Reference is made to the recent news circulating in the media regarding the customer information security breaches in major Pakistani banks. Faysal Bank Limited (FBL) would like to reiterate and assure its customers that no such incident has been reported at the Bank and that the data of all its customers is secure.

Nineteen promising FinTechs have been bustling with excitement and morphing their raw ideas into scalable solutions as part of Karandaaz Pakistan’s FinTech Disrupt Challenge (FDC) 2018, for which Karandaaz has funded FinTech Factory to provide accelerated support to these startups. The mentoring from some of the most prominent gurus from the digital financial services sector has helped startups gain confidence, refine product ideas, and prepare for the final investment pitch stage to be held later this year.

NBP customers are safe from any vulnerability of Cyber Attacks and our customers are protected from all potential loss. NBP’s customer data is fully secured as per local and international standards. We are working in close coordination with the State Bank of Pakistan.

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells visited Islamabad November 6-7, to review key items on our bilateral agenda, including the upcoming Geneva Conference on Afghanistan and joint efforts to advance the Afghan peace process.

It has been noted with concern news items reporting that the data of most banks has been hacked. SBP categorically rejects such reports. There is no evidence to this effect nor has this information been provided to SBP by any bank or law enforcement agency.

Ambassador of Pakistan to Turkey Mr. Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi while interacting with the participants of the 109^th National Management Course of the National School of Public Policy has said that the unparalleled and unique Pakistan-Turkey relations are deeply rooted in history, faith and common culture.

State Minister for Communications Mr. Murad Saeed has said, all possible measures will be undertaken to ensure uninterrupted flow of traffic and controlling accidents on National Highways and Motorways network. A comprehensive course of action will be adopted with cooperation and consultation of representatives of Goods Transport Agencies and Stakeholders.

Karachians has announced their grand arrival into the cricketing circuit as the eighth franchise to be participating in the second edition of the T10 League, through a colorful launch ceremony for their official team jersey, designed on a classy color theme.

The Usman Institute of Technology (UIT) CIRCLE organised the mentor meetup of its women economic empowerment and leadership development programme ‘Tech Karo’ at the UIT campus Karachi on Saturday. The Tech Karo was launched by the CIRCLE in partnership with Engro Vopak Terminal Limited and UIT in 2017 and since then it has trained many women on tech craft to help them start their careers.

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s landmark visit to China was a great success and has opened up new vistas of cooperation on the economic and strategic fronts.

Addressing a press conference at the Press Information Department (PID) regional office here on Monday, he said Pakistan and China had decided to trade in Chinese yuan instead of the dollar, adding that Pak-China current trade volume was 15 billion dollars and the switch of the US dollar to Chinese yuan would reduce burden on country’s dollar reserves with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).