KARACHI ( WEB NEWS ) At the opening ceremony of Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2021, Huawei’s Deputy Chairman Ken Hu spoke about the huge impact that COVID-19 has had on countries, enterprises, and people around the world, as well as the role technology plays in combating the pandemic. “Innovation isn’tRead More →
DELHI ( WEB NEWS ) India has announced new rules to regulate content on social media, making Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and others more accountable to legal requests for the swift removal of posts and sharing information on where the messages originated from. The rules – part of an effort byRead More →
LAHORE ( Web News) Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood said the exports of information and communications technology (ICT) and telecom services increased by 38 percent from July 2020 to January 2021 as compared to last year. He tweeted, “We are glad to shareRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The KSE-100 index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday witnessed bullish trend, gaining 603.05 points, with positive change of 1.33 percent, closing at 45,965.63 points against 45,362.58 points on the last working day. A total 468,970,739 shares were traded during the day comparedRead More →
Pre-tax profit of Rs. 23.6 billion during the year 2020 to Standard Chartered Bank KARACHI (WEB NEWS ) Standard Chartered (Pakistan)Limited has announced its financial results for the year 2020, according to which the bank has a pre-tax profit of Rs. 23.6 billion during the year. With regard to theRead More →
LAHORE ( WEB NEWS ) Bank of Punjab (BOP) and Haleeb Foods Limited (HFL)have entered into a far-reaching collaboration to deliver easily accessible financing to dairy farmers associated with HFL. This initiative will enable the dairy farmers to avail affordable financing from BOP, on soft terms and lowest markup rates.Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( WEB NEWS ) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)has directed Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) to improve network coverage and performance, and maintain Quality of Service (QoS) as per license standards. In view of public complaints regarding degradation in service quality and results of PTA surveys, it was observed that lackRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( STAFF REPORT ) Abdul Rehman Khan, Vice President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) said that mother language was a key part of civilization and culture of a region as it promotes identity, communication, social integration and development, therefore, the government should take all possible measures forRead More →
LAHORE ( WEB NEWS ) Traditional customer service is undergoing a revolutionary transformation. In this multi-channel age, it is no longer good enough for companies to provide great service on a single platform. Today’s customers want to engage in real conversations with real people in real-time. And they want thatRead More →
LAHORE ( WEB NEWS ) Nestlé Pakistan posted a revenue of PKR 118.8 billion for 2020, a 2.4% growth from 2019. Despite the unprecedented situation caused by the pandemic, the company was able to grow the revenue through undisrupted supply and availability of products, innovation and renovation initiatives, numeric distributionRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( STAFF REPORT ) With the new injection of Rs. 5 Billion to upscale Ehsaas Interest Free Loan (IFL) programme, being ploughed by the government of Pakistan, SAPM Dr. Sania Nishtar convened a review meeting with the Ehsaas’ executing agency, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF). Primarily, the meeting assessedRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( WEB NEWS ) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has appreciated Pakistan for the significant progress made on the entire action plan. The Plenary meetings of FATF were held virtually from 22-25 February 2021, where its members discussed a range of topics relating to Pakistan’s progress. Pakistan’s delegationRead More →