Corporate Watch

Published July 30, 2015

DIBPL extends Rs6bn to Punjab Food Deptt

KARACHI: Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan Ltd (DIBPL) has extended Rs6 billion Musharakah financing to the Punjab Food Department for its seasonal procurement of wheat, said a press release on Wednesday.

Musharakah (Shirkat ul Aqd) is a mode of finance under which the bank participates in the business of financee on the basis of profit and loss sharing.

Samsung unveils 1.0μm-pixel mobile image

KARACHI: Samsung Electronics announced the industry’s first 1.0μm-pixel-based 16 megapixel (Mp) CMOS image sensor for use in advanced mobile devices, a press release said on Wednesday.

The new image sensor, the S5K3P3, leverages the company’s proprietary ISOCELL technology to enable the high performance 1.0μm pixels.

PACRA reaffirms ratings of JSCL

KARACHI: The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA) has maintained the long- and short-term entity ratings of Jahangir Siddiqui & Co Ltd (JSCL) at ‘AA’ (Double A) and ‘A1+’, respectively. Ratings of TFC VII of Rs1,000 million and TFC VIII of Rs750m have been maintained at ‘AA+’, says a press release.

Published in Dawn, July 30th, 2015

On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play

Opinion

A state of chaos

A state of chaos

The establishment’s increasingly intrusive role has further diminished the credibility of the political dispensation.

Editorial

Bulldozed bill
Updated 22 May, 2024

Bulldozed bill

Where once the party was championing the people and their voices, it is now devising new means to silence them.
Out of the abyss
22 May, 2024

Out of the abyss

ENFORCED disappearances remain a persistent blight on fundamental human rights in the country. Recent exchanges...
Holding Israel accountable
22 May, 2024

Holding Israel accountable

ALTHOUGH the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor wants arrest warrants to be issued for Israel’s prime...
Iranian tragedy
Updated 21 May, 2024

Iranian tragedy

Due to Iran’s regional and geopolitical influence, the world will be watching the power transition carefully.
Circular debt woes
21 May, 2024

Circular debt woes

THE alleged corruption and ineptitude of the country’s power bureaucracy is proving very costly. New official data...
Reproductive health
21 May, 2024

Reproductive health

IT is naïve to imagine that reproductive healthcare counts in Pakistan, where women from low-income groups and ...