Karachi, December 12, 2020: President EFP, Ismail Suttar, has strongly recommended the Hon’ble Advisor to Prime Minister on Commerce & Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood, to look into the near-extinct state of the Stationary Industry of Pakistan, due to the prolonged COVID closure of schools of almost 250 days. Ahsan Ullah Khan, Director EFP and a senior…
Karachi, December 11, 2020: Car sales, as reported by PAMA, increased by 48 percent YoY in Nov-2020 to 14,454 units. The same, including Lucky Motor Corporation (KIA, non-member of PAMA), is up by 63 percent YoY. Indus Motor (INDU), Honda Car (HCAR) and Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) registered sales increases of 87 percent YoY,…
Lahore, December 11, 2020: Amidst the rapid recent surge in second wave of Covid-19 reported cases in Punjab, The Coca-Cola Export Corporation (TCCEC) stepped forward to donate 37 essentially required portable ventilators to the Government of Punjab to help save critical human lives. The donation was received by the Honorable Chief Minister of Punjab Sardar…
Karachi, December 10, 2020: The Karachi Conference 2020 Online Dialogues, in collaboration with the IBA Karachi, held its last dialogue live from the IBA-CEJ studio on Thursday with the renowned architect Arif Hasan. The keynote address on “What I have learnt in 45 years about urban planning of Karachi through participation, voyeurism, disillusionment, love, hope and…
Karachi, December 11, 2020: Mobilink Microfinance Bank (MMBL), the largest microfinance bank in Pakistan with over 700,000 individual and micro-enterprise loans, 800,000 digital nano loans, and 10 million-plus active JazzCash digital wallets, has been recognized by PACRA, Pakistan’s leading Credit Rating Agency, as maintaining a ‘Stable Outlook’ and additionally, has not been listed on the…