Administrator Karachi Laeeq Ahmed on Thursday said social and welfare organizations have done excellent job in education and health sectors

Social and welfare organizations have done excellent job in education and health sectors: Administrator Karachi

Administrator Karachi Laeeq Ahmed said that social and welfare organizations have done excellent job in education and health sectors and got the people’s confidence through their positive activities. Talking to Al-Mustafa Welfare Society head and former Federal Minister Haji Haneef Tayyab here at KMC building, the Administrator said that Karachi Metropolitan Corporation is taking all-out…

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Prioritise public health to better prepare for future pandemics, advise experts

Prioritise public health to better prepare for future pandemics, advise experts

COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on health, quality of life and economic activity, charging health experts to push policy makers to prioritise public health to manage pandemics in the making. Human actions like deforestation, encroachment on diverse wildlife habitats and markets in cities and towns where animals are bought and sold are helping diseases…

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PIA’s outlet inaugurated at KCCI, Members to get 10 percent discount

PIAs outlet inaugurated at KCCI, Members to get 10 percent discount

The Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) has achieved yet another significant milestone as Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)s outlet was inaugurated within KCCIs premises which will be providing 10 percent discount on domestic and international flights not only to KCCI members and staff but also their family members. In this regard, a Memorandum of…

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LEGISLATIONS FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Murtaza Wahab directs formation of liaison/ consultative committee with KCCI

In response to a suggestion by Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) Zubair Motiwala, the Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh on Law, Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development Barrister Murtaza Wahab directed the Secretary Environment to immediately notify a liaison/ consultative committee so that the Sindh government in consultation with Karachi Chamber could thoroughly review and finalize…

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Mandviwalla assures to take up issues of Karachis business community

Deputy Chairman Senate of Pakistan Saleem Mandviwalla has advised the business community of Karachi to bring all their issues including the zero rating, gas crises, sales tax and other issues to his notice and also give presentations about the same so they could better understand the problems and subsequently take them up with relevant Ministers…

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Zubair Motiwala for declaring 2021 as year of Relief & Rescue

Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) & Former President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Zubair Motiwala, while expressing serious concerns on the prevailing business environment, stated that host of businesses are still struggling to remain afloat while many have turned into sick units after getting severe battering due to the Covid-19 pandemic related long staggering…

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DS Railways highlights KPT connectivity

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The newly appointed divisional superintendent of Karachi, Muhammad Hanif Gul, has pointed out that the completion of the KPT-Railways connectivity project would not only bring an economic boon for Pakistan Railways but a new era of progress and prosperity would also be ushered in. He made…

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Hanif Gul takes over as DS Railways Karachi

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The newly appointed Divisional Superintendent Karachi Railway Division, Muhammad Hanif Gul has taken over the charge of Divisional Superintendent Karachi, replacing Arshad Salam Khattak who has been transferred to the Railways Headquarters in Lahore to take up his new assignment. Hanif Gul belongs to Commercial and…

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Pakistan faces acute shortage of diabetes specialists

AKU wins Rs 14.5 million grant

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) AKUs Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research (CRM) has won Rs 14.5 million grant to develop new, targeted therapies for a common form of blood cancer in adults, Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) leukaemia. The chromosomal defect known as Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) is a characteristic…

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POST COVID SCENARIO: Tolga Ucak advises KCCI to send business delegation to Turkey after April

Consul General of Turkey Tolga Ucak has said that as the coronavirus situation was likely to improve after April 2021 therefore, the Karachi Chambers business community should immediately start online interactions with their Turkish counterparts and subsequently look into the possibility of sending a business delegation to Turkey in the post COVID scenario to explore…

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Administrator Karachi Laeeq Ahmed on Friday said that Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s revenue would be increased after making municipality charges collection

KMCs revenue would be increased after making municipality charges collection: Administrator Karachi

Administrator Karachi Laeeq Ahmed on Friday said that Karachi Metropolitan Corporations revenue would be increased after making municipality charges collection better and the citizens would be provided more facilities. Printed MUCT bill should be sent to the people every month as three-month was a burden for them. The use of Information and Technology would help…

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Zubair Motiwala for out of turn release of IT refunds to small traders, SMEs

Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) & Former President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) M. Zubair Motiwala has stressed that the pending Income Tax Refund Claims of small traders, shopkeepers and the SMEs must be calculated out of the turn and the claims of around Rs50,000 to Rs100,000, whose assessment has been completed, should be…

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Railways new minister calls for attainment of fiscal targets

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The newly inducted Minister for Railways, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, has called for utilizing all resources to overcome losses and transforming the organization into a profitable entity. He was chairing a meeting at the office of Divisional Superintendent, Karachi, which was attended, among others, by the…

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Administrator Karachi Laeeq Ahmed on Tuesday directed concerned officials to make Al Markaz e Islami more beautiful

Administrator Karachi Laeeq Ahmed on Tuesday directed concerned officials to make Al Markaz e Islami more beautiful and complete the renovation works at the earliest. After construction of auditorium, Islamic, educational and other events would be arranged here to apprise the youth about our rich civilization, the Administrator passed these remarks while talking to concerned…

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Zubair Motiwala demands KCCIs representation at all Boards/ Institutions providing basic infrastructure & civic amenities

Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) & Former President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Zubair Motiwala, while appreciating ECCs endorsement to Rs739 billion Karachi Transformation Plan (KTP), stressed that although KTP covers some desperately needed projects for Karachi but the extension of Lyari Expressway and Northern Bypass must also be included in KTP which would…

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