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ACCA focuses on building connectivity among BRI countries with accounting infrastructure

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Karachi, December 26, 2019: The first workshop of the China-Central Asia Accounting Elites Exchange Programme officially kicked off at the Shanghai National Accounting Institute. The programme, proposed jointly by the Shanghai National Accounting Institute (SNAI), the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Institute (CI) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), was announced as one…

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Pakistani Tech start-up, wins $2 mln MIT “International Tiger Challenge 2019”

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Karachi, December 26, 2019: An innovative tech start-up from Pakistan, doctHERs has been selected as a winner of the ‘International Tiger Challenge 2019’, held in Bangladesh recently by MIT SOLVE. Since 2015, doctHERs has been providing gender-inclusive employment to female healthcare providers, up-skilling female frontline health-workers (nurses and midwives), equipping them with technology and deploying…

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Home-based workers still poorest of the poor

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Karachi, December 26, 2019: To earn more profit margins, factory work is being diverted to home-work sector. Every year the number of home-based workers increases by at least 5 percent in Pakistan; whereas the home-based work thrives but the home-based workers are still amongst the poorest of the poor, said speakers of a press conference…

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PSX index closed at an increase of 800pts

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Karachi, December 26, 2019: Market moved up significantly by 820 points, primarily due to year-end closing that requires financial institutions to manage the equity portfolios to avoid impairments. Buying activity was observed across the board, but focusing on Oil & Gas chain, including E&P sector stocks that showed OGDC trading near upper circuit. Similarly, price…

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