This initiative comes as global and regional health officials and governments recommend social distancing and encourage the use of contactless payments over cash transactions Karachi, April 06, 2020: Mastercard announced today that it is championing efforts to increase contactless payment limits across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region as people look for safer ways…
Karachi, March 05, 2020: A new GSMA study launched today shows that despite progress, the gender gap in mobile internet usage remains substantial, with over 300 million fewer women than men accessing the internet from a mobile device in low- and middle-income countries. Affordability remains the critical barrier to mobile ownership, while lower awareness, as…
Karachi, March 04, 2020: Middle East Institute (MEI), the oldest Washington D.C. – based institution dedicated solely to the study of the Middle East, invited Ambassador Ali Jehangir Siddiqui to speak on the prospects of forging a sustainable US-Pakistan relationship. The event, “Leveraging a Moment of Change: Pathways to a Sustainable US- Pakistan Relationship”’, was convened to discuss a policy paper…
By Khurram Shehzad Pakistan Equities are trading at historic lows/deep discounts to Asia Region! As per data of the world’s Top-10 worst equity markets, PSX stands as the worst-performing market so far with well over 20 percent decline YTD19; for reasons that have massively overplayed at the domestic equities. From a common perspective, for instance,…