Wednesday, November 26, 2025
The 2nd edition of the World CIO Summit & Awards 2025 – Pakistan Edition is scheduled to be held on August 23, Saturday at a local hotel in Karachi. Federal Secretary IT Zarrar Hasham Khan will be the chief guest of the event and CEO Pakistan Software Export Board Abu...
Pakistan's leading digital microfinance bank, Mobilink Bank, has successfully upgraded its core banking system by transitioning from Temenos’ R17 to the R23 release of Temenos’ cloud-native core banking platform. The upgrade reflects Mobilink Bank’s ongoing commitment to technological innovation, operational excellence, and customer-centric digital transformation. The successful transition was made...
Soneri Bank has announced a special collaboration with MG Motors Pakistan, offering customers the most competitive auto financing package in the industry under the conventional and Islamic financing facility. With an unprecedented financing rate starting from a rate of 1 Year KIBOR + 2%, Soneri Bank and MG financing offer...
Onic proudly marks its second anniversary, celebrating two years of transforming Pakistan’s telecommunications landscape through a fully digital, end-to-end customer experience. As the country’s first fully digital telecom brand, Onic empowers users with complete control over their mobile journey, free from the limitations of traditional telecom. Built for digital natives,...
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has reportedly given no objection to the import of sugar subject to the condition that no financial liability shall arise on the part of federal government as a deal is finalized with Azerbaijan’s SOCAR.  The Finance Division has stipulated that the subsidy implication of proposed...
A report of national significance was launched today by the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) and Aga Khan University’s (AKU) School of Nursing and Midwifery, Pakistan, highlighting the untapped potential for Pakistan’s economic future: its nursing workforce. The report, titled ‘Pakistan’s Nursing Workforce – Export Potential and Challenges’, outlines how...
United Bank Limited (UBL), one of Pakistan’s most established and progressive financial institutions, has successfully completed Phase 1 of its core banking automation testing program in just 16 weeks, delivered by automation partner AUTON8. This milestone marks a pivotal step in UBL’s digital transformation journey, validating its core systems with...
PTCL Group (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited & Ufone 4G), Pakistan’s leading telecom and ICT services provider, has partnered with Teradata to transform and scale its Enterprise Data Warehouse platform. This extended engagement marks a significant milestone in the PTCL Group’s journey toward digital excellence, aligned with its vision to...
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has made it mandatory for futures brokers to obtain acknowledgment from their stock market customers about the risk disclosure document. The SECP has issued an S.R.O.1448(I)/2025 to amend Futures Brokers (Licensing and Operations) Regulations 2018 According to the draft amendments, the futures broker...
Former federal minister and prominent scientist Prof Dr Atta-ur-Rahman has emphasised the urgent need to address food insecurity in Pakistan and across the globe. He asserted that vertical farming and controlled environment agriculture (CEA) offer a feasible and efficient solution for producing fresh food in densely populated cities like Karachi. “Fresh...