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Third wave of corona virus has pushed business women to the wall Samina Fazil

Samina Fazil, founder President, Islamabad Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI) said the third wave of coronavirus has pushed businesswomen to the wall. The government should announce a package for women as tall claims and announcements will never empower them. The pandemic is hitting men more than women but the later are facing its social and economic consequences more than men, she said. In a statement issued here today, Samina Fazil said that the income, savings and assets of women are always less than men and they are less…

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Focusing on developing synergies for peace, development, and dialogue

Farhat Asif is an award-winning public diplomat by experience, human rights and peace activist by choice, researcher, and writer by profession with nearly 14 years of work experience in establishing and leading institutions focusing on developing synergies for peace, development, and dialogue. With well-knitted diplomatic engagements in Pakistan and across the globe, Farhat has pioneered the public diplomacy initiatives in Pakistan through the promotion of linkages at political, economic, trade, cultural, education, and business levels by building connections amongst the communities from across the globe.  As she lived her entire…

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British-Pakistani Councillor Muhammad Afzal becomes Birmingham’s new lord mayor

Councillor Muhammad Afzal becomes Birmingham’s new Lord Mayor. The veteran Labour politician was sworn in to be the “First Citizen” of the city where he’s lived for more than 50 years now. Muhammad Afzal who was first elected as a councillor way back in 1982 from city’s Aston Ward is currently the longest serving Muslim councillor in the UK. Mohammad Afzal, who originally belongs to Dina near Jhelum, Pakistan, went to the UK in 1969. He also happens to be the first Muslim elected as a councillor in Birmingham. Mohammed…

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Inspire, Support and Creating Opportunities 

A former Youth Member of Parliament and GE19 Parliamentary Candidate, Atifa is a renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist who combines a successful management consulting career with active community involvement at local, national and international level. Beginning her professional career at Accenture, Atifa established her own consulting business in 2013, operating at Board Level large public and private sector clients to drive forward complex change and transformation projects.  She is now a Partner at Generations, an international practice providing financial reporting, management consultancy, real estate planning, and private equity services, to family…

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Pakistani who founded a multi-million dollar company ‘Wifigen’

What does it take for a man to reach his full potential? Good advice – more than anything else. And this was exactly what Bilal Ather got during his journey in creating wifigen a tool that gives free Wi-Fi to customers in exchange for their information. It is a software that operates on a subscription based model, costing around $20 per month only per access point, and uses permission-based Facebook API to give user access. Bilal was just an ordinary guy who like many other A-Levels students was not sure about…

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Australia approves two Pakistan mango facilities

The Australian Department of Water, Agriculture and Environment has approved two mango processing facilities of Pakistan for exports to Australia. This is in addition to two existing facilities, Consul General of Pakistan in Sydney Muhammad Ashraf said in a Whatsapp message. Two mango treatment facilities in Sindh — Mustafa Agriculture Farm, Kotri, and Iftekhar Ahmed & Co, New Sabzi Mandi, Karachi — have been approved by Australian authorities for export of mangoes from Pakistan. Taking to Twitter, Commerce Adviser Abdul Razak Dawood said the approval of the facility has been…

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Google to open its first retail store to sell devices

Google to open its first retail store to sell devices Almost exactly 20 years to the day after Apple opened its first retail store, Google is finally following suit. The company announced  that it is opening its first physical retail store, called Google Store, this summer in New York City. The store will be located under its offices in the Chelsea neighborhood, where it employs many of its more than 11,000 employees in the city. Some of the items for sale will include Pixel phones, Nest products, Fitbit devices and Pixelbooks.…

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Everything you need to know about stroke

 Stroke occurs due to a decrease or blockage in the brain’s blood supply. A person experiencing a stroke needs immediate emergency treatment. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death Trusted Source in the United States. In fact, nearly 800,000 people Trusted Source have a stroke each year. That equates to around one person every 40 seconds. There are three main types of stroke:  Ischemic stroke: This is the most common type of stroke, making up 87% of all cases. A blood clot prevents blood and oxygen from reaching an area of the brain.  Hemorrhagic stroke: This occurs when…

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Dress to Success

The latest fashion trend in Pakistan for 2021 Pakistan is a developing country as far as the economy is concerned, but when it comes to the fashion industry Pakistan is in the leading race of adopting the latest fashion sense. Pakistan is a country with several provinces and each province has its different fashion, but when you talk about national fashion then the whole nation seems to be dry and revolutionary. So in case of the latest fashion trend in Pakistan, you can see different ideas circulating from neighboring countries and…

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