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Channeling the true spirit of Ramzan, easypaisa, Pakistan’s leading payments & savings, lending and platform service, is enabling its customers to donate with ease and convenience to more than 30 charitable organizations across Pakistan. During the holy month of Ramzan, easypaisa, the leading payments, savings, lending, and platform service in Pakistan, is embracing the true…

Themed “Unleash Digital with Everything as a Service”, the second Huawei Cloud Summit Middle East & Africa kicked off in Dubai on March 21. The event brought together over 300 government officers, cloud native industry experts, and customer representatives from the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa, with the aim of exploring how to make…

Social Champ, the Martech startup providing social media management solutions, is breaking new ground in corporate social responsibility and setting an example for other businesses. As part of its social responsibility commitment, Social Champ partnered with Pledge1% to dedicate its time and product to various philanthropic causes. By giving back, Social Champ is ensuring that…

ABHI, an embedded fintech company, has signed an agreement with Master Group of Industries, operating in bedding, textile, automotive, chemical, furniture, and renewable energy industries. AbhiSalary will enable Master Group’s employees to access their earned wages ahead of their scheduled payday, empowering them with greater financial flexibility and control. AbhiSalary allows employees to access a…

TPL Corp CEO Mr Ali Jameel met with Finland’s Ambassador to Pakistan to strengthen business relations between the two countries. The meeting, which took place at Avari Towers Karachi, is a significant step towards driving industries in Pakistan. With a dedicated contact person of Finland Pakistan Business Council (FPBC) at the Karachi headquarters, TPL Corp,…

Pakistan – ABHI, an embedded fintech company, has signed an agreement with Naveena Group and its subsidiaries to provide AbhiSalary, an Earned Wage Access facility, to their 5,000 employees. AbhiSalary will financially empower the group’s workforce by enabling them to access their earned salaries before their payday and have the freedom to spend, save and…

Field activities of 7th Population and Housing Census have started today all over Pakistan digitally for the first time in the history of  country. Chief Census Commissioner Dr Naeem uz Zafar inaugurated the field activities by marking first Building Structure in ‘House Listing App’. Meanwhile, the inauguration in all divisions was carried out by respective…

Daraz Group, South Asia’s leading e-commerce platform, released the inaugural report on Daraz Live selling in South Asia. The report indicated that live commerce, a combination of live streaming and sales is one of the fastest-growing platforms for raising awareness for brands and sellers alike. The report looks at Daraz Live’s performance over twelve months…

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics started the 7th Housing and Population census process on February 20, 2023, with an option to self-enumerate through the specially designed https://self.pbs.gov.pk portal. The response from the public has been great with over 4 million people visiting the portal in just a few days. This is the first if it’s kind…

Z2C Limited, a venture accelerator that invests in and launches MarTech start-ups, has taken yet another step towards increasing the quality and quantity of advertising industry talent in Pakistan. Through its Publicis Groupe Delivery (PGD) affiliated export-first digital agency Activ8, the accelerator has partnered with digital agency East River and the media science department of…

Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital operator and a part of VEON Group, is digitally enabling The Citizens Foundation (TCF) to implement tech-enabled learning across 1,800 TCF schools and ensuring an advanced learning experience for over 250,000 students nationwide. As part of this initiative, 23 computer labs have already been revamped, and a school management app has…

A ceremony is being organized in Lahore today to pay tribute to the late noted industrialist of Pakistan, SM Muneer, for showing unwavering lifelong commitment to several noble charitable causes in the country. The non-profit, Green Crescent Trust (GCT), and noted businessman and APTMA Patron-in-Chief, Dr Gohar Ejaz, have joined hands to jointly organize the…

As the world gears up for technological disruption, social media is increasingly becoming vital for businesses and individuals to build their online presence and engage with their audience. With ChatGPT disrupting the internet and AI-Powered tools challenging modern-day technology, Social Champ, a leading MarTech platform hailing from Pakistan, is now proud to enhance its powerful…

Paymob, the leading financial services enabler in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENA-P), and Bookme.pk, Pakistan’s largest e-ticketing platform, announce a platform-wide partnership to drive seamless online ticket sales. Paymob’s payments gateway is now fully integrated with Bookme.pk’s entire service portfolio, which includes bus, air, railway, events, hotels, tours, and cinema e-tickets. In…

Careem, the pioneer of ride hailing in Pakistan, has recently partnered with Fly Jinnah, a newly launched private airline for domestic flights in Pakistan, to expand its corporate portfolio Careem for Business (C4B). Under the partnership, Careem will be providing hassle-free mobility solutions to 100+ Fly Jinnah employees across major cities of Pakistan. As a…

Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital operator and a part of VEON Group, has signed an agreement with Kistpay, a Shariah-compliant financing platform, to bring smartphones to its consumers with easy installment plans. This collaboration will offer easy installment-based and Shariah-compliant financing instruments to encourage more middle and low-income people to own a smartphone. Starting as low…

Since its launch, Social Champ has been aiming to revolutionize the Martech industry. The Pakistani SaaS startup has now launched a disruptive tool, “Yourchamp”. On January 12th, 2023, the company announced their all-new marketing platform, YourChamp. It is a one-stop solution to bring together your cumulative reach from all social media accounts. With every digital…

Descon Engineering, a leading Engineering enterprise in the region, has joined hands with KBR, a leading Global Engineering and Project company, to extend the scope of their joint pursuit of outsourced maintenance and turnaround management opportunities across the Gulf countries. Taimur Dawood, Chairman of Descon, and Jay Ibrahim, President of KBR’s Sustainable Technology Solutions, inked…

Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital operator and part of VEON Group, has successfully conducted trial of Pakistan’s first 1.2Tbps (1200Gbps) transport network. This technology increases the optical fiber capacities by 50% from its existing 800Gbps over a single wavelength. The trial was conducted in a live network in collaboration with Huawei, during which Jazz commercial network…

Lahore: Huawei announced that it was named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure, the only non-North American vendor positioned in the Leaders Quadrant. Huawei takes it as a milestone and believes it is yet another testament to the global recognition of Huawei’s full lineup of network…

Today, PUBG MOBILE is launching its new Version 2.4 Update, including the game’s first martial arts festival, Martial Showdown! Featuring master martial artist Bruce Lee, players looking for a challenge worthy of a black belt can participate in a range of martial arts-related activities and unlock special items to celebrate. In addition, a revamped Metro…

JazzCash, Pakistan’s leading Fintech, and Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS), Pakistan’s largest investment and financial institution, signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for Disbursement and Collection solutions. Through this partnership JazzCash, a subsidiary of Jazz, and a part of VEON Group and CDNS will ease payment solutions for more than four million people, including…

As someone who recently switched from the Windows ecosystem to a MacBook. I was on the lookout for a Windows alternative that could give me the features and capabilities that I missed. That’s when I stumbled upon the Asus VivoBook Pro 14 OLED. This laptop comes with the latest Ryzen 6000 series processor, an RTX…