Dawlance is the technology leader in home appliances; it has now introduced another innovative range of refrigerators in Pakistan with increased freezer portion without compromising the refrigerator portion. The new product has been designed after extensive research and development process, involving deeper insights into the evolving needs of the consumers.

The Usman Institute of Technology (UIT) students participated in the IEEE SS12: Maker Fair Competition held in Sri Lanka last month. SS12 is an innovation challenge organised to recognise the best social innovators around the world. The theme for this year was ‘EMPATHY TO ENGINEERING: SOLUTIONS FOR MACRO ISSUES’ Students from different universities in the world took part in the competition and showed their engineering skills.

Speakers at the meeting of Shura Hamdard Karachi chapter while paying rich tribute to Shaheed Hakim Mohammed Said, said that he had forwarded the Sirsyed’s mission of education as he started the struggle against illiteracy just after his arrival in Pakistan and for that purpose he had built many educational institutions and spent his whole life earning on the construction of Madinat al-Hikmah, a city of education, science and culture in Karachi on the border of Sindh and Balochistan.

As per Government of Pakistan’s vision about “Digital Pakistan”, National Telecommunications Corporation (NTC) has signed a MoU with Dell EMC, a leader in providing the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, making Dell EMC the solution provider for NTC’s datacenter infrastructures in Pakistan.

Deputy Commissioner Korangi DMC Qurat-ul-ain Memon has directed to form a coordination committee to resolve civic services related issues faced by Korangi Industrial Area. Korangi, President of KATI Danish Khan, Chairman& CEO KITE Zubair Chhaya, SVP Faraz-ur-Rehman, VP Maheen Salman and former President KATI Tariq Malik participated in a joint meeting of local government representatives and Korangi Association of Trade & Industry (KATI).

Pakistan’s most luxurious and modern residential project, organized an event which served as a platform for its real estate consultants (RECs) and investors of Karachi to interact and invest in the country’s finest residential project on offer. Mr. Ali Abdel Ghaffar, Chief Commercial Officer, Eighteen while praising the all-out efforts and extended support of the RECs and investors in Karachi, said, “Eighteen’s journey of success wouldn’t have been possible without the never ending trust shown from our RECs and investors since the journey commenced.”

He further said, “Eighteen not only offers a home to its consumers but also offers a true and redefined lifestyle.

Pakistan Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and Jinnah University for Women (JUW) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish industry-academia linkages for advancement of academic research for promotion of industrial development in the country. The purpose of this MoU is to conduct joint research using each other’s research equipment facilities for developing technology and share the same.

Social activist and worker Tahir Shah lauded the efforts of Chairman UC-19 Block R and S, Shoaib Husain Siddiqui, popularly known as Sony Bhai for taking personal interest in making the environment of the North Nazimabad clean and healthy. Tahir Shah in a statement said that despite repeated reminders to KWASB no action was taken either to drain out the sewage water or to remove the old and rusted pipelines with new ones.

The Provincial Minister of Sindh for local government, Saeed Ghani said that, Shah Abdul Latif was the famous personality of Sindh, though he is not with us but his poetry is remain alive. Latif’s poetry basically represent the Sindhi culture, he share his views while addressing the launching ceremony of English translated book “Shah Jo Risalo” written by Dr.

Every year, on the second Thursday of October, World Sight Day is celebrated to raise awareness for the 36 million people who are blind and an additional 217 million people suffering from moderate or severe visual impairment around the world. Therefore, we launched Seeing is Believing in 2003 to tackle avoidable blindness.

A free blood screening camp for Hepatitis B and C along with Complete Blood Count (CBC) was conducted by Latif Kapadia Memorial Welfare Trust (LKMWT) for The Hunar Foundation (THF). This drive was arranged in collaboration with ISO Certified and RIQAS accredited, Doctors Lab and the Diagnostic Centre.

The South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA), an apex body of SAARC, constituted a SAFA Women Leadership Committee on the recommendation of the CA Women’s Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) recently.

In its 1st meeting held here at ICAP Head Office Karachi, the Committee adopted the terms of reference with focus on women leadership, flexible work opportunities & networking at regional level and formulated action plans in this respect.

Vice President of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Tariq Haleem, while leading a Pakistani business delegation to Qatar said that Pakistan enjoyed good economic and trade relations which were improving fast with the growing understanding between the leadership and people of both countries.

The total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at US$14,852.1 million on 05 October2018.The break-up of the foreign reserves position is as under:-

Foreign reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan : US$ 8,307.8 million

Net foreign reserves held by commercial banks : US$ 6,544.3 million

Total liquid foreign reserves                  : US$ 14,852.1 million

During the week ending 05October2018, SBP’s reserves decreased by US$101 million to US$8,308 million, due to external debt servicing and other official payments.

President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Junaid Esmail Makda, while referring to ‘Naya Pakistan Housing Program’ and ‘Clean & Green Pakistan Campaign’ announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan, stated that the business and industrial community of Karachi warmly welcomes both these initiatives and stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the government to make these programs successful which are in the larger interest of the country.