Pakistan

New Conviva Report Shows Streaming Continues to Grow in Asia as Viewers Embrace Smart TVs and Connected TV Devices

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Software, Internet, Audio, Video, TV and Radio, Data management, General Entertainment, Technology, Entertainment, Technology, Computing, Information and communications technology, Internet television, Digital television, Interactive television, Internet broadcasting, Television technology, Conviva, Smart TV, Apple TV

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210518005042/en/\nQ1 2021 Conviva's State of Streaming: Asia (Photo: Business Wire)\nThe report also showed streaming viewers in Asia embracing connected TV devices, smart TVs and gaming consoles.

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210518005042/en/\nQ1 2021 Conviva's State of Streaming: Asia (Photo: Business Wire)\nThe report also showed streaming viewers in Asia embracing connected TV devices, smart TVs and gaming consoles.
  • Throughout Asia, viewership on smart TVs and connected TV devices grew 335% and 147%, respectively year over year.\n\xe2\x80\x9cStreaming viewership has been steadily increasing around the world, and Asia is no exception,\xe2\x80\x9d said Keith Zubchevich, CEO, Conviva.
  • Connected TV devices saw the largest drop in video start failures with 78% improvement, followed by smart TVs with 53%.
  • Conviva ensures digital businesses of all sizes can stream better\xe2\x80\x94every stream, every screen, every second.\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210518005042/en/\n"

Bank Alfalah & ACE Money Transfer - Delivering Promises While Leading the Way Forward

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Bank Alfalah, Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Remittance, Tola, Economy of Pakistan, Companies, Economy

The weekly draws will be held at the ACE Headquarters in the UK, and all winners will be notified.\nMoreover, three grand winners will receive 20 tola of gold, whereas six lucky winners will get 5 tola of gold.

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  • The weekly draws will be held at the ACE Headquarters in the UK, and all winners will be notified.\nMoreover, three grand winners will receive 20 tola of gold, whereas six lucky winners will get 5 tola of gold.
  • ACE and Bank Alfalah have envisioned a Pakistan with a strong economy, and with the services both have to offer, it may well be around the corner.\nPakistanis living aboard have commonly complained about not having adequate remittance services that would allow them to send funds back home instantly.
  • Therefore, the ACE & Bank Alfalah partnership will help millions of Pakistanis who look forward to enable their loved ones to meet their financial obligations.\nACE Money Transfer is a global remittances service provider headquartered in the UK, operating worldwide.
  • Bank Alfalah is a trusted, prominent bank with over 700 branches in over 200 cities across Pakistan, with an international presence in the Middle-East and Gulf countries.\n"

Bank Alfalah & ACE Money Transfer - Delivering Promises While Leading the Way Forward

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Bank Alfalah, Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Remittance, Tola, Economy of Pakistan, Companies, Economy

The weekly draws will be held at the ACE Headquarters in the UK, and all winners will be notified.\nMoreover, three grand winners will receive 20 tola of gold, whereas six lucky winners will get 5 tola of gold.

Key Points: 
  • The weekly draws will be held at the ACE Headquarters in the UK, and all winners will be notified.\nMoreover, three grand winners will receive 20 tola of gold, whereas six lucky winners will get 5 tola of gold.
  • ACE and Bank Alfalah have envisioned a Pakistan with a strong economy, and with the services both have to offer, it may well be around the corner.\nPakistanis living aboard have commonly complained about not having adequate remittance services that would allow them to send funds back home instantly.
  • Therefore, the ACE & Bank Alfalah partnership will help millions of Pakistanis who look forward to enable their loved ones to meet their financial obligations.\nACE Money Transfer is a global remittances service provider headquartered in the UK, operating worldwide.
  • Bank Alfalah is a trusted, prominent bank with over 700 branches in over 200 cities across Pakistan, with an international presence in the Middle-East and Gulf countries.\n"

Pakistan Blocks US Youth Group's Website

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Countries, World, International organizations, Pakistan, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

This ban took effect on April 9, after which mkausa.org was blocked from access in Pakistan.

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  • This ban took effect on April 9, after which mkausa.org was blocked from access in Pakistan.
  • It is heartbreaking that Pakistani youth can no longer look at our examples in America and use them to better their own communities.
  • Pakistan has faced repeated condemnation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom ( USCIRF ) stating , "Religious freedom conditions across Pakistan continue to trend negatively.
  • "\nWhile Pakistan may block our website, AMYA will continue moving forward to uphold Islam\'s honor.AMYA intends to challenge this order and will exercise all available legal options through its U.S. counsel.\nThe Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) is a nationwide youth group that works with young Muslim men and boys around the country.

Organicell Receives Approval in Pakistan for the Use of Zofin™ for Compassionate Grounds for COVID-19

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Biotechnology, Infectious diseases, Health, Pharmaceutical, Clinical trials, Branches of biology, Biology, Chemokine, Cytokines, Signal transduction, Cytokine, Vesicle

Treatment with Zofin\xe2\x84\xa2 will take place at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).

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  • Treatment with Zofin\xe2\x84\xa2 will take place at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).
  • This product contains over 300 growth factors, cytokines, and chemokines as well as other extracellular vesicles/nanoparticles derived from perinatal tissues.
  • Based in South Florida, the company was founded in 2008 by Albert Mitrani, Chief Executive Officer and Dr. Mari Mitrani, Chief Scientific Officer.
  • Organicell has no intention and specifically disclaims any duty to update the information in this press release.\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210511005306/en/\n'

Pakistan Construction Market Trends and Opportunities Report 2021 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Other Construction & Property, Residential Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Cricketers, Cricket, Imran Khan, Pakistani Sufis, Pashtun people, Construction industry in Pakistan

b'The "Construction in Pakistan - Key Trends and Opportunities (H1 2021)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nThe outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has further exacerbated the weaknesses in the Pakistani construction industry, which had already recorded contractions in 2018 and 2019.\nThe government had initially restricted activity in the construction industry amid the lockdown restrictions imposed to contain the pandemic; however, in mid-April 2020, it allowed the industry to resume operations.

Key Points: 
  • b'The "Construction in Pakistan - Key Trends and Opportunities (H1 2021)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nThe outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has further exacerbated the weaknesses in the Pakistani construction industry, which had already recorded contractions in 2018 and 2019.\nThe government had initially restricted activity in the construction industry amid the lockdown restrictions imposed to contain the pandemic; however, in mid-April 2020, it allowed the industry to resume operations.
  • The construction industry in Pakistan is expected to expand by 3% in real terms in 2021, following a decline of 6.2% in 2019.\nTo support the construction sector, and boost employment and economic output, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a construction stimulus package in April 2020.
  • The package includes a fixed tax rate for the construction industry, a subsidy worth PKR30 billion (US$191.5 million) for the Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme, a decrease in sales tax and incentives for builders to construct affordable housing.
  • I\nn addition to this, those who invest in newly constructed buildings will be exempt from declaring their source of income until June 2022.

JazzCash Launches New App for Business Owners

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Articles, Jazz, Economy, Mobile payments, JazzCash, Financial technology, Online shopping, Digital transformation

We identified a need for a one-stop digital solution in the SME sector, which still lacks the tools and resources to adopt digital transformation, and created this business app to manage their financial requirements.

Key Points: 
  • We identified a need for a one-stop digital solution in the SME sector, which still lacks the tools and resources to adopt digital transformation, and created this business app to manage their financial requirements.
  • By taking advantage of secure, real-time payments, these businesses will witness higher efficiencies and benefit from a thriving digital ecosystem.
  • For more information, visit: https://www.veon.com\nVEON-owned JazzCash is Pakistan\'s leading fintech with over 13 million monthly active customers, 80,000 retail outlets and over 100,000 registered merchants nationwide.
  • Forward-looking statements are not historical facts, and include statements relating to, among other things, expectations regarding the benefits of the JazzCash Business App.

2021 SCO International Investment and Trade Expo opens in Jiaozhou, Qingdao

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Monday, April 26, 2021
International relations, Foreign relations, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Qingdao, SCO Forum

b'QINGDAO, China, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2021 SCO International Investment and Trade Expo & SCO Qingdao Forum on Local Economic and Trade Cooperation opened at Fangyuan Sport Center, Jiaozhou, Qingdao on April 26.

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  • b'QINGDAO, China, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2021 SCO International Investment and Trade Expo & SCO Qingdao Forum on Local Economic and Trade Cooperation opened at Fangyuan Sport Center, Jiaozhou, Qingdao on April 26.
  • A host of guests from home and abroad, including envoys from 30 countries, gathered to discuss cooperation and seek mutual development.\nVladimir Norov, secretary general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Zhang Shaogang, vice chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and chairman of the SCO Business Council National Branch from China, and Saidzoda Zohir Ozod, ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to China, delivered speeches at the opening ceremony.\nLi Kuiwen, spokesman and director of Department of Statistics and Analysis at the General Administration of Customs of China, released the China-SCO Members Trade Index.
  • Statistics show that, following the increasingly tightened trade ties, the China-SCO Members imports and exports increased from US$17.14 in 2001 to US$244.85 billion in 2020, with an average annual growth of 15%.\nAt the event, representatives from four sister cities and 19 sister parks in 17 countries signed MOUs with the authorities of Qingdao and the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Demonstration Zone for Local Economic and Trade Cooperation on site or online to establish friendly relations and launch cooperation in 20 projects with investment totaling RMB66.8 billion in such sectors as trade and logistics, new energy, high-end manufacturing, culture tourism and biomedicine.\nLiu Jianjun, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Qingdao Committee, secretary of the CPC Jiaozhou Committee, and secretary of the CPC Working Committee and director of the Administrative Committee of the demonstration zone, gave the guests an introduction to the demonstration zone.\nGabit Koishybayev, ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to China, Moinul Haque, Pakistan ambassador to China, and several other guests gave keynote speeches revolving around "enhancing bilateral and multilateral local economic and trade cooperation and promoting higher-level opening-up under new international circumstances".\nXiang Zhiqiang, deputy director of the Administrative Committee of the demonstration zone, announced the "Qingdao Initiative" on enhancing local economic and trade cooperation.\nThe initiative says the SCO members have pulled off remarkable successes in strengthening exchanges, deepening cooperation, fighting terrorism and driving economic development and cultural fusion since the founding of the SCO.
  • It calls on the SCOthe largest regional organization in the world in terms of geographical coverage and populationto make greater contributions to the development of its members by promoting local economic and trade cooperation, providing more and better channels for international logistics and accelerating investment and trade facilitation.\nIt is said in the initiative that the demonstration zone has opened a new page for economic and trade cooperation between the SCO members, and the expo has become an important platform for facilitating the cooperation.\nAfter the opening ceremony, the guests visited the pavilions of different countries in the exhibition zone.\nIt is reported that, in addition to the opening ceremony and the SCO Qingdao Forum, the three-day expo will also include promotions of SCO members along with a project fair.\n'

AGI Denim Debuts Partnership with Panda Biotech to Expand Sustainable Hemp Offerings

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Fashion, Retail, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Textiles, Fictional characters, Animated characters, Animation, Cotton, Denim, Jeans, Artificial general intelligence, AGI, Po, AGI Denim, Panda Biotech, AGI DENIM, PANDA BIOTECH

b'AGI Denim and Panda Biotech are pleased to announce they have entered into a global production partnership.

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  • b'AGI Denim and Panda Biotech are pleased to announce they have entered into a global production partnership.
  • AGI Denim is the first company to partner with Panda.\n\xe2\x80\x9cThis partnership with Panda Biotech is an excellent opportunity for AGI, and we are thrilled to be working with a team of people who share the same passion for sustainability within the industry that we do.
  • And, by using Panda Biotech\xe2\x80\x99s proprietary cottonization process, AGI Denim looks forward to utilizing even more environmentally friendly materials in their upcoming denim collections.
  • The company\xe2\x80\x99s history dates back to Artistic\xe2\x80\x99s inception in 1949 and has since evolved and rebranded itself as AGI denim.

Transferred from UAE, 2.5 year old Afghan Girl Makes Miraculous Recovery by a Bone Marrow Transplant at Aster MIMS Hospital, India

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Monday, April 19, 2021
Professional services, Health, Other Professional Services, Hospitals, Practice Management, Other Health, General Health, Medical specialties, Branches of biology, Clinical medicine, Stem cells, Bone marrow, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Acute myeloid leukemia, Leukemia, Family, Myeloid tissue

b'Kulsum, a 2.5 year old native of Afghanistan and Pakistani passport holder, miraculously recovered after a rare bone marrow transplant performed at Aster MIMS Hospital in Calicut, India.

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  • b'Kulsum, a 2.5 year old native of Afghanistan and Pakistani passport holder, miraculously recovered after a rare bone marrow transplant performed at Aster MIMS Hospital in Calicut, India.
  • In the history of Kerala, this was the first successful bone marrow transplant performed on a child as young as Kulsum.\nThis press release features multimedia.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210419005406/en/\nTwo and a half year old Kulsum, post-recovery by a rare bone marrow transplant at Aster MIMS Hospital, Calicut.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)\nKulsum was diagnosed with congenital acute myeloid leukemia and required a bone marrow transplant which was not available in Dubai.\nKulsum\'s family came to know that Bone Marrow Transplant treatment was available in Aster MIMS Hospital, Calicut in Kerala.