Karachi, 09 April 2020: Responding to the unprecedented challenges faced by the nation by the Corona Virus (COVID-19), JS Bank has established a 110 Million Rs fund in association with key partners to help address the impact of the pandemic during the month of April. Based on a pledge matching initiative wherein JS Bank equally matched all support pledges made by its partners, this fund is rooted in JS Bank’s philanthropic philosophy of collaborative efforts and will focus on addressing some of the immediate and long-term issues related to the pandemic.…
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Events Industry retools to build hospitals in Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, April 8, 2020/ — A Cape Town-based exhibition builder, together with an event organizer, offer to work with governments and private sectors across Africa to rapidly build hospital infrastructures and shelters in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Afrika Umoja, an initiative initiated by Cape Town temporary architecture specialists, HOTT3D with pan-African energy event organizer Africa Oil & Power (AOP) (www.AfricaOilAndPower.com), is tackling the COVID-19 threat in its home city and across Africa. Afrika Umoja will aim to build temporary hospitals, clinics and homeless shelters to combat…
Read MoreImpact of oil crisis and Covid-19 lockdown on the Oil & Gas Industry and its service sector in Pakistan
The Impact of Global oil crisis and Covid-19 lock down has started taken its toll. Major Oil and Gas service provider companies in Pakistan has started working on reducing cost using different strategies which ultimately hits the workforce in general either in the form of dilution of takeaway salaries or loss of employment as the service sectors under pressure has been working on low margins since the 2015 recession. Though Government of Pakistan has float order that “ companies cannot lay off their employees during the Covid-19 lockdown , infact…
Read MoreIndia lost more jobs due to coronavirus lockdown than US did during Depression
hile we wait to get a clearer picture of the health coronavirus curve in India, we already have the first estimate of the job-destruction caused by the nation-wide lockdown. The numbers are staggering, worse than anything the world has ever known. More jobs were lost in India in the last two weeks than anything ever recorded in economic history. The number of “precariat” in India today may be almost as large as the population of Russia. These are startling claims, even for the unprecedented times that we live in. So…
Read MoreFauji Foundation appoints a civilian as CEO and MD
The Fauji Foundation has appointed renowned corporate figure Waqar Ahmed Malik as its new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. The announcement has recently been made through a notification issued by the foundation. Spanning over 30 years in corporate and business sectors across three continents, Malik has specialty in strategy, corporate/ business leadership and board governance. His professional experience includes managing and leading businesses in the petrochemicals, consumer and the life sciences industry. Malik’s career began with the ICI group based in the United Kingdom and then Akzo Nobel in…
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