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Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Nearly 39 percent of Pakistanis live in multi-dimensional poverty, according to UNDP’s 2016 report. To combat this issue, The Hunar Foundation (THF) is conducting vocational training for young men and women from underprivileged communities, thereby empowering them with technical and vocational skills to become financially independent. Engro Vopak is extending support to The Hunar Foundation (THF) by sponsoring a Women’s Trade for THF Campus in Korangi. A cheque hand over ceremony took place on 26th March 2019 at THF’s Delhi Mercantile Society Technical Institute in Karachi, with Mr. Jahangir Piracha, C.E.O Engro Vopak, and Mr. Mehdi Hasnain,…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Helen Brand OBE, Chief Executive, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) visited the National Incubation Center (NIC) in Islamabad, Pakistan’s largest technology incubation centre, and was briefed on how the incubation centres run by NIC support and nurture innovation and technology enablement & transformation in the country. Zouhair Khaliq, Member of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on IT & Telecom and Co-Founder & Partner, TeamUp, Parvez Abbasi, Project Director, NIC and other senior representatives of NIC shared an overview of the growing startup ecosystem in Pakistan and the role NIC is playing with the help of…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Aman Tech recently held an industry-wide, technical skills career fair to connect skilled youth with potential employers. The list of VVIPS invitees included industry partners and grant partners including USAID, which, in particular, has played a significant role in making this event possible. USAID and Aman Tech particularly share a history of working together in Pakistan to boost private sector development. This exciting one-of-its-kind, mega event was open to the public. Last year’s event attracted over 6,000 individuals from across the city, a large percentage of whom were offered jobs by more than thirty mainstream companies. The…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir)  JazzCash, the country’s leading mobile financial service provider, has partnered with the University of Punjab, a public research university, to digitize education payments to provide convenience to all students, parents as well as the organization, itself. Jazz, as an organization, has always shown interest in the country’s youth and is always trying to find better ways to provide the youth with the best facilities possible to make their everyday lives easier. Not only that, Jazz is also unwavering in its quest to make Pakistan a digital country and thus is working hard towards the digitization of the…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) A high level meeting was held in Lahore between ACCA President,Mr Robert Stenhouse and the President of ICMA Pakistan, Mr Zia ul Mustafa to discuss areas of greater collaboration between the two institutions. Also present at the meeting was senior management from both organizations including MrSajjeedAslam, Head of ACCA Pakistan, Mr Arif Masud Mirza, Regional Head of Policy at ACCA, MrHaroon Ahmed Jan, Regional Head of Member Affairs at ACCA, Mr Assad Hameed Khan, Head of Business Development at ACCA, Mr Faisal Azeem, Head of Education at ACCA, Mr Shahid Khan, Head of Business Development Central at…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) The third and last day of the Karachi Literature Festival drew a very large number of people. Since it was a Sunday, the event received an overwhelming response with booklovers flocking to the venue in droves. The successful 10th edition of KLF was organized by Oxford University Press (Pakistan) under the leadership of its Managing Director Arshad Saeed Husain. The KLF Organizing team and Advisory Board had put in great efforts to make the 10th KLF a resounding success, considering that there was huge pressure on them to accommodate so much in such a short time. From…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) The second day of the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), which is being organized by Oxford University Press (OUP), was a lively affair that attracted literature lovers despite the cold winds and rains. Acting Deputy US Consul General graced second day of the 10th KLF and visited different sessions that were going on at the Beach Luxury Hotel. The first item on the day’s agenda was a discussion on ‘Filmi Gaanay aur Urdu Shairi’ in which Haseena Moin and Sultan Arshad were the speakers and Asif Noorani was the Moderator. The Acting Deputy Head of Mission, British Deputy…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir)  “The Karachi Literature Festival has come to occupy a premier position in the literary calendar of Karachi and I am glad to see that today it has completed 10 years. This is a platform where writers, poets, artists, actors and all those who are interested in literary activities, cultural developments and creative expression meet. These people come from Karachi, from other cities of Pakistan and also from other countries, and bring with them a special freshness and sparkle.” “The KLF is a colourful and constructive addition to Karachi’s annual literary and cultural calendar and depicts how lively…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Pakistan welcomed its new members and recognised its high achievers from across the country in glittering ceremonies in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad on February 18, 19 and 21, respectively. Themed ‘Strategic Business Leaders | Capacity & Character’, the New Member Ceremonies celebrated the achievement of ACCA members who attained the membership milestone from January 01, 2018 till December 31, 2018 as well as national and global place winners during the same period. The new members are part of the vibrant global ACCA community of more than 208,000 members in 183…

Pfizer Pakistan Limited partners with The Aga Khan University Hospital and The Patient Behbud Society for AKUH to supportneedy CancerPatients through Access Program Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) Pfizer Pakistan Ltd. (Pfizer) has entered in to a partnership with The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) for self-funded patients and The Patient Behbud Society for AKUH (PBS) to provide access to quality targeted therapy treatment to cancer patients without financial means. Patients suffering from gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET)will benefit from the partnership. The announcement came during an official signing ceremony held at the…