Omer Bin Ahsan, Chief Executive Officer, Haball shared his insights on impact of pandemic out-break on digital financial services in Pakistan with our editor in Chief during an exclusive Q&A session on COVID-19. 1. How do you think the financial industry change post COVID-19? They will read the writing on the wall on their insourced […]

GE has announced the appointment of Masroor Mahmud as its CEO for Pakistan.  He is mandated by driving the company’s growth in the country and aligning business strategy across all GE sectors with the government’s vision for development. In addition, Masroor will focus on enhancing talent development, ensuring risk management, and building a strong GE […]

Since its launch of Refinance Scheme to Support Employment and Prevent Layoff of Workers, called Rozgar Scheme in common parlance, State Bank has been constantly receiving feedback from various stakeholders, making the scheme more facilitative for businesses and creating incentives to prevent the layoff of employees under current COVID Pandemic scenario. Many of the changes […]

The Board of Directors of Meezan Bank in its meeting held on May 05, 2020, approved the financial statements of the Bank for the quarter ended on March 31, 2020. The meeting was presided by Mr. Riyadh S.A. A. Edrees – Chairman of the Board; Mr. Faisal A. A. A. Al – Nassar – Vice […]

President Dr. Arif Alvi on Monday approved amendments to the Companies Act, 2017, in order to provide an enabling regulatory framework to facilitate startups in the country. The Companies Act, 2017 was under review with the SECP. The Press Release, issued on Monday, read that the amendments came about based on the feedback received during […]

“The pandemic has made its impact throughout the world, leaving online deliveries as the safest go-to option during a time when unnecessary social interaction is discouraged”, mentioned Muntaqa Peracha, Commercial Director, Foodpanda during an exclusive Q&A session with our editor in Chief while discussing the impact of COVID-19 on business continuity and shared his view […]

 “I think in the short term we will be seeing some difficulties with a lot of households struggling to meet their monthly needs. However, this is the time to focus and build new capabilities for when things become normal again”, said Muneeb Maayr, founder and CEO, Bykea during an exclusive Q&A session with Daily NewsPK. […]

“Pakistan is going through a very precarious time, there is financial pressure and business uncertainty everywhere at every level. Economy has a great chance to come out of this time with flying colors, as long as the government stays focused on providing right incentives and stimulus to the business community”, said Asim Ibrahim, founder and Chief […]

  DUBAI, UAE 7 March 2020: Emirates is providing customers more flexibility, choice and value through its newly introduced waiver policy for all booked tickets issued on or from today, 7 March until 31 March 2020, allowing customers across its network the choice of changing their travel dates without change and reissuance fees. The move […]

Iftikhar Arif, General Manager Information Technology at Muller & Phipps Pakistan (Private) Limited shares the journey of designing e-commerce platform while leveraging logistics channels with Daily NewsPK and discusses the future initiatives that will be taken under his leadership.