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Earn Skywards Miles on everyday spends First co-branded debit card in collaboration with an international airline Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) : Standard Chartered and Emirates airline unveiled a new Emirates Standard Chartered Debit Card for their shared customers. The new card is an extension of the partnership between the two companies which was announced last year with the launch of a co-brand Credit Card. Designed to meet the different needs of a diverse client base, the Emirates Standard Chartered Debit Card will allow clients to enjoy an array of exclusive privileges and world class services from both Standard Chartered and Emirates…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Ufone will be visiting multiple higher education institutions across Pakistan starting today till May 09, to recruit interns for their flagship apprenticeship program, The Summer Internship Program (SIP) 2018. Ufone’s SIP is a project-based internship initiative designed to help students who are ready to enter the job market by giving them the opportunity of working under supervision of experienced professionals. The internship program is launched once every year, through which a limited number of students are placed within the organization for 6-8 weeks after undergoing a competitive and merit-based selection process. Mr. Syed Zulfiqar Ali Zaidi, GM…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Zong 4G launches the Graduate Trainee Programme 2018 on April 19th 2018, to provide an opportunity to young aspiring fresh graduates across Pakistan to gain professional training and a chance to become part of Pakistan’s leading cellular network. Taking a great pride in nurturing the leaders of tomorrow, Zong enrolls numerous graduate trainees from top universities nationwide who are mentored to become future leaders in the respective domains of sales, marketing, and engineering and information technology. This year, Zong 4G aims to set a new high by recruiting more of raw talent by offering them an opportunity…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Zong 4G, opened the doors of its headquarters for a delegation from Roots Millennium School. Under the realm of its ‘New Hope’ employee volunteer program, Zong 4G has been bridging the digital divide to make a meaningful impact on the wider community and contribute towards its commitment of a more digitalized Pakistan. Youth being the ambassadors of this nation on so many platforms, some of the school’s brightest students were invited for a visit of CMPak, this comprised of a tour of CMPak headquarters where the students were provided with an overview of the basic information and…

Lahore –  The Citizens Foundation (TCF) had the honour to be the only non-profit from Pakistan to participate in the World Literacy Summit 2018 held on March 25-27, 2018 at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford University, UK. In line with this year’s theme, Nadia Naviwala, on behalf of TCF, presented a keynote speech explaining TCF’s work in the field of education for the less privileged children in Pakistan, specifically their Adult Literacy Programme Aagahi, which literally means ‘awareness’. TCF has been mentioned by ‘The Economist’ as perhaps the largest network of independently run not-for-profit schools in the world. Additionally, employing 12,000…

Lahore – For the first time a 3-day Children’s Literature Festival – CLF was organised by Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi at the Balochistan Residential College (BRC) Turbat.  The festival was inaugurated by Mrs. Asim Bajwa, wife of Commander Southern Command. A large number of children, from Turbat, Panjgur and remote areas like Pasni participated in the festival. Former Minister Ms. Zubaida Jalal played a vital role in the organisation of the festival while the wife of Director General FC South, and other women also attended the festival. Founder of Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) and Trustee of Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi, Baela Raza Jamil expressed her happiness…

Lahore – The “6th edition of Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF 2018) will be held in November 2018”. This was announced by Ameena Saiyid, Chair, Oxford University Press, and Founder/Director, Karachi and Islamabad Literature Festivals. The Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF), founded by Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi and organized by Oxford University Press was launched in April 2013 and has been a resounding success from the start. Inspired by the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the ILF has also become a much-awaited annual event and a landmark in the cultural history of Islamabad. ILF has grown rapidly over time. Attendance rose from…

Lahore – Roshan Rahain an ambitious young, non-profit organization is committed to educating children using alternate forms of art and has launched first-of-a-kind financial literacy program in Pakistan with support from Jubilee Life Insurance. The Program will teach children about the importance of savings, techniques of managing day-to-day transactions, handling cash and much more using the medium of music and other engaging activities along with role playing.  Pakistan has the lowest financial access in the world. About 100 million adults in Pakistan (roughly about 80% of country’s population) don’t have access to formal and regulated financial services. This number accounts…

Karachi – The 9th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the country’s most anticipated literary event, is scheduled to be held on 9, 10, and 11 February 2018 at the Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi. A vibrant programme of talks, interviews, panel discussions, readings, book launches, English poetry readings/slam, Urdu mushaira, Sindhi mushairo, stand-up comedy, author signings, performing arts, film screenings, open mic, book fair, and literary awards has been lined up. With ideas and subjects as diverse as cricket, child abuse, writing autobiographies, and pop culture being explored at the KLF, the event promises to be a literary and cultural feast. Around…