Islamabad—Engineering Development Board EDB) is
striving to achieve competitiveness & efficiency
improvement of industry through tariff
rationalization and other objectives are
reducing cost of business and imports,
encouraging local production and consumption of
locally manufactured goods.
Karachi—Nokia Pakistan on Friday announced the
launch of its latest touch and music portfolio
at an event held here. Country General Manager,
Nokia Pakistan Imran Khalid Mahmood, and Head of
Marketing LIVE category, Nokia Middle East and
Africa, Christophe Corsi, presented the
company’s strategy towards music business and
shared the leadership in touch phones portfolio.
Islamabad—Profit maximization for their
shareholders should not be the only focus of the
operations of multinational companies (MNCs) and
they should re-plough some of their profits by
increasing investments in corporate social
responsibility (CSR) activities for social
uplift of the country. Zahid Maqbool, President,
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry said
this while exchanging views with some
representatives of multinational companies at
ICCI.
Islamabad—Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
(PTA), in order to facilitate mobile users
seeking correction in their SIM data, has
removed the condition of CNIC copy being
provided by the consumers. Khurram A. Mehran
Director (PR), here Friday said that presently,
extensive monitoring of the “SIM Information
System – 668” is being carried out after its
successful deployment throughout the country.
Wellington—New Zealand share prices rose 0.50
percent Friday, as local investors followed
strong gains in overseas markets, dealers said.
The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 15.66
points at 3,160.16 on light turnover worth 72.8
million dollars (52.6 million US). There were 51
rises and 23 falls among the 106 stocks traded.
