Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Foster world-class enterprises: Xi

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President Xi Jinping has urged efforts to speed up fostering world-class enterprises to play a bigger role in the country’s march toward the second centenary goal of fully building a modern socialist country. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remark on Monday while presiding over … Read more

Octopus secures Rs120m infrastructure contract

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KARACHI: Octopus Digital Limited has secured a five-year IAAS (Infrastructure as a Service) contract of Rs120 million on BTMI (build, train to operate, maintain and improve) basis, a statement said on Monday. The digitalisation subscription will see Octopus Digital provide supply and maintenance services to a major cement manufacturer in Pakistan, whose name is withheld … Read more

Timely completion of uplift work ordered

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LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Industries and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal has directed timely completion of development work in special economic zones, a statement said. Chairing a meeting on Thursday, he said, the target of 100 per cent colonisation of industrial estates would be achieved at all costs. Iqbal said that every plot in the industrial … Read more

Octopus Digital get a contract of $1 million

Octopus

KARACHI: Octopus Digital, a digital arm of the Avanceon Group of Companies’, will set up and maintain the industrial data centre infrastructure for one of the largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) corporations in Pakistan, a bourse filing said. This contract execution gives a pathway for positive impact on the group’s business and value for its shareholders, it … Read more

Fatima Fertilizer earns global recognition

Fatima Fertilizer

KARACHI: Fatima Fertilizer became the first company within the global fertiliser industry to have clocked 60,220,000 safe man-hours, which is the highest accomplishment within the global fertiliser industry, a statement said. This landmark achievement was only made possible by demonstrating the highest safety performance through the implementation of world-class safety standards and industry best practices, … Read more

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s economic potential to be tapped through SEZs: official

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s economic

ISLAMABAD: The authorities in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province are determined to tap the economic potential of the province through the development of special economic zones (SEZs), chief executive officer of the KP Economic Zones Development and Management Company (KPEZDMC) has said. The investment-friendly policies of the provincial government and efforts of the KPEZDMC have enabled … Read more