Overseas Pakistani workers remitted US$ 5419.51 million in the first three months (July to September) of FY19, showing a growth of 13.14% compared with US$ 4790.01 million received during the same period in the preceding year. During September 2018, the inflow of workers’ remittances amounted to US$ 1452.43 million, which is 28.70% less than August 2018 and 12.25% higher than September 2017.

A delegation of World Bank called on Korangi Association of Trade & Industry (KATI) and briefed about Yellow Line Bus project. President KATI Danish Khan, Chairman& CEO KITE Zubair Chhaya, Senior Vice President Faraz-ur-Rehman and Vice President Maheen Salman welcomed the WB delegation of Urban Transport Specialists including Said Dahdah, Hassan A.

Shell Tameer, in collaboration with NED University and the DICE Foundation USA, held a business plan competition, ‘Tameer DICE Shark’ at NED University, Karachi. The objective of the event is to encourage young innovators to develop a cleaner and greener energy future for Pakistan.

Continuing their pursuit to the shared mission of empowering the Pakistani society, Telenor Pakistan and Telenor Microfinance Bank have partnered with the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) to facilitate its beneficiaries across Pakistan in several ways that include creating business opportunities, granting microcredit, and extending support in education and health in the long run.

The President of Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi Mohammad Ahmed Shah said that, the book reveals the main impact of human life and if someone discuss his whole life through his book so the readers take keen interest to read it.

Senate Standing Committee on Communications met today under chairmanship of Senator HidayatUllah. Federal Secretary Communications Mr. Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, Chairman NHA Mr. Jawwad Rafique Malik and Senior officers from Ministry of Communications and National Highway Authority attended.

It was apprised to the committee that 509 officers in grade 17 to 22 are serving in NHA.

Construction work on the development of the multi-purpose Berbera port in the Republic of Somaliland has started with a special ground-breaking ceremony to mark the occasion. H.E. President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi and DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem launched the first phase of work and thanked attending government officials and partners for their support at the start of a new era of growth for the country.

The National Bank of Pakistan, EMC and Megaplus Pakistan partnered to launch Enterprise Backup Solution project at a signing ceremony held at the NBP Head Office. Under this partnership, NBP will implement Dell EMC’s Enterprise Backup Solution for protection of its critical information assets.

Mr. Saleem Mandviwalla, Deputy Chairman Senate, who is leading a Parliamentary delegation to the 3rd Meeting of the Speakers of Eurasia Countries’ Parliaments (MSEAP), had bilateral meetings with the heads of delegations of Indonesia, Thailand, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Pakistan delegation includes Senators Mohsin Aziz, Khush Bakht Shujat, Naseebullah Bazai, and Members National Assembly Junaid Akbar and Arbab Amir Ayub.

The Executive Vice President Upstream MOL Group Dr. Berislav Gaso has visited Pakistan in what comes as a significant development in strengthening Pakistan’s energy sector and promoting Public Private Partnership.

As part of his visit, Dr. Berislav Gaso met a number of government officials and dignitaries.

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State Minister for Communications Murad Saeed has said, China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an important project and it’s timely and quality construction is an imperative. Implementation of the CPEC will pave the way towards economic uplift. Road infrastructure projects in Balochistan will ensure social-economic uplift.

Domestic cement consumption bounced back in September after two months of lackluster growth registering a double digit increase compared with domestic consumption in the same month of last year. The continued buoyancy in exports helped the sector post a 18.90 percent growth.

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was a renowned author, educationist and Muslim reformer of 19th Century, who laid the foundation of Muslim renaissance in Indo Pak sub-continent, which ultimately led to the creation of Pakistan in 1947. On 17th October 2017 the 200th birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was celebrated.

KPT hosted World Maritime Day Conference at a local hotel today. The inaugural session and the technical sessions were chaired by Minister for Maritime Affairs Syed Ali Haider Zaidi which was attended by stakeholders belonging to the maritime sector, more specifically the ports and the shipping sector.