology Department (IS&TD), Government of Sindh in collaboration with the IBA Karachi. The…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) The Impact Female Scholarship Programme certificate distribution ceremony by ICI Pakistan Ltd. was held at the IBA Karachi, Main Campus. The organization extended its support through a scholarship grant for one female undergraduate student at the Institute. The IBA was represented by Director, Alumni Corporate Relations and Communications Department (ACRC) Malahat Awan, Senior Manager, Corporate Relations & Communications (CRC) Haris Tohid Siddiqui, Manager, Career Development Center (CDC) Danish Imtiaz and Assistant Manager, Financial Aid Tanveer Ahmed. ICI Pakistan Ltd. was represented by Manager, Talent Acquisition and Culture Hira Mullick, Assistant Manager, Talent Acquisition Fizzah Khan and Graduate…

Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir) The 7th Teacher’s Literature Festival (TLF) was held at the Federal College of Education by Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA). With the attendance of over 700 teachers, the festival was filled with excitement and eagerness to learn different ways of teaching and delivering material effectively during classes. TLF started in 2014 with the Board of Directors of CLF wanting to engage teachers in the process of loving literature as well. Future teachers in training from Federal College of Education eagerly attended the workshops. Ali Raza started the festival with theatrical Punjabi poetry. Dr. Jamil Bajwa welcomed the participants to the…