i8 Global welcomes Advisory Board members
KARACHI (PR): i8 Global, Inov8 Limited’s parent company and the region’s leading mobile payments company, has announced the addition of two new members to its newly formed Advisory Board - Yaseen Anwar, former governor of SBP, and Lt General (R) Sabahat Husain, ex-chairman Pakistan Ordinance Factories. Both bring valuable experience to i8 Global as it sets out to expand its business in Pakistan and globally.
While welcoming the new advisory board members, Hasnain Sheikh, Co-CEO i8 Global and Inov8 Limited, stated, “We have had a good run over the last three years in which we have gained a strong market share in Pakistan and had a great funding round and valuation of over $100m. With the guidance of the new board of advisors, we seek to ensure that we make larger strides in the region.”

Zong and LUMS forge strategic partnership
LAHORE (PR): Zong and LUMS have entered into a strategic partnership through an MoU for the development of a state-of-the-art 4G research lab at the varsity.
Signed here the other day, the MoU would pave the way for Pakistan’s leading telecom company and the most advanced 4G service provider to give hundreds of students of Pakistan’s top-ranked business management university Lahore University of Management Sciences, the opportunities to polish their academic endeavours on latest technological lines. ZTE would provide technical assistance in this regard.
Liu Dianfeng, Chairman & CEO Zong, said, “ZongCMPak is committed to invest in Pakistan for the long term to support the Pakistani lifestyle reach new heights of development in the technology sector. Today’s MOU signing is the latest of such commitments proving its true essence for the young students of this country. Zong’s 4G can help Pakistani students in the research field and be a leader in the field of telecom and all educational sectors at an international level. Zong has the best 4G technology, the largest investment in Pakistan and we hope that this technology can help all sectors of Pakistan, education, healthcare, government, banking and the corporate sector”.

The establishment of an ever-advanced featured 4G research lab implies that the students of LUMS would be able to acquire the related online material instantaneously with Zong’s unbeatable speed. To a great deal, this would help them make their respective assignments, research papers, thesis and related material more accurate, credible, authentic and research-oriented.  Three In-Building Solutions (IBSs) would be installed and a Mini-Customer Services Centre (CSC) would be set up at LUMS as part of the research lab. LUMS will also use Zong’s Enterprise Solutions. Moreover, the telecom company will assist the varsity students in their research projects and will offer them externships.

Cadbury Dairy Milk Marvellous Creations
LAHORE (PR): Chocolate brand, Cadbury Diary Milk has introduced the internationally successful Cadbury Dairy Milk Marvellous Creations in Pakistan. Marvellous Creations, an innovative sub-brand in the Cadbury Dairy Milk portfolio, delivers a phenomenal chunky eating experience in an exciting combination of flavours.
“Our mission is to continue to create joy in the lives our consumers,” said Usman Muneer, MD, Mondel?z Pakistan Ltd, “The launch of Marvellous Creations is timed to cater to the evolving taste palates of our consumers and reinstates Mondelez’ commitment to driving category growth through successful innovations that continue to excite and delight our consumers.” Cadbury Dairy Milk Marvellous Creations has been launched in two of the most popular variants: Jelly Popping Candy (160g and 38g) and Cookie Gummy Crunch (38g) with the larger bar ideally positioned for sharing with family and friends.

Warid Telecom joins hands with UWC
LAHORE (PR): Warid Telecom, a reputed cellular company in Pakistan, joined hands with United World Colleges for an event that took place at a local hotel. The gathering was aimed at bringing parents together to share their thoughts on their children who are studying on scholarships at leading colleges and universities around the globe.
Warid Telecom and Propakistani partnered to support the cause via social media in order to inform less fortunate persons that they too can access quality education on merit.
The United World Colleges is a movement of people across every country in the world. Their motto is “UWC makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future”. The UWC, as it is better known, has been operating in Pakistan since 1977 as a not for profit registered body under the Societies Registration Act of 1860; purely driven by volunteers in every province. The UWC movement over the past 39 years has brought about immense positive change to the nation through its network of friends and extended family of alumni.
Despite the challenges within Pakistan, Warid Telecom firmly believes that positive social change and the ability to change perceptions will only happen if people start listening with the intent of understanding, and that can only happen through education.  With the objective of raising aspirations through awareness building in communities and across the country, Warid Telecom and Propakistani have taken this initiative to enable people through the UWC platform and change lives for the better, building a greater tomorrow.

SCB takes yet another step towards digitisation
KARACHI (PR): Standard Chartered Bank, a market leader in electronic payments, takes yet another step towards digitization by launching round the clock remote corporate cheque printing facility for its clients across Pakistan.
The clients can now print cheques any time of the day or week at their own premises, through the Bank’s internet based global delivery channel Straight2Bank. While existing options in the market today involve manual processes and authorization which is prone to error and risk, Standard Chartered’s solution is entirely automated with inbuilt security, controls and audit trail features.
Through this solution users have an added advantage in their treasury operations by enhancing control, and bringing further efficiencies to their disbursement processes by managing them centrally in the head office via Straight2Bank; while reducing the turnaround time for delivery of payment to beneficiaries by printing these cheques directly in their own premises in remote or out of town locations across the country.
Commenting on this agreement, Shazad Dada, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Pakistan, said “This value added client service is a demonstration of our commitment to product innovation that is relevant to clients’ business needs and operational requirements. We are delighted to be the first transaction bank in Pakistan to offer round the clock client on-site cheque printing solution.”

‘Healthy Pakistan’ in July

KARACHI (PR): “The Redolent” is organising a 3-day conference & exhibition in the second week of July 2016 with the name of “Healthy Pakistan” at the Expo Center Karachi.
Most important part of this first conference of its type would be the presentation of advanced research papers by renowned doctors coming from around the world. In addition to that students from medical colleges and universities and doctors would be able to ask questions and have discussions with the research scholars during the interactive sessions of the conference.
Along with the conference, an exhibition will also be held which will specially attract people’s attention towards modern medical inventions and instruments and highlight latest research and technological advancement in different fields of healthcare and medicine.

Coca-Cola, UNDP to fund water management project
LAHORE (PR): The Coca-Cola Company has partnered with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan for the “New World” programme, focused towards community water stewardship and adaptation to climate change. Under this Rs 16 million programme, Coca-Cola will partner with reputed NGO, Mountain & Glacier Protection Organization (MGPO), for integrated water resource management, safe drinking water and sanitation services in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Targeted outputs of this project include irrigation of 355 hectares of land, installation of 17 water points for sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation services for 4,000 people.
This project will also help empower 1,400 women and 500 youth with opportunity to earn livelihood through completion of this project.
This project is in line with the Company’s CSR strategy, allowing for expansion of the global and local outreach in regard to water stewardship, targeting 100% water replenishment goal by 2020. The target area of this project is Siksa Village, whose livelihood is solely dependent on agriculture and tourism. The local community is at a high risk because of the remote location and due to harsh weather conditions. The on-site work will start in April 2016, which will include construction of pipe irrigation system and water beds.
Acknowledging this partnership, Rizwan U. Khan, General Manager, Coca-Cola, Pakistan and Afghanistan said “I am pleased to welcome MGPO in partnering with Coca-Cola Pakistan to not just provide water management services in Siksa Village, but to develop a community participation based infrastructure that will continue to provide life-changing socio-economic uplift to the beneficiaries and local communities. The idea is to create shared value through sustainable development.”