Showing posts with label 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2015. Show all posts
August 27, 2015
July 27, 2015
June 2, 2015
6/02/2015
Warid, SKMT Mark World No Tobacco Day 2015
Warid Telecom, a socially conscious organization which has persistently contributed to the welfare of the society, has collaborated with the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital yet again to commemorate the World No Tobacco Day, 2015.
This joint effort is to raise awareness within the society concerning the adverse effects of smoking and tobacco consumption. The awareness drive was brought forth through social media, trade campaigns as well as awareness sessions in different corporate organizations, schools and universities to highlight the hazards of tobacco use.
Warid Telecom has also raised funds for cancer patients unable to afford the required treatment. In addition to highlighting the importance of charity and education, Warid set forth to instill consciousness amongst its employees about the perilous effects of tobacco on health and life itself.
Major schools from all over Pakistan participated in a contest linked to increasing awareness of the cause in which approximately 6000 entries were received. Dr. Faisal Sultan, CEO SKMT, distributed shields and certificates amongst the winners of the competition. Commenting on this,
Dr. Faisal Sultan, CEO SKMT said:
"Tobacco consumption has become no less than an epidemic in this day and age; it's also the main cause for mouth, esophagus, throat, stomach, liver, prostate and kidney cancers. Mental illnesses and malaises can also develop as a result of tobacco abuse. It is noteworthy that if thorough examination of the hazards of tobacco and proper education is not provided to the masses it may lead to an inevitable catastrophe. I would specifically like to thank Warid Telecom, for showing immense support for this significant cause. Warid continues to support us in all our campaigns throughout the year"
May 12, 2015
5/12/2015
Startup Expo 2015: Post Event Summary and Winners
Startup Expo 2015 was held at the Pak-China Friendship Centre Islamabad during the weekend. The expo was one of the biggest gathering of startups and entrepreneurs from all over Pakistan. The first of a series of annual events, it provided startups with a platform to interact with their future customers and experienced mentors that took part in the expo.
The event was a collaborative effort by the Startup Magazine and Entrepreneurial Development Institute (EDI).
The product exhibition area was open to all visitors while separate sections for networking sessions, keynote speeches by leading entrepreneurs, syndicate session and lunch were available for ticket-holders
Startup Expo 2015 was a one-day event. The expo consisted of the Top 100 shortlisted startups from the country. The top startups were selected from a wide variety of categories and they competed to be chosen for several different awards.
Amongst the lot of all startups that participated in the event, most belonged to the field of information technology. This is a good sign for the emerging market of Pakistan which lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to consumer products that assist people using technology and digital information.
Award Winners of the Startup Expo 2015
All 100 startups presented their products to thousands of visitors and participants. The exhibition was open to all judges and visitors throughout the day. Amongst all the 100 startups competing for the awards, 9 were chosen to receive awards in different categories.
The judges spent two hours to announce the 9 award winners where each award was presented by a different person. All award presenters were experienced entrepreneurs and gave knowledgeable speeches prior to announcing each award. The list of award winners is given below:
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Travly: It is an app that provides travelers to plan their journeys accurately while in the comfort of their homes. The app is powered by 404 Solutions, which itself is a tech startup at Plan9. The developers hope to "evolve" their app to become the sole app for all travel requirements.
Social Entrepreneur of the Year
Lettuce Bee Kids: Founded in 2010, the organization aims to help children from the streets to reach their potential. They provide the psychological, social and financial support that is needed to assist deprived children into becoming a healthy part of the society. The organization also aims to bring the society closer together and establish stronger connections between the members of society.
Female Entrepreneur of the Year
H n H Designer: It is a business venture started by Irum Farooq which deals with handmade designer products like Wallets, Handbags and mobile covers.
Technopreneur of the Year
XGear: It is an app that provides the driver with access to mechanical information about their vehicle and assist in making informed decisions to keep it in top condition. The app allows the retrieval of advanced information like fault codes and prognostic data with ease.
Home-based Business of the Year
Toolstobake: It is an online store which has a wide range of baking supplies available at the fingertips of the users. Established in 2012, the store is run by three sisters who began from a kitchen table but now they offer unique baking supplies and baking courses.
Commercial Service Business of the Year
Tourplanner.pk: An online travel portal that assists inbound travelers in Pakistan it provides information. Pricing and booking facilities for hotels. With a slogan "Hassle free travel", the service can help even international travelers and tourists.
Venture Funded Business of the Year
Fori Mazdoori: The service helps the labour connect with potential employers through the use of smartphone and web apps. Not only that, the service can be utilized with SMS based commands. The service is limited in its reach but still quite useful nonetheless.
Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year
ParathaParty: What looks at first like any Islamabad restaurant with a 'dashing' name, is actually quite unique in its approach towards dining. The restaurant serves parathas (if the name didn't give it up), desi chutnees, achar and salads.
Best Social Startup of the Year
Youth Impact: Youth Impact aims to provide development in leadership skills using their Youth Leadership Development programs. It is a group of qualified trainers who also wish to teach wilderness programs to young students.
A Good Start with Potential for Improvements:
In a bleak economy like Pakistan's, all business startups with great potential are of great help. The expo intended to promote and simulate existing and potential startups towards sustainability. Such events and learning platforms help a great deal to all the future entrepreneurs in setting and reaching their targets. But even an event like this had its downsides.
Issue 1: Transparency in selection procedure
First of all, the top 100 startups were selected based on an unknown criteria and the inclusion of several years old established businesses made the selection all the more questionable.
The event managers did not even mention the number of startups that were nominated for the top 100 and what the application procedure was.
While many promising startups were not in the list, others never knew about the awards and were left with no options but to wait for next year for the participation, or even the nomination.
The trend continued and the awards were given out without providing probable motivation for the selection of winners.
Issue 2: Not enough investors and businessmen
Secondly, the event's true potential could have been achieved had the target audience been investors and leading businessmen from the corporate sector. It could have assisted the 'proper' startups in getting the funds they require to implement their plans to the best of their abilities.
Transparency and targeting the proper audience could have made the event much more valuable for future entrepreneurs.
Given that it was the first one, we hope that the event managers can mend their mistakes and keep up this initiative to help startups from Pakistan.
Source: Startupexpo, Startup.org
May 10, 2015
5/10/2015
Best Mother's Day quotes 2015
Today is Mother's Day and We are express our love to our Mothers by Giving Gift, Cutting Cakes, Telling Quotes.
Today i'll Share Some Best Quotes About Mother.
Hope my Users Liked it.
- "All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." ― Abraham Lincoln
- “When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.” ― Erma Bombeck
- “Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” — Oprah Winfrey
- "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers." ― Ruyard Kipling
- "A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary." ― Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- “If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam.” — Henry Bickersteth
- “It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.” — Roald Dahl
- “You sacrificed for us. You the real MVP.” — Kevin Durant
- “A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.” ― Amy Tan
- "The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." ― Honore de Balzac
- "Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at de sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground." ― Zora Neale Hurston
- “There is nothing as sincere as a mother's kiss.” ― Saleem Sharma
- "Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother's love is not." ― James Joyce
- “Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.” ― Marguerite Duras
- “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” ― Washington Irving
- “The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” — Jodi Picoult
- “A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.” — Peter De Vries
- "To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” — Maya Angelou
- “I tell my kids, ‘I am thinking about you every other minute of my day.’” — Michelle Obama
- “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.” — Oscar Wilde
May 8, 2015
5/08/2015
Buy a gift for your Mother on this Mother's day 2015
Celebrating Mother's Day may seem simple enough—mimosas, brunch; the usual—but landing mom that perfect personalized gift? That's no simple task.
For some moms, it just doesn't count as Mother's Day unless there are ample amounts of chocolate present. And can you really celebrate mom's special day without a big blooming bouquet? Still, there are endless gift options to choose from—stylish aprons, darling matching sweater sets or even something sparkly wrapped up in a blue Tiffany & Co. box.
MOTHER'S DAY: HISTORY:
Celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, but the clearest modern precedent for Mother's Day is the early Christian festival known as "Mothering Sunday." Once a major tradition in the United Kingdom and parts of Europe, this celebration fell on the fourth Sunday in Lent and was originally seen as a time when the faithful would return to their "mother church"—the main church in the vicinity of their home—for a special service.
MOTHER'S DAY: EARLY:
The roots of the modern American Mother's Day date back to the 19th century. In the years before the Civil War (1861-65)
Another precursor to Mother's Day came from the abolitionist and suffragette Julia Ward Howe. In 1870 Howe wrote the "Mother's Day Proclamation," a call to action that asked mothers to unite in promoting world peace.
MOTHER'S DAY: FOUNDING:
The official Mother's Day holiday arose in the 1900s as a result of the efforts of Anna Jarvis, daughter of Ann Reeves Jarvis. Following her mother's 1905 death, Anna Jarvis conceived of Mother's Day as a way of honoring the sacrifices mothers made for their children.
MOTHER'S DAY: CELEBRATIONS:
While versions of Mother's Day are celebrated throughout the world, traditions vary depending on the country. In Thailand, for example, Mother's Day is always celebrated in August on the birthday of the current queen, Sirikit. Another alternate observance of Mother's Day can be found in Ethiopia, where families gather each fall to sing songs and eat a large feast as part of Antrosht, a multi-day celebration honoring motherhood.
In the United States, Mother's Day continues to be celebrated by presenting mothers and other women with gifts and flowers, and it has become one of the biggest holidays for consumer spending. Families might also celebrate by giving mothers a day off from activities like cooking or other household chores.
April 29, 2015
4/29/2015
Deadline for SIM Re-Verification Extended Again till May 15th, 2015
Ministry of Interior has decided to extend the deadline for SIM re-verification till May 15th, 2015, we have checked with sources.
This was decided during a high-level meeting, chaired by Ch. Nisar Ali Khan, Minister Interior.
A Pakistan Telecommunication Authority spokesperson confirmed ProPakistani that deadline for re-verification of SIMs was extended till May 15th, 2015.
PTA said that a white-list of around 11 million SIMs is made for which the deadline of re-verification is extended. Regulator said this list is mostly comprised of one SIM per CNIC.
Interestingly, there were 11 million SIMs that were left for verification on April 12th, 2015.
PTA said that these numbers will be blocked after the new deadline.
Not to mention, PTA and Interior Ministry had repeatedly maintained that all un-verified SIMs were blocked on April 14th, 2015; the old deadline.
It is just not possible to comprehend that how come a deadline is extended, especially when numbers were already blocked.
April 28, 2015
4/28/2015
Ufone Wins PAS Award 2015
Ufone has once again proven its creative superiority over the others in the industry by bagging the prestigious PAS award in the telecom service providers category for its ingenious 'Saaf Awaz' ad having 'Naram Sa Tau Hai' as punch line.
It is pertinent to mention here that all three final nominations in this category belonged to Ufone, which had been shortlisted out of 18 entries made by all the 5 telecom operators.
Mr. Asher Yaqub Khan (2nd from right), CCO, Ufone, along with his team after receiving the PAS award from Mr. M Malick (3rd from right) for best advertisement in the telecommunication service provider category at PAS awards 2015
Regarding this achievement, Asher Yaqub Khan – Chief Commercial Officer, Ufone said,
"We have created history by competing against ourselves after the final nominations stage, clearly making us winners in any case.
It's a great achievement on part of the whole team. Moreover, it speaks volumes of complete Ufone experience of which advertising is only a part.
It also demonstrates how we keep challenging ourselves to keep going bigger and better."
The ad showcased Ufone's network quality and crystal-clear voice services in a humorous manner; the sheer appeal of which set a new precedent for humor in the industry that has not been matched since.
Using excellent word play with the words 'gadda' and 'gadha', the commercial defines the important role voice quality plays in effective communication.
The tagline 'Naramsa tau hai' gained massive popularity among the public and became an instant viral on social media from Ufone's Facebook and Twitter pages.
It merits mentioning here that Zong had sponsored PAS awards 2015.
April 11, 2015
4/11/2015
RCCI ICT Awards 2015 Honor Top Companies in 13 Categories
Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Ismail Shah has said that government is working on introducing mobile banking and e-government applications in the country, which would have positive impact on the overall economy, besides providing improved telecom services to consumers.
Speaking as chief guest at the first RCCI-Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Awards 2015 distribution ceremony organised by Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) here on Wednesday, he said that after the auction of next generation (3G/4G) in the country enormous improvement had been observed in telecom services. Telecom tele-density reached to about 80 percent, he added.
Chairman RCCI standing committee on ICT Raja Omer Iqbal said that Rawalpindi and Islamabad was the hub of ICT industry and that's why RCCI took this initiative to promote the industry.
Ismail Shah said that it was the first ever effort by any Chamber to organise such event and Rawalpindi Chamber must be admired for this tremendous endeavor. He said that private sector should come forward for the promotion of ICT industry as there are huge investment opportunities for both local and foreign investors. He was of the view that ICT is the biggest industry of the future and it is need of the hour to create awareness among masses about the benefits of the industry.
In the awards ceremony 13 awards in different categories were given after the recommendation of a group of independent panelists.
- Wi-Tribe won Internet Service Provider of the year Award
- NADRA received excellence in E-Governance
- CMPAK (Zong), got Excellence in Telecommunication
- Webiz Media get Best Infotainment Award
- Excellence in ICT Education given to LearnOBots
- Excellence in E-Health was received by CureMD HealthCare
- Excellence in Software Export was given to NetSol Technologies
- Domestic Revenue Award was received by InfoTech
- RCCI technology Innovation Award was presented to TechArete
- RCCI ICT Company of the Year Award goes to TeReSol
- Top BPO Company Award was won by M/s TRG
- Regional Recognition Award went to CleanTouch Software Corp
- ICT Implementation Award went to Auto Soft Dynamics
- Media award was given to Aaj and Business Recorder.
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