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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Barrister Sarah Asim Khan was praised for her creativity and artistic talents during her recently organized solo painting exhibition at the Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP), the hub of cultural activities in Karachi. The event was attended by diplomats and dignitaries from Oman, Britain, Sri Lanka,…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD) has had the knack of making its presence felt on the scene with its various projects and activities aimed at serving the community and fulfilling other obligations of Rotary. Chartered in 2004, RCKD has been in the news on a…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The 12th edition of the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), having the theme of Imagining New Frontier, has got underway digitally on March 26. It began with a documentary, showcasing highlights of the previous edition of the event founded by the Oxford University Press (OUP) in 2010….
Administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Laeeq Ahmed, while responding to the hardships being faced by displaced shopkeepers whose business premises were razed in the anti-encroachment drive, announced to form a committee comprising KMC and KCCI representatives so that the issues pertaining to relocation of businesses at irrelevant markets, delays in handing over possessions, notices by…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Letters written to and from famous personalities to their contemporaries have often been most sought after ones and the publication of its collection in book form is welcomed warmly by the literary circles. Khutoot-e-Ghalib which is a collection of letters written by Mirza Asadullah Ghalib, arguably…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The widely respected figure of Aziz Memon, an eminent entrepreneur and philanthropist, earned another singular honour as he has been elected as Vice President of the English Speaking Union (ESU) International for a term of next couple of years. According to the results of recent election,…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) As the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions are being eased by the authorities in Pakistan, the National Library Association (NLA) has chalked out major events which it has planned to hold during the ongoing calendar year of 2021. A meeting of the core committee of the NLA was…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the Jinnah University for Women (JUW) in Karachi will be organizing an event by the name of JTECH at their campus, located at Nazimabad, on February 26 and 27 with its timings being 10 am to 2…
Managing Director of State Bank of Pakistans Banking Services Corporation Muhammad Ashraf Khan has said that digitalization of foreign exchange, which started in March 2020, has been expanded from 8 to 13 banks and majority of the banks will be processing 88 percent of foreign exchange digitally by the end of February 2021 and 98…
Deputy Commissioner Central Dr. M.B. Raja Dharejo has said that the e-tax payment facility, which was introduced in District Central as pilot project, has proved successful hence it will now be expanded to all districts of Karachi within the next one-and-a-half month. Speaking at a meeting during his visit to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce…
President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) M. Shariq Vohra has assured members of KISMA delegation that the Karachi Chamber, in KCCIs Proposals for Federal Budget 2021-22, will certainly be highlighting the issues pertaining to higher Regulatory Duty, Customs Duty & Additional Customs Duty, Further Sales Tax, CNIC condition and other critical taxation issues…
Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) & Former President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) M. Zubair Motiwala, while expressing sheer dissatisfaction over the arrangements made to secure the National Stadium during PSL6, stated that the return of cricket in metropolis has become the biggest source of nuisance for Karachiites nowadays as more than half of…
The Sindh branch of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Monday organized a coordination meeting on urban resilience at the Emergency Operation Centre of PRCS-Sindh, HIlal-e-Ahmer House Karachi. All the relevant stakeholders and Humanitarian organizations participated in the meeting with the aim of building working relationships to enhance the capacities of the Emergency Response…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…