Telenor Pakistan, the country’s foremost telecom and digital services provider, entered into a partnership agreement with Winrock International, a leading provider of social, agricultureand environmental solutions. Under the agreement, Telenor Pakistan, through its flagship m-agri service ‘Khushaal Zamindar’, will collaborate with Winrock International to facilitate farmers by increasing productivity and reducing post-harvest losses through the introduction of innovative techniques and technologies in 12 districts of Sindh and Punjab provinces.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is all set to organize ‘Humanitarian Reporting Awards 2018’ in coordination with the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) at the Institute of Business Administration. The objective of the awards is to acknowledge, appreciate and embrace the unrecognized efforts of humanitarian reporters, who out of their comfort zones, manage to capture and pen down the humanitarian crises like violence against healthcare, disaster reporting, issues related to people with disabilities, disaster response/preparedness, and other similar issues.

Faysal Bank Limited (FBL), one of the leading banks in Pakistan recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indus Motor Company Ltd. Both Indus Motor Company and Faysal Bank will support each other to promote sales and market their offerings to customers.

The Senior Vice President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) lauded the government decision to consider withdrawal 5 percent sales tax on the import of cotton and termed it in line with the demand of the textile sector.

This year School of Leadership (SoL) kick started its program Train the Young Trainer (TTYT) in three major cities of Pakistan; Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore. TTYT was a seven-day customized master training program that empowers young leaders of tomorrow to be impactful trainers and confident individuals.

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) hosts a reception at PTCL Academy H-9, Islamabad in honour of its employees from various parts of the country, who have returned after performing Hajj sponsored by the company.

The event was attended by senior officials, along with Syed Mazhar Hussain, Chief Human Resource Officer, PTCL.

With an aim to progress and ensure timely delivery of the project as committed, Eighteen – One of the Pakistan’s most luxurious and modern residential project joined hands and signed an agreement with Dascon Construction Company (DCC) for execution of the Grey Structure Package for the two villa clusters at Eighteen.DASCON is one of Pakistan’s leading construction companies with over three decades of experience and expertise in construction and development of civil, steel fabrication and land development works.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) has drafted its recommendations for government to improve situation in energy sector and have showed its disagreement over the plans to privatize DISCOs at this stage terming it more hazardous if done with current infrastructure.

K-Electric Football Club (KEFC) remains top of the Pakistan Premier League (PPL) standings after a hard-fought win against Pak Navy football club. KEFC defeated Pak Navy FC 2-1 after coming from behind in a match that was played at the QilaQasimBagh ground in Multan.

Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi has said that all 18 departments under the Federal Ministry of Interior will work closely and sit with Karachi Chamber to deliberate and resolve numerous issues as it will not be possible for us to take decisions from Islamabad until we are made aware of issues being faced by the business community of Karachi.