DWP Group opens ‘Tameer-e-Mustaqbil’ to empower next generation of professionals
DWP Group has officially launched its flagship paid internship program, Tameer-e-Mustaqbil. The program marks a significant step forward in DWP Group’s commitment to nurturing young talent and building a stronger employer brand within Pakistan’s corporate sector.
Designed as a structured, three-month development journey, Tameer-e-Mustaqbil is tailored to offer high-potential graduates a robust platform for professional growth. The inaugural cohort comprises top-tier graduates selected from leading universities across the country.
The program offers interns a comprehensive experience, including direct mentorship from industry leaders, cross-functional exposure, and participation in real-time projects that emphasize innovation and collaboration. Weekly learning labs and “Intern Diaries” will ensure continual reflection and knowledge-sharing throughout the program.
Farooq Naseem, Chairman and CEO of DWP Group, said, “At DWP Group, we believe that the future is built by those we invest in today. Tameer-e-Mustaqbil is not just an internship; it’s our promise to equip young professionals with the tools, mindset, and mentorship they need to thrive in a rapidly evolving world. This program reflects our deep-rooted belief in talent development and sustainable leadership for tomorrow.”
Through Tameer-e-Mustaqbil, DWP Group aims to create a long-term pipeline of capable, future-ready professionals who will go on to contribute meaningfully to the organization and the industry at large.
IBA Karachi’s “Marka-E-Haq” festivities honor the legacy of “Bunyan-Al-Marsoos”
IBA Karachi proudly marked Pakistan’s 79th Independence Day celebrations under the thematic banner of “Hum Zinda Qaum Hain – The Legacy of Bunyan-al-Marsoos and Marka-e-Haq”. The celebrations were part of the “Watan Se Wafa – IBA Karachi’s Tribute to Pakistan” campaign, launched earlier this month.
Festivities at IBA commenced on August 04 and 05, with over 50 members of the IBA community participating in a special patriotic video featuring national songs, poetry, and messages. Badge distribution across both campuses fostered a spirit of unity, culminating in a gathering of over 200 staff and faculty who shared reflections on patriotism.
The “Azadi ka Sabz Paigham” Plantation Drive was held on August 06, during which 30 saplings of indigenous and fruit-bearing trees were planted. Over 110 participants, from senior management to support staff, joined in chanting “Pakistan Zindabad”, reinforcing IBA’s commitment to sustainability.
“Kahoot-e-Pakistan” took place on August 07, with 120 participants testing their knowledge of Pakistan’s history and milestones. “Sada-e-Watan”, a national songs competition, was held on August 08. The event resonated with patriotic melodies featuring ten contestants, and interactive audience voting.
“Mini Marathon” was also arranged by the IBA Sports and Community Engagement team on August 09. The event united the IBA family and external participants for a morning filled with energy, and celebration. From the 5 KM challenge to the 1 KM fun run, runners showcased pride, unity, and a shared love for Pakistan.
“Rang-e-Haq”, a canvas painting competition, was held on August 11. The art and culture event had 60 participants and was judged by a distinguished panel of artists and academics.
“Saqafat-e-Pakistan” took place on August 12 — a vibrant cultural day and freedom walk led by Executive Director IBA, Dr. S Akbar Zaidi, showcasing the traditional heritage of Pakistan’s provinces and regions. The week’s activities also included a screening of the film “Jinnah” on August 13, honoring the life and legacy of the nation’s founder. In addition, cricket, badminton, and table tennis matches were held in the earlier days of the celebrations.
On August 14, IBA Karachi is hosting its grand finale of the “Marka-e-Haq” festivities. The day begins with a formal flag hoisting ceremony, followed by fun activities, cake cutting, and messages from Registrar IBA, Dr. Mohammad Asad Ilyas; Director HR, Mr. Irfan Qamar, and Brigadier M. Umer Farooq, Regional Directorate Commander, ANF Sindh. A celebratory breakfast for faculty, staff, students, and alumni closes the month’s spirited journey of patriotism, cultural pride, and unity. The final matches for all three sports are set to be played on August 14, adding to the day’s excitement.
The “Marka-e-Haq” celebrations at IBA Karachi embodied patriotism, cultural pride, and a shared vision for a prosperous Pakistan, aligning with the province-wide festivities announced by Chief Minister of Sindh.
Payoneer posts record q2 2025 revenue, reinforces commitment to SMB growth
Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO), the global financial technology company powering business growth across borders, today announced its second quarter 2025 financial results, reporting record revenue and continued momentum in supporting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and digital entrepreneurs around the world, including in priority markets like Pakistan.
The company posted record quarterly revenue, excluding interest income, marking a 16% year-over-year increase, fueled by 11% volume growth and expanded take rates, especially within its SMB customer segment. This growth reflects strong global demand for Payoneer’s borderless financial infrastructure and its role in powering international trade for service exporters, B2B sellers, eCommerce merchants, and digital businesses across 190+ markets.
Payoneer’s SMB customer revenue reached $183 million, up 18% year-over-year, driven by:
- SMBs that sell on marketplaces generating $116 million, an 8% YoY increase
- B2B SMBs contributing $58 million, a 37% YoY increase
- Checkout revenue surging to $9 million, up 86% YoY, driven by Payoneer’s card and digital payment solutions
The company also reported 21% year-over-year ARPU growth, excluding interest income, the fourth consecutive quarter of 20%+ ARPU growth, led by increased adoption among $10K+ ideal customer profiles (ICPs), growth in B2B and Checkout products, and strategic pricing initiatives.
In a key strategic move, Payoneer announced a partnership with Stripe to expand its Checkout capabilities, combining Stripe’s best-in-class payment technology with Payoneer’s local market expertise and comprehensive financial stack to deliver enhanced capabilities for customers, a move that further strengthens Payoneer’s position in key emerging markets such as Pakistan.
“Payoneer delivered another strong quarter, with record revenue excluding interest income up 16% year-over-year and robust growth across our SMB customers. Our performance reflects the strength of our business model and our disciplined execution. Our global customers continue to adapt and innovate in a rapidly evolving global trade environment and they’re choosing Payoneer as their global financial partner. With a strong market position, differentiated assets, and a clear focus, we are confident in our strategy and are reinstating our 2025 guidance,” said John Caplan, Chief Executive Officer, Payoneer.
As digital exports from Pakistan continue to grow, Payoneer’s global infrastructure, localized support, and product innovation position it as a key enabler for the country’s tech-forward service exporters and eCommerce entrepreneurs.
Pak-Qatar Group partners with NDS to deploy h3C hyper-converged infrastructure
Pak-Qatar Group is pleased to announce the signing of a strategic agreement with NDS Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd. to deploy H3C’s cutting-edge Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) solution as the foundational pillar of its evolving IT ecosystem. This partnership was officially formalized during a ceremony at the Pak-Qatar Head Office, signifying a major advancement in the company’s digital transformation journey.
Under the terms of the agreement, Pak-Qatar Group will integrate H3C’s advanced HCI technology across its core platforms. The adoption of this solution is expected to substantially enhance operational efficiency, streamline resource utilization, and enable seamless scalability. These capabilities will ensure the organization remains agile and adaptive in a dynamic business environment, while supporting continuous innovation and improving customer-centric service delivery.
By embracing H3C’s HCI, Pak-Qatar Group aims to bolster its data security, simplify IT governance, and reduce system complexity, laying the groundwork for future digital initiatives and responsive service delivery.
This strategic collaboration underscores Pak-Qatar Group’s forward-looking strategy to maintain leadership in technological advancement within the Islamic financial services sector. By leveraging H3C’s high-performance infrastructure, well known for its robust architecture, unified management, and enhanced virtualization capabilities, the organization is poised to deliver more secure, seamless, and reliable experiences to its participants nationwide.
Working in conjunction with NDS Technologies and H3C, Pak-Qatar Group is not only enhancing its own systems but also contributing to the broader evolution of Pakistan’s digital landscape. This project aligns with the Group’s mission to build a more connected, efficient, and future-ready operational ecosystem, thereby elevating standards across the financial services sector.
Overall, this partnership represents a significant step in Pak-Qatar Group’s digital transformation trajectory, driving innovation, reinforcing infrastructure resilience, and boosting service excellence. It highlights the Group’s unwavering dedication to modernization, customer experience, and long-term growth in an increasingly competitive market.
PTCL expands strategic partnership with teradata to strengthen data, analytics capabilities
PTCL Group (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited & Ufone 4G), Pakistan’s leading telecom and ICT services provider, has partnered with Teradata to transform and scale its Enterprise Data Warehouse platform. This extended engagement marks a significant milestone in the PTCL Group’s journey toward digital excellence, aligned with its vision to become a data-driven, AI-enabled enterprise.
This partnership extension will enable PTCL Group to scale its data infrastructure into a high-performance, intelligent platform capable of supporting real-time insights, smarter decision-making, and enhanced customer experiences. The initiative is central to PTCL Group’s broader data and AI roadmap, aimed at creating operational agility and long-term service excellence.
Jafar Khalid, Group Chief Technology and Information Officer, PTCL and Ufone 4G, said, “Our extended collaboration with Teradata is a key step in PTCL Group’s intelligent digital transformation journey. Scaling our Enterprise Data Warehouse platform allows us to unlock new capabilities in analytics that are essential for driving innovation and elevating customer value. This partnership reflects a shared vision for creating an agile and intelligence-led enterprise.”
Waqas Hashmi, Area Vice President, Teradata Pakistan, commented, “We are proud to deepen our decades-long partnership with PTCL Group as they continue their digital transformation journey. By harnessing the power of Teradata’s modern data platform and embedded AI capabilities, PTCL Group is positioning itself to unlock deeper insights, drive innovation at scale, and fast-track its strategic goals. This renewed collaboration is not just a testament to our trusted relationship, but also to our shared vision of advancing data-driven excellence and AI adoption across Pakistan’s telecommunications sector.”
PTCL Group is at the forefront of building a modern digital ecosystem where data is not just stored, but actively leveraged to create smarter services, responsive operations, and future-ready capabilities.
Sindh’s public-private partnership with Childlife sets new benchmarks in child emergency healthcare
Every child deserves timely, life-saving care. In a landmark achievement, more than one million children across Sindh received emergency treatment in fiscal year 2024–25 through ChildLife Foundation’s extensive network of Children’s Emergency Rooms (ERs) and Telemedicine Satellite Centers (TSCs). This milestone was made possible by the Government of Sindh’s visionary commitment to child health, delivered through an innovative public-private partnership with ChildLife Foundation.
Today, 10 Children’s ERs in government teaching hospitals of Sindh and 105 Telemedicine Satellite Centers in secondary care hospitals of districts and tehsils in Sindh operate 24/7, free of cost, ensuring that no child in Sindh is more than 30 minutes away from quality emergency care. This expanding network reflects the dedication of the Sindh government to improving healthcare equity and access for every child.
“Access to quality emergency care is not a privilege, but a fundamental right of every child,” said Dr. Ahson Rabbani, CEO of ChildLife Foundation. “Our partnership with the Government of Sindh and the relationship with the Health Department brings critical care closer to every child, combining technology, skilled teams, and compassion.”
The impact of this model was validated by an independent study by the University of California and PALISI Global Health, published in The Lancet. The study found a mortality rate of 1.2% among critically ill children treated at ChildLife-managed ERs in Dr. Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi and Sheikh Zayed Hospital Larkana, matching outcome of Pakistan’s best private hospital. This success shows the transformative power of targeted public-private collaboration.
In another milestone, the Children’s ER at Dr. Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi became the first public-sector ER in Pakistan to achieve international SafeCare Level 5 certification, setting new quality benchmarks.
As ChildLife expands beyond Sindh, this partnership stands as a model for scalable, sustainable, and equitable healthcare nationwide, proving what’s possible when innovation meets public commitment.
Zindigi Freelancer Connect launches nationwide series from Peshawar
Zindigi Freelancer Connect, hosted by CECOS University Peshawar and powered by Edversity, kicked off a nationwide series to empower Pakistan’s freelance community through learning, networking, and digital financial access. As part of this vision, the Zindigi Freelancer Account offers a US Dollar-based account, low international transactional fees on Zindigi debit card, seamless global & local payments, and an option to generate invoice through the app making it the most complete solution for freelancers, and the digital community.
With Pakistan ranked among the top five freelancing countries globally and home to over 4 million freelancers, the platform serves as a timely response to the needs of a workforce that is digital-first but often underserved. From payment challenges to building sustainable careers, Zindigi Freelancer Connect addresses the core issues facing freelancers and self-employed professionals.
Ibtisam Babar, Regional Manager Special Initiatives at Zindigi, shared, “Zindigi Prize has grown into Pakistan’s largest homegrown entrepreneurial community, and Zindigi Freelancer Connect is another landmark initiative creating meaningful social impact. It offers 360-degree support to freelancers equipping them with skills, mentorship, and financial access to help them thrive in today’s digital economy and compete on a global scale.”
The Peshawar edition gathered top freelancers, digital professionals, trainers, and aspiring talent from across the region , making it one of the largest freelance-focused events in the country. The day featured keynotes, panels, training sessions, fireside chats, and networking, with industry experts sharing insights from their journeys.
The success of the Peshawar event reaffirmed Zindigi’s dedication to building a thriving freelance economy through innovation, inclusion, and community partnerships. As part of this ongoing campaign, upcoming editions of Zindigi Freelancer Connect are scheduled to take place in other major cities across Pakistan.
Zia Lanjar, Saeed Ghani inaugurate GCT’s flagship education complex in Mehrabpur
Two key members of the Sindh Cabinet – Home and Law Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar and Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani – will jointly inaugurate on Saturday (today) a state-of-the-art Education Complex established by the non-profit Green Crescent Trust (GCT) in Mehrabpur.
The new facility is dedicated to initially providing quality schooling to 600 children belonging to disadvantaged communities of the town, furthering GCT’s mission of educating children from underserved areas of Sindh.
For the past 31 years, GCT has been at the forefront of charitable education initiatives. The Trust currently operates 173 schools across remote and underprivileged areas of Sindh, enrolling 34,660 students – more than 40 per cent of whom are girls. In Mehrabpur alone, GCT operates 11 schools, serving over 2,200 students.
“We are deeply grateful to our generous donors, patrons, provincial government and the Sindh Education Foundation for their outstanding support of our drive to enrol out-of-school children in Sindh,” said GCT CEO Zahid Saeed. He added: “We are equally thankful to Sindh Ministers Ziaul Hassan Lanjar and Saeed Ghani and for taking time from their pressing schedules to inaugurate our new school and demonstrate their unwavering commitment to the cause of educating children from deprived communities.”
Zahid Saeed specifically highlighted the outstanding contributions of the Sindh government and Education Minister Sardar Ali Shah towards overhauling school education in the province.
The inauguration ceremony in Mehrabpur is likely to be attended by provincial government representatives, development partners, philanthropists, and community stakeholders.
Thar coal projects driving Pakistan’s energy security, socio-economic transformation: Nasir Shah
Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, Sindh’s Minister for Energy, Planning & Development, reaffirmed the Government of Sindh’s commitment to harnessing indigenous Thar coal resources as a cornerstone of Pakistan’s economic and energy security.
During a visit to Thar Blocks I and II, accompanied by a high-level delegation of government officials and elected representatives, the Minister emphasized that these large-scale coal projects are significantly contributing to the national energy mix by helping produce affordable electricity.
At Thar Block II, the delegation was briefed on the Phase III expansion of the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), one of Pakistan’s most successful public-private partnerships between the Government of Sindh, Engro and other affiliates. The expansion aims to increase the mine capacity from 7.6 to 11.4 million tons per annum, which will help energize around 4.5 million households daily. To boost socio-economic opportunities in Thar, the Block II mine company has prioritized local talent development. Currently, 94% of the Company’s workforce is from Sindh, with 60% belonging to the Thar region. In addition, more than 2000 youth have received industry relevant vocational training to improve their livelihood opportunities.
Speaking to the media, Minister Nasir Shah noted that prudent government policies have helped stabilize the macroeconomic environment and opened doors for investment across diverse sectors. He shared that studies are underway to explore coal gasification for fertilizer production, and the completion of the Thar rail link will facilitate coal transportation to major industrial sectors across Pakistan.
The Minister also inaugurated an electric vehicle (EV) charging station for 70-ton electric dump trucks, recently introduced for the first time in Pakistan as part of a pilot project at SECMC’s Block II mine.
He lauded the role of Thar coal projects in transforming the region’s socio-economic landscape with an inclusive approach. During the visit, he launched the second development phase of the Thar Foundation Hospital in Islamkot, with an under construction 50-bed Mother and Child Unit. He commended the hospital’s provision of free healthcare services to the local population. At a Thar Foundation school, the Minister distributed certificates to students who achieved top grades in the Federal Board matriculation exams, applauding the quality of education being provided.
SHINE Humanity Pakistan Inaugurates Mobile Dental Care Unit for Underserved Communities of Gharo, District Thatta, Sindh
SHINE Humanity Pakistan proudly announced the launch of its Mobile Dental Care Unit at a ceremony held at the SHINE Humanity Garibsons Clinic, Gharo, District Thatta, Sindh. This initiative marks a significant step towards providing accessible and sustainable, high-quality dental healthcare services to underserved rural communities in the region.
The inauguration ceremony was graced by esteemed guests, including Jam Ahsan Jokhio, Chairman, Town Committee, District Thatta, Sindh, and Dr. Nazeer Khawaja, Assistant District Health Officer, District Thatta, Sindh, whose presence emphasized on the collaborative commitment to improving community health.
Mr. Jam Ahsan Jokhio congratulated SHINE Humanity Pakistan for their efforts and said at the occasion, “Shine Humanity Pakistan has set a remarkable example of compassion and dedication through its efforts to bring quality healthcare to our rural communities. The launch of this dental care unit is an example of their extraordinary commitment to serving those in need, and I congratulate them for their initiative in making healthcare more accessible for the people of Gharo. We look forward to Shine Humanity’s continued efforts towards improving the health and wellbeing of the people of our district.”
Key members of the SHINE Humanity management team were in attendance, including Faheem Khan, CEO; Dr. Farwa Shahid, Senior Manager, Public Health; Humair Mumtaz, Manager, Operations; and, Ahad Jawaid, Assistant Manager, Public Health along with other dedicated team members.
Speaking at the event, Faheem Khan, CEO of SHINE Humanity Pakistan, emphasized, “This mobile dental care unit symbolizes SHINE Humanity’s ongoing efforts to bridge the healthcare gap for rural populations. We believe quality oral healthcare is a fundamental right, and we are determined to ensure no community is left behind.”
The Mobile Dental Care Unit is designed to deliver comprehensive dental services directly to remote areas, aiming to elevate the standard of oral health and overall well-being in Thatta and surrounding communities.