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Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) Jaffer Business Systems, one of the topmost Information technology Companies in Pakistan honored with the prestigious award for its unparalleled contribution to Huawei Ecosystem for the year 2020-21.

The enthralling ceremony was organized by Huawei on cruise during Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) week, 2021 recently held in Dubai, where JBS received an award for its incomparable performance and aiding towards maximum effectiveness of Huawei’s ecosystem.

Jaffer Business Systems (JBS) and Huawei Technologies shares a strong technological affiliation aimed at effectively collaborating its resources in the domains of: enterprise network solutions and enterprise communications products and solutions.

Expressing his views on achieving this award, Syed Adil Wadood, Head of Sales- JBS said “It’s an honour to get recognized by Huawei as their valued business partner. We thank them to acknowledge our commitment of keeping the customers delighted by providing best-in-class technology and innovative solutions that solve their business challenges.”

Moreover, JBS consistently focus on fostering a robust growth in the ecosystems of Huawei by developing a comprehensive network connection between enterprise accesses.

This implausible commendation by a global leader “Huawei”  is indeed a moment of great pride for Jaffer Business Sytems which is surely an indication to the fact that with every passing day, JBS is achieving a landmark position in the world of Information Technology through its unmatched services in diversified domains.

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has announced the appointment of Aamir Ahsan Khan as Country Manager of Ericsson Pakistan. Aamir is set to lead a strong cross-functional team aided by a network of partners to support communication service providers and increase Ericsson’s digital footprint in the country.

Having joined Ericsson 14 years ago, Aamir brings forward progressive and professional experience in information technology, telecommunication, and management, with a proven record of increasing business through relationship-based client management and streamlined processes.

“I am thrilled to lead Ericsson Pakistan during such an exciting time when connectivity is transforming industries and helping us reimagine the possible,” said Aamir. “In my capacity as Country Manager, I aspire to build strong strategies that will not only innovate our current client offerings, but grow Ericsson’s regional business, and support the digital transformation momentum in the country. By working together with various public and private business partners in Pakistan, I aspire to accelerate digital innovation in the country and prepare Pakistan for the digital era.”

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Telenor Velocity, in collaboration with Google Developers announced the winners of the Digital Hackfair 2.0. The 5 week application period brought in 50+ app submissions using Google technologies from 172 developers across Pakistan. The winners included Duur (1^st Place), WeTailoress (2^nd Place) and 5 Hazar (3^rd Place), judged on visual appeal, relevancy and presentation, innovation and tech, and overall impact.

Chief Operating Officer, Telenor Pakistan, Khurrum Ashfaque also commented on the occasion, stating, “It’s refreshing to see the full scale of hard work and dedication that has gone into each and every idea that was presented at the Digital Hackfair. We’re glad to see the potential that Pakistan upholds in creativity and ‘problem to be solved’ approach. I would like to thank Google for their partnership in setting this platform. I also congratulate the winners and runners-up whose hard work has demonstrated the importance of dedication and commitment. Our teams and all the participants are grateful to the judges and mentors for their valuable time and sound advice in refining ideas.”

This year’s theme for the hackathon revolved around women empowerment, with an innovative focus on reshaping the face of business by eliminating stereotypes and obstacles faced by women all over Pakistan. The final round of the hackathon was judged by a corporate all-star panel of judges that included Aisha Sarwari from Coca Cola, Fatima Mazhar from Colabs, and Usman Sheikh, Saad Hamid, and Sagar Begale from Google.

Despite women’s empowerment being at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Pakistan’s ranking for gender equality remains one of the lowest in the world. “Our country’s battle against low female education numbers is not new, but in recent years, we have seen a rapid increase in ed-tech, too. There has been hopeful development as it’s opening up previously inaccessible avenues for women who want to lead from the front”, stated Areej Khan, VP Digital, Telenor Pakistan. Consolidating the need for gender equality in the workforce, Khan added, “12 out of Pakistan’s estimated 20 million home-based workers are women, and according to UN Women, they directly contribute 65 percent of the total home-based work revenue to the economy.”

Telenor Velocity facilitates startups in providing them scaling opportunities and exclusive access to Telenor Pakistan’s resources, like its APIs, data analytics, retail network, etc. to forge strategic partnerships in the long-run and to expand their vision and scope of possibilities.

Telenor Velocity and Google would like to thank its mentors, evaluators and judges for their continuous support in helping develop this ecosystem.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) At the prestigious occasion of the 18th Annual Excellence Awards by CFA Society Pakistan, Mondelēz Pakistan received The Gender Diversity at Workplace Award 2021. The award recognises leading organisations for the efforts made in different domains of their business operations and management styles in relation to enhancing their gender diversity representations within the organisation.

As a global company, our diversity is a strength that drives innovation and growth. At Mondelēz, we put huge commitment on supporting gender diversity at the workplace and support women in leadership. Our female representation at Mondelēz Pakistan equates to 50% females in our leadership team.

Mondelēz Pakistan takes lead in gender diversity initiatives. Some highlights of this year’s initiatives included International Women’s Day, fully flexible working from home policies, enabling highly engaged culture for females to thrive in and a major milestone is the launch of our first-ever Female Sales Trainee Programme.

Narmeen Khan, Managing Director, Mondelēz Pakistan commented “Our ambition is to build a more diverse, inclusive and equitable world –socially and economically. We believe that we are stronger through our diverse, inclusive and connected community; And we chose to act by doing what’s right, treat everyone with integrity and fairness, and create a culture that fosters a true sense of belonging”. “We are happy with this award as it’s not only proving our commitment towards diversity, equity and inclusion, but adds on our responsibility and passion to contribute more”, added Narmeen.

Picture shows Ms. Ayesha Tallat, People Lead – Mondelēz Pakistan receiving the award from Chief Guest, Mr. Shaukat Tarin, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) To raise awareness against vector borne diseases like Dengue & Malaria, Pakistan’s No.1 choice, Mortein, joins hands with the Directorate of Malaria Control (DMC), a body of Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, Government of Pakistan. With an estimated 1 million* cases annually of Malaria and over 15,000* cases of dengue already this year, the two entities look to bring realization to the problem and are working towards preparedness before the mosquito season.

The event to announce the partnership and put it into effect took place at the Directorate of Malaria Control (DMC), a body of Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, Government of Pakistan.  In attendance at the event were the Director of DMC, Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar, and the Director of Marketing at Reckitt Pakistan, Humayun Farooq.

Over the past few years, Pakistan has suffered from more than 60,000* cases of Dengue, a deadly disease that has the potential to impact the lives of millions in Pakistan and has no vaccine. Protection and prevention is the best possible cure and with the changing weather and onset of rainfall; all Pakistanis are urged to take all possible precautions.

Commenting on the partnership, Director Marketing at Reckitt Pakistan, Humayun Farooq said, “By partnering with an entity that has so diligently worked for the prevention and awareness of dengue & malaria such as DMC, we believe we can truly make a change in the way people deal with and view this life-threatening disease.” Reckitt, makers of Mortein have been leading awareness drives as well as helping equip Pakistan to fight various fatal ailments like Dengue through its campaign namely, #DengueAbNahi over the past years.

Addressing the importance of such collaborations, the Director of DMC, Dr. Mukhtar said, “Mortein has always been at the front line when it comes to vector borne diseases like dengue and malaria awareness and prevention used at home level. We are proud to partner with Reckitt Pakistan to ensure that we can get the best messaging of prevention to our communities and country.”

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) Pakistan Cables won the prestigious Corporate Excellent Award 2021 in the Cables and Electrical Goods category at the Management Association of Pakistan’s (MAP) 36^th Corporate Excellence award ceremony held at a local hotel in Karachi. Mr. Fahd K. Chinoy, CEO Pakistan Cables Limited was presented the award by Mr. Shabbar Zaidi, former Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), who was the Chief Guest at the ceremony.

The Corporate Excellence Awards was instituted by MAP in 1982 to recognize and honour companies in Pakistan that demonstrate outstanding performance, progress and enlightened management practices consistently.