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Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) The Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Orange Tree Foundation (OTF) agreeing to provide scholarships worth Rs. 2 million each year for a period of 2 years to undergraduate and graduate students.  The objective of the scholarship is to provide the Institute’s promising young students a stepping stone to self-efficiency. The eligibility for the scholarship will be based on the candidates’ academic record and their requirements of financial assistance. In the ceremony, the Institute was represented by Acting Executive Director IBA Karachi, Dr. Sayeed Ghani; Head of Corporate Relations…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) Pakistan’s favorite biscuit brand, Bisconni has launched their latest CSR campaign in celebration of World Children’s Day and it is truly remarkable. According to Wafaqi Mohtasib Pakistan, between 4 to 8 million people in Pakistan are disabled among which 45% are children. As part of its “Complete Others” CSR campaign, Bisconni has undertaken an initiative to donate prosthetics to specially-abled kids of our country. This campaign was carried out in collaboration with Bionik.org that designed exclusive bionic arms for these kids, bringing a new ray of sunshine in their lives. Bionic arms work by picking up signals…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) The Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) (Barna Group) and the Centre for Excellence in Journalism at the Institute of Business Administration (CEJ-IBA) Karachi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a capacity building program for journalists. The MoU was signed by the KUJ Barna Group President, Hassan Abbas, General Secretary Aajiz Jamali and Director CEJ-IBA Kamal Siddiqi at a ceremony held at the CEJ-IBA. According to the MoU, KUJ Skills Development Committee will be jointly organizing training workshops for journalists. These trainings will focus on enhancing professional skills of working journalists by equipping them with the latest…

Dr. Sadia Pasha Kamran, Professor & Coordinator School of Art represented the Institute for Art & Culture (IAC), Lahore at the international Islamabad Art Festival IAF-19. Her project, a curated show, titled The Eighth Garden got accepted by the IAF-19 committee that included eminent national & international academics and curators as the jury. A 13-day long event, the IAF-19 is claimed to be the biggest ever art festival in Pakistan and was kicked off on Monday 18 November at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) and will showcase all forms of art till its closing ceremony on November…

ACCA partnered with the Women Economic Empowerment Network for the WEEN Summit 2019 in Multan to bring together trailblazing women entrepreneurs and provide opportunities to inspire, network, collaborate, seek support, and launch new initiatives. At the summit, ACCA Member, Khawaja Mohsin delivered an insightful presentation on how to enable women entrepreneurship in the country and explained how ACCA is helping Women in Finance reach their career goals. The major outcomes of the summit included the launch of wehub.pk, Pakistan’s most comprehensive information and business portal for women entrepreneurs, formulation of WECON Movement Multan Chapter, and the launch of Women Entrepreneurs…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) The Karachi Urban Lab, a research organization based at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi led by Professor of City and Regional Planning Dr. Nausheen H. Anwar, hosted an event as part of the French and German Embassies’ joint lecture program Open Doors. Christine Rosenberger from the German Embassy, Islamabad joined Dr. Anwar in introducing the panel discussion, titled Climate Crisis Seminar, which is the first event of this series. Dr. Anwar spoke from the perspective of an urbanist situated in Karachi, who studies not just Karachi but also other cities across Pakistan and the Global…

ICICT 2019 to be held at the IBA Karachi Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) The Faculty of Computer Science, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi is organizing a biennially held, two-day flagship conference, the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICICT) 2019 on the theme of Next Generation Technologies from November 16-17, 2019 at the IBA Karachi, City Campus. The conference banquet with delegates and other eminent guests will take place at the Governor House on November 16, 2019 which is expected to be presided over by the President of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi. Renowned research scholars from their fields…

o   Hasan Adil of Siddeeq Public School, Islamabad, wins Special Commendation prize at the Asia level o   4400 students from 107 schools across the country participated in the competition o   Registrations are now open for Oxford Big Read Asia 2020 Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir)  Oxford University Press (OUP), the world’s largest university press, today announced the names of winners of Oxford Big Read Asia, an annual reading and writing campaign for primary and secondary students. From Pakistan, Hasan Adil who studies in class 8 at Siddeeq Public School, Islamabad, won the Special Commendation prize in the Level 3 (classes 7–9) category of the competition.…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Ms. Gurmeet Kaur, a Punjabi folklorist and author, and Dr. Dalvi S. Pannu, a dentist and an author, visited the Institute for Art and Culture to discuss the importance of preserving the Punjabi language, culture and heritage, their books on Sikh Heritage and the significance of the Kartarpur Corridor for the Sikh Diaspora all over the world. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sajida Haider Vandal welcomed the esteemed guests and informed them that the importance of preserving and literacy of the mother tongue was the foundation of the IAC and hence Punjabi is a compulsory subject at IAC.…

Government must have legal framework in place for small businesses to flourish, meet the needs of a modern economy The professional body for accountants ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is asking whether businesses and policymakers in Pakistan are compromising the performance of small business in a new report called ‘Building the legal framework to help business succeed’. Whether through over-familiarity or lack of awareness, there’s a risk a key ingredient in the formula for success is being overlooked – the legal form through which businesses operate.  The report calls on government to put legal structures in place, so…