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Mega Motor Company (MMC), the official partner of BYD in Pakistan, has renewed its partnership for the BYD Karachi Marathon for the second consecutive year, reaffirming its commitment to supporting the growth of running in Pakistan and creating opportunities for local athletes. As part of the renewed partnership, MMC will also launch She Runs, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative designed to encourage and support women’s participation in running ahead of the BYD Karachi Marathon 2027, scheduled for January 3. The BYD Karachi Marathon, Pakistan’s first World Athletics-Certified marathon, brings together local and international runners while providing Pakistani athletes with…
In Pakistan, as across major markets in the Middle East and Africa, televisions have become one of the most important entertainment purchases for households. The screen at the centre of the living room is no longer simply a television; it’s an entire experience. It is expected to bring the cinema home, deliver live cricket and football, support competitive gaming, and provide an immersive viewing experience even when bright daylight fills the room.Meeting those expectations requires more than a product launch. It requires years of display innovation and engineering expertise that most TV brands do not have. TCL does. TCL’s introduction…
The Pak International Business Forum (PIBF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lahore Leads University to promote skills development, improve youth employability, encourage entrepreneurship and create economic opportunities for young people in Pakistan.Under the theme “Transform Your Destiny Through Skills and Business, and Become the Pride of Your Homeland,” the two organisations will work together to strengthen industry-academia linkages, promote technical and vocational training, and develop a skilled workforce aligned with industry needs.The initiative assumes significance as Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data for 2020-21 showed that 32.5 per cent of young people aged 15–24 were not in education,…
BingX EU (MEGE zweite GmbH) has secured its Markets inCrypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA or MiCAR) license from Austria’s Financial Market Authority(FMA), that will enable the platform to offer regulated crypto services across 29 countries ofthe European Economic Area (EEA), subject to ongoing passporting arrangements. Theauthorization marks a significant milestone in BingX’s European expansion, providing EEAusers with access to digital asset services under a unified regulatory framework built ontransparency, security, and investor protection. The authorization reflects BingX EU’s long-term commitment to responsible growth inEurope. As digital assets become increasingly integrated into the financial system, regulatoryclarity plays an essential role in strengthening user…
SHINE Humanity Pakistan, a healthcare nonprofit serving rural Pakistan, has partnered with Art of Giving (AoG), a responsible-giving platform, making it easier than ever for people to help bring quality primary healthcare to underserved communities across Pakistan. At the heart of the partnership is AoG’s Automated Kindness Machine, an interactive giving kiosk in Karachi’s Ocean and Atrium Malls, which now features SHINE Humanity’s work. Pakistan is one of the world’s most generous nations, and Art of Giving estimates that 84% of adult Pakistanis give to charity each year. Yet few give through organisations whose work they understand or can follow.…
Retailers have urged the Islamabad capital administration to withdraw its decision to ban plastic bottles, warning that the move could disrupt businesses, undermine the recycling industry and adversely affect economic activity. The administration, which had earlier imposed restrictions on polyethylene bags, has now extended the ban to products packaged in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Retailers said the decision had raised serious concerns across the business community and called for an immediate review. Retailers said they had been verbally instructed to stop selling products packaged in PET bottles across multiple categories following directions from the Office of the Chief Commissioner and…
Pakistan Youth Change Advocates (PYCA) has called for safeguards to protect the integrity of Pakistan’s national food standards-setting process. The call follows concerns over proposed changes to the composition of the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority’s (PSQCA) Standard Setting Committee for Agriculture and Food Products (NSCAF). The call highlights the need for transparency, evidence-based decision-making, and swift measures to prevent conflicts of interest in the food standard-setting process.International guidance, including the World Health Organization’s (WHO) framework on conflict of interest, provides clear guidance that where a food industry is directly regulated by a public-health policy, its participation shall not…
Alibaba Cloud, in collaboration with Alkhidmat Foundation, organized an AI Hackathon for the first time in Pakistan held at the National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (NASTP) Karachi recently. As many as 430 shortlisted teams presented and demonstrated their AI-powered solutions out of 16,000 applications before expert jury panels representing technology, banking, healthcare, industry and academia. The competition focuses on developing working AI products rather than merely presenting ideas, with participants receiving structured training, mentorship and access to AI development tools. Speaking on the initiative, Shahid Iqbal, Chief Executive Officer of Bano Qabil Pakistan, said the hackathon represented an important…
BingX, the world’s leading multi-asset trading platform, today launched U.S. stock trading through an integration with Alpaca, a global provider of brokerage infrastructure and APIs. The new offering gives eligible users access to more than 7,000 U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), expanding the range of traditional financial assets available on BingX and advancing its multi-asset strategy. Through Alpaca’s brokerage infrastructure, eligible BingX users can access U.S. stocks and ETFs directly through the platform, using their existing crypto assets to fund trades without the need for fiat deposits or a separate brokerage account managed directly by the user. Unlike tokenized instruments…
The Board of Directors of SE Fruits and Vegetable Limited has decided to withdraw the Company’s current Initial Public Offering application and submit a fresh application after incorporating additional disclosures into the prospectus. The additional disclosures will provide further information regarding the transition of the underlying business from a partnership organisation, operating since 1998, to the newly incorporated Public Limited Company in 2026. The Board considers the resubmission to be in the interests of transparency, regulatory compliance, investor protection and informed investment decision-making. The withdrawal is a procedural step and does not represent an abandonment of the Company’s IPO plans.…