Jazz, Pakistan's leading digital operator, has successfully secured the largest private sector syndicated credit facility, totaling up to PKR 75 billion. The banking consortium was led by The Bank of Punjab (BoP), and this 10-year financing arrangement will significantly support Jazz’s ongoing 4G network expansion and technological upgrades while...
The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has received the Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2024. This is an award by the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR). It places the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi among the world’s top hospitals...
Zafar Masud, Chairman of the Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL) Board, commended the outstanding performance of Ahmed Hayat Lak, MD/CEO of OGDCL.
In an interview with a private news TV channel, Chairman OGDCL Zafar Masud highlighted significant improvements in OGDCL's operations since Ahmed Hayat Lak assumed leadership, attributing these...
Black Box Sounds, an art and culture lab and communication for change organization, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Alliance Française.
The ceremony was attended by esteemed delegates from the EU, including Piotr Buszta, First Counsellor and Head of Political, Trade, and Communication Section of the Delegation of the...
Telenor Pakistan, a frontrunner in providing telecommunication services and digital solutions across the country, proudly unveils its latest initiative, the 'Startup Mentors' Network'. As a natural extension of Telenor Pakistan’s successful corporate accelerator program, Telenor Velocity, which has empowered startups to scale through access to expertise in product management,...
Aoun Ali Khan, brimming with talent, has hit the music, film, and TV headlines in an extraordinary outpour of creative fervor. The multi-faceted artist, famous for his spellbinding performances and musical prowess, has captured the attention of the audience with his recent and upcoming endeavors.
Aoun Ali Khan's last two...
The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED), in collaboration with the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, honoured its Climate Action Fellows and showcased their groundbreaking action plans at an event in Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The top 10 plans will receive funding for implementation, a significant step towards...
Meta held a Community Summit in Islamabad, Pakistan to engage with civil society partners and discuss social media best practices, online safety, and freedom of expression. This was part of Meta’s initiative to meet key stakeholders in the country and reinforce the commitment to promote a safe and open...
The Aga Khan University (AKU) has been ranked in the top 5% of higher education institutions globally for SDG 3 ‘Good Health and Well-Being’, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) 2024 Impact Rankings. AKU is placed at an impressive 55th position out of 1,498 institutions worldwide.
The University has...
SLB (NYSE: SLB) is collaborating with Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Pakistan’s largest oil and gas exploration and production company, to develop a strategy for exploiting geothermal resources in hydrocarbon fields across Pakistan.
As part of the collaboration, SLB will help OGDCL develop a plan for evaluation of...
The government has disallowed 25% Sales Promotion, Advertising and Publicity (SAP) expense creating a significant marketing cost especially to multinationals that rely on advertising to sell fast moving consumer goods (FMCG). This means a higher tax liability for foreign companies, already struggling with current macroeconomic conditions.
It also means an...
The FrieslandCampina Institute was officially launched in Pakistan by Kashan Hasan, Managing Director of FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan Limited (FCEPL). The inauguration ceremony, held at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, marks a significant milestone in advancing healthcare professionals’ education and nutritional awareness across the region. The Institute in Pakistan aims...
Managing Director FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan (FCEPL), Kashan Hasan, along with senior leadership of the company, spent the day with the students of RAAST Welfare School in Qayyumabad, Karachi, as part of their ongoing collaboration to provide milk, quality education, and vocational training to underprivileged communities in Pakistan, and to...
The Aga Khan University’s Center for IMPACT for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Studies held an inception meeting where it laid out its research and development plans to combat the rising incidence of cardiovascular diseases, mostly in rural Sindh.
Prof Zainab Samad, Chair of the Department of Medicine at AKU, who presided...
