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PIIA was founded in 1947 in Karachi in affiliation with the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), London, and the Institute of Pacific Relations, New York City. The formal inauguration by the prime minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan took place on 26 March 1948. The draft memorandum of the PIIA was considered and approved on 28 ...
'Today News') is a 24-hour Pakistani news television channel. It is a privately owned Urdu language TV station which covers national and international news. The channel started out as hybrid channel (news, current affairs and entertainment), but later separated its entertainment programming to sister channel, Aaj Entertainment , and became a ...
Habib Bank Limited (Urdu pronunciation: [ha.ˈbiːb bɛŋk] hah-BEEB-BANK) is a Pakistani commercial bank based at Habib Bank Plaza, Karachi. It is a subsidiary of Swiss-based organisation Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development. Established in 1941 by the Habib Family, it is one of the oldest bank of Pakistan.
United Bank Limited (UBL) is a Pakistani commercial bank headquartered in Karachi. [2] It is a subsidiary of British multinational conglomerate, Bestway Group . It is listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange and it has been designated as a domestic systemically important bank (D-SIB) by the State Bank of Pakistan .
In June 2002, Union Bank acquired 10 branches of Emirates Bank in Pakistan for $18 million. [2] In 2006, Standard Chartered Bank acquired 81% of Union Bank's shares for US$413 million. Under Pakistani law, it had to delist Union Bank and make an offer for the outstanding shares; the offer raised the total purchase price to about US$511.
Current affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism in which major news stories are discussed at length in a timely manner.. This differs from regular news broadcasts that place emphasis on news reports presented for simple presentation as soon as possible, often with a minimum of analysis.
The Karachi CG operates with a significant degree of autonomy when compared to other U.S. Consulates. This is due in part to several large U.S. government regional centers housed within the consulate, which provide support in the areas of security, construction, and financial matters to a number of other U.S Diplomatic posts located throughout ...
The Karachi Stock Exchange, now consolidated as part of the Pakistan Stock Exchange, is headquartered here along with the largest banks, namely Habib Bank, United Bank, National Bank, Standard Chartered's Pakistani subsidiary and the State Bank – the nation's central bank. It is also the headquarters of media companies Hum Network and Geo ...