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ChildLife Foundation Has Selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to Help Expand Life-Saving Operations

The Biz Update4 years ago04 mins

Karachi, November 30, 2020: ChildLife Foundation (ChildLife), a not-for-profit healthcare organization in Pakistan that has saved lives of over three million children to-date, has selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to support its third party hospital management system application. As a result, ChildLife has significantly increased the utilization of the application by improving its availability and performance, at a…

Business

Opening of selected branches on Wednesday May 27, 2020 by banks/MFBS

The Biz Update5 years ago01 mins

Karachi, May 20, 2020: In order to ensure the availability of limited banking services to public at large during the extended holidays on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, it has been decided that banks / MFBs may open their selected branches on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at their own discretion in various business centers / commercial…

Business

SBP revises selected chapters of Foreign Exchange manual

The Biz Update5 years ago1 year ago02 mins

Karachi, July 20, 2019: Considering the market dynamics, business environment and changes in way of doing business, the State Bank is in the process of revising the Foreign Exchange Manual in consultation with relevant stakeholders in a phased manner. The revision is mainly aimed at simplification of the existing instructions, adoption of best international practices,…

Pakistan

Female Led Pakistani AI Startup Civixa Selected for Startup

The Biz Update6 years ago05 mins

Karachi, June 3, 2019: Startup Chile’s “The S Factory” (TSF9) pre-acceleration program is specifically designed for startups led by female founders. For the 9th Generation of TSF, a total of 23 projects have been selected from 153 applications received from around the world. These projects represent 13 different countries with the Pakistani startup Civixa being…