Karachi, June 10, 2020: Strengthening its commitment to supporting the Pakistani government during the COVID-19 crisis, Bank Alfalah has joined forces with Mastercard and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) to provide a safe online donation portal to support those in need during the pandemic. Through the platform, people can now securely donate to Prime Minister…
Karachi, June 10, 2020: The latest update is that the coronavirus is spreading quite rapidly in Pakistan. An important global trend has been easing lockdowns rather than the previous flattening-the-curve theme. Yes, the country cannot afford a complete lockdown, but without strict controls, it could prove to be a twin disaster as both healthcare and…
Islamabad, June 9, 2020: Pakistan is looking for its brotherly countries to defer payment against loans of nearly $7.7 billion in the challenging economic times of COVID-19. In an interview Dr Hafeez Shaikh, Advisor to PM on Finance said, “We are in talks with our development partners to move these deposits towards longer tenors.” Loans…
Karachi, June 06, 2020: As part of the PKR 1 billion Hussain Dawood Pledge, Engro Foundation – the social investment arm of Engro Corporation – has provided an additional PKR 40 million to extend its partnership with Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre for expansion of COVID-19 testing capacity in Southern Punjab. In…
Integrated reporting has been identified as a key method to help firms tackle future risks they face such as those posed by the Covid-19 pandemic Karachi, June 02, 2020: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants’ (ACCA) latest report Insights into Integrated Reporting 4.0, covers 48 companies – each are members of the International Integrated Reporting…