LONDON: Global Ports Holding, the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, announced the appointment of Jan Fomferra as Chief Financial Officer. Jan has a significant level of financial experience gained across a range of sectors, having worked at various in-house…
KARACHI: Haroon Rashid, CEO Shell Pakistan Limited, has been elected as the President of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OICCI) with effect from July 1, 2020. His appointment came following a successful tenure of Mr Shazad Dada,…
KARACHI: European Union Air Safety Agency (EASA) has suspended PIA’s authorization to operate in Europe for six months starting July 01, 2020, following revelations that 40 percent pilots have fake licenses. “EASA has received information according to which on Wednesday…
CAIRO: Palm Hills Developments (PHD) and Taaleem Management Services Company, one of CI Capital Holding for Financial Investments’ minority-owned investments, announce signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to set up a joint venture to establish higher education campus in PHD’s…
DUBAI: Careem, the internet platform for the greater Middle East, and Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, have partnered to expand digital financial inclusion across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by integrating Visa credentials into the…
SEATTLE: In its first projections for Pakistan, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington is forecasting 42,188 people (with a range of 18,380 to 107,181) will die from COVID-19 by October 1, 2020. “Pakistan…
ISLAMABAD: Dot Republic Media, one of the biggest YouTube MCN (Multi-Channel Network) in the region, in collaboration with their talent partner Alchemists, has announced the launch of ‘CreatorsOne Fitness’, a first of its kind fitness platform in Pakistan. As the…
LOS ANGELES: AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global nonprofit AIDS organization, issued an ultimatum to Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg with a July 4th deadline to act swiftly with steps to prevent hate speech on its social media…
LONDON: The smart personal protective equipment (PPE) market is expected to grow by USD 1.85 billion during 2020-2024. The North America region led the smart personal protective equipment (PPE) market in 2019, followed by Europe, APAC, South America, and MEA…
HIGH POINT: Bien-Etre Labs LLC, a nutraceutical development company, announced the appointment of Steve P. Prescott to the position of President of the company. Steve’s impeccable stewardship assisted DuPont through the successful launch of over 100 new products between 2013…
VANCOUVER: Link Global Technologies Inc., an innovative power and infrastructure solutions provider for digital mining and data hosting operations, announced that its phase one development of power in Alberta is fully subscribed through agreements with Block One Technologies. According to…
MANAMA: Al Salam Bank-Bahrain (Al Salam Bank) has achieved the highest reduction in non-performing financing (NPF) amongst 55 GCC listed banks in 2019, according to a report by KPMG. The Bank also ranked sixth in the region for Capital Adequacy…