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British Council Global Read-a-thon – 7th February 2012
On the 7th February there are celebrations for Dickens’ 200th birthday happening across the globe in China, Singapore, Albania, Argentina, Iraq, Russia and more. The British Council will stage a 24 hour global read-a-thon with 24 countries reading 24 of Dickens’ texts in 24 hours. All 24 readings have all been pre-recorded and organised by [...]
Nokia Appoints Arif Shafique as General Manager for Pakistan and Afghanistan
Previously Head of Sales, Arif Shafique recently took up the helm of affairs as Nokia Pakistan’s New GM Nokia Pakistan recently announced that Arif Shafique, previously Head of Sales, Nokia Pakistan and Afghanistan has been promoted to the position of General Manager (GM), Nokia Pakistan and Afghanistan. Backed by more than four years of experience [...]
Royal Emirates Group Launching CARACAL at MAGNIFICENT 7 – UAE Expo 2011 in Karachi – Pakistan
Royal Emirates Group – United Arab Emirates based busienss group is launching which they call a “Pride of UAE” CARACAL 9 MM Pistol at Magnificent 7 – UAE Expo scheduled to open on November 30th, 2011 at Karachi Expo Centre in Karachi Pakistan. The event is being organized by the Consulate General of UAE in [...]
Audio Fest: ‘Mix Your Own 2012’
Aam Awaam is a creative project that executes itself through social communication and designed interactions. It is an initiative to bridge gap between the several groups and professions of the society in manner that it acts as the creative modality of communication rather than an imposition; it becomes the social language. Aam Awaam aspires to bring together different [...]
HBFCL writes-off all loans of 2005 earthquake affectees
Victims of the devastating earthquake 6 years ago received long awaited relief as House Building Finance Company Limited, HBFCL, (formerly known as House Building Finance Corporation Limited) distributed ownership/title documents to borrowers who had become affectees of the earthquake. HBFCL’s outstanding loans, amounting to Rs 916 million, were written off by HBFCL and the properties were transferred to the [...]
Youth seek to rebrand Pakistan via photography exhibition
“Mein tau dekhoonga”, a day-long photography exhibition, was organized today by Unique Pakistan and Tangerine Media at a local hotel. This was the culmination of a photography competition, conducted via Facebook, which invited nationwide photo entries representing a unique and positive aspect of Pakistan. A total of 135 entries were received from all over Pakistan. Photos were shortlisted [...]
Pakistani Youth Stands Out
GRAZ – World Summit Youth Award recently announced a Pakistani youth project, the Voice of Youth (tVoY), as the runner-up for the year 2011. From over 700 submissions from 99 countries entered into the contest the project has been selected as Runner-Up of the WSYA 2011. In August this year, an International Jury consisting of Multimedia & [...]
Pakistan for Acumen Fund and IBA host seminar
Pakistan for Acumen Fund (PfA) and Institute of Business Administration’s (IBA) Career Development Centre organised a seminar, ‘Gift of Life - models to provide clean drinking water in Pakistan’ at the IBA’s city campus. The seminar featured panelists who discussed the issues with providing clean water in Pakistan as well as different models that are being used to address [...]
Pakistan’s favourite artists under one roof – VidPk
Vidpk.com has launched a one of it’s kind portal that let users discover profiles of around 1,000 Pakistani TV artists. In addition to reading about each artist and their history, you can also view their pictures and see a list of all the TV shows they have been a part of. Simply click on any [...]
10th Young Leaders’ Conference, July 1 – 6, 2011 Eman, Ittehad, Tanzeem
Young Leaders’ Conference celebrates its first decade of changing lives for the better. The theme for this year is Eman (Faith), Ittehad (Unity), Tanzeem (Discipline). Preparations are at their peak as the big conference is just two months away. 350 youth of ages 18 to 24 from all over the country and other parts of [...]
Azme Alishan
Pakistan is a country that never fails to surprise us. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something else comes along to knock you off your feet. A few nights ago, heard of a unique event that saw the likes of Lanny Cordola; a Guns ‘n’ Roses ex-guitarist and lyricist for renowned international music [...]
