MCB, Telenor TeaM up To furTher enhanCe digiTal Banking eCosysTeM

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MCB Bank Limited, one of Pakistan’s leading banks, has entered into a strategic partnership with Telenor Pakistan, a leading telecommunication services provider, to facilitate its digital banking customers with greater access to Telenor Pakistan’s prepaid recharge services, special bundles and post-paid services.

Under the partnership, MCB Live users will be able to pay for new Telenor packages, special bundles, post-paid services and a host of other services directly from within the MCB Live app, at a single click of a button. The integration provides MCB Live users greater flexibility and convenience in acquiring Telenor Pakistan’s services on the go

Orientation session for conduct of 7th Population and Housing Census

IsLAmAbAd: Pakistan Bureau of statistics (PBS) is striving hard for the smooth execution of 7th Population and Housing Census which will be conducted digitally for the first time in history of Pakistan. PBS, has completed all the necessary preparations for conduct of census, accordingly one of the key requirements is nomination of Provincial Census Commissioners by provincial governments as per General Statistics Reorganization Act 2011. As the execution of Field Enumeration is the responsibility of Provincial Governmentstherefore an orientation session was arranged for all provincial Census Commissioners/Census Commissioners of provinces/region. DrNaeemuz Zafar, Chief Census Commissionerwelcomed all participants from Provinces and briefly explained that the role of the Provincial Census Commissioners is crucial for smooth. pR

CDA chief reviews expansion in Metro bus routes

IsLAmAbAd: Chairman Capital Development Authority Captain (R) Noorul Amin Mengal presided over a meeting at CDA headquarters regarding Metro bus service in the city at CDA headquarters on Thursday. The meeting was attended by Member Engineering, Member Admin and other officers of the relvant formations. In the meeting, a detailed briefing was given to Chairman Capital Development Authority Captain (R) Noorul Amin Mengal regarding the operations of Metro bus service and its routes. On this occasion, Chairman CDA Noorul Amin Mengal issued instructions and said that Metro bus service should be expanded on new routes in the city of Islamabad and along with this the service of the existing bus services should also be expanded. pR

Sohail Aftab, civil servant of Information Group successfully defends his Phd Thesis

IsLAmAbAd: Sohail Aftab has defended his PHD Thesis successfully with distinction as he obtains SummaCum-Laude. He did his PHD research from University of Hamburg, Germany being a scholarship holder of German Academic Exchange Service (GAES) under the supervision of a prominent privacy law scholar Professor Dr. Marion Albers. His thesis topic was “Protecting the right to privacy in Pakistan” learning from theoretical approaches and European Experiences”. Under his thesis, Mr. Sohail Aftab has undertaken an extensive content analysis of Pakistani media and has highlighted media’s intrusive practices in its coverage of sexual violence and issues related to children and women. pR from wherever they may be.

The agreement was signed between Mr. Shahzad Ishaq – Group Head Digital Banking, MCB Bank and Mr. Umair Mohsin – Chief Marketing Officer, Telenor Pakistan at MCB House, Lahore in the presence of Mr. Jaffar Abbas Shirazi – Division Head Digital Channels & Branchless Bank- ing MCB Bank, Ms. Ambreen Latif Bawany – Head Marketing MCB Bank and other representatives from MCB Bank and Telenor Pakistan.

Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Shahzad Ishaq, Group Head Digital Banking, MCB Bank lauded the shared objective of creating customer convenience and enhancing customer experi-

Educational boards with modern facilities essential for progress: Tanveer

Islamabad pR

Federal Minister of Education & Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain while addressing the inauguration ceremony of Student Facilitation Center equipped with modern facilities and Online Attestation Portal at the Secretariat of Inter Board Committee of Chairman (IBCC) said that without revolution and innovation in the education system of the country, the development and stability is not possible. The ladder of development of nations is education, despite the economic situation of the country, education is the first priority of the government. IBCC's Student Facilitation Center equipped with modern facilities and Attestation Portal will be a milestone for resolving student problems.

IBCC is solving the problems of students by bringing positive changes in the system day by day. With the inauguration of online attestation portal student don’t need to visit IBCC. In addition, Federal Board has installed a self operated machine “KISOK” at IBCC facilitation center, which benefits the students of FBISE and they don’t have to visit Federal Board for verification of their documents and to get sealed envelope. They can also pay their fee and generate applications through KISOK.

On this occasion, Secretary IBCC Dr. Ghulam Ali

Malah said that educated youth will lead Pakistan on the path of development, most of the country's population is youth who have the right to be educated. IBCC is working hard to solve the problems of the student and bringing automative reforms within the organization. The initiative of QR based attestation and equivalence certificates, the students don’t have to visit IBCC for verification purpose. The can verify their documents from anywhere around the world within no minute. In addition to this, the inauguration of state of the art Facilitation Center the students will benefit from it. IBCC is also bringing digital payment module in all their processes, with the addition of this facility the student don’t need to stand in the long queues for submission of their fee, they can submit it through mobile banking etc.