PESHAWAR: The Kalash people celebrated the Savilakehari event as part of the ongoing Chitirmas festival. [huge_it_slider id=”485″] This event is part and parcel of the Chawmoss or Chitirmas festival to mark the arrival of winter in the Rambur, Bamburet and Birrir valleys. During Savilakehari festival, men, women and children wearing new and colourful clothes and gather at a place and sing love songs for each other. They dance together and praise each other. Young Kalash girls wear boys’ dresses and boys clad themselves in girls’ clothes and dance in chorus. They express their feelings for each other and announce their…
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DOHA: The first Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Gaborone, Botswana, touched down at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. The flight was greeted upon landing by vice president of Botswana, Slumber Tsogwane, and the minister of transport and communications, Thulagano Segokgo. The airline will operate a three-times weekly service to the capital city of Botswana and is the only non-African airline to fly to the country. Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, said: “I am delighted to add Gaborone to our global network of more than 160 destinations. “Qatar Airways is committed to expanding its network in Africa,…
MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, now delivers easy access to millions of accommodation choices – and a new opportunity to earn frequent flyer miles – through its partnership with Booking.com, a world-leading site for reserving hotel rooms and other lodging. To celebrate this new partnership, members of Sindbad, Oman Air’s award-winning frequent flier program, earn triple miles for accommodations made on hotel bookings through Oman Air’s website by Dec. 31, 2019 and completed by March 31, 2020. Sindbad members will subsequently earn 1 mile for every US dollar spent via the co-branded site. Travellers…
LAHORE: Sabre Pakistan recently celebrated Sabre Appreciation & Award Ceremony 2019 in Lahore at a prestigious venue and also to rejoice the relaunch of PIA content on Sabre. Participants included movers and shakers from the travel industry. This was an event to honour our supportive and trustworthy business associates and to appreciate their loyalty towards Sabre. Award shields were distributed as a remembrance and a token of our good will towards them. Also participants got a chance to be part of exciting lucky draws. Here we share with you some moments captured at the event…..
KHARIAN: Sabre Pakistan recently celebrated Sabre Appreciation & Award Ceremony 2019 in Kharian at a prestigious venue and also to rejoice the relaunch of PIA content on Sabre. Participants included movers and shakers from the travel industry. This was an event to honour our supportive and trustworthy business associates and to appreciate their loyalty towards Sabre. Award shields were distributed as a remembrance and a token of our good will towards them. Also participants got a chance to be part of exciting lucky draws. Here we share with you some moments captured at the event…..
FAISALABAD: Sabre Pakistan recently celebrated Sabre Appreciation & Award Ceremony 2019 in Faisalabad at a prestigious venue and also to rejoice the relaunch of PIA content on Sabre. Participants included movers and shakers from the travel industry. This was an event to honour our supportive and trustworthy business associates and to appreciate their loyalty towards Sabre. Award shields were distributed as a remembrance and a token of our good will towards them. Also participants got a chance to be part of exciting lucky draws. Here we share with you some moments captured at the event…..
MUSCAT: Oman Air and Air Italy have entered into a codeshare partnership to offer customers enhanced connectivity between the sultanate of Oman and seven major destinations in Italy. Under the agreement, Air Italy’s “IG” code will be placed on Oman Air’s flights between Milan Malpensa and Muscat. At the same time Oman Air will put its “WY” code on Air Italy flights between Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino, Naples, Cagliari (Sardinia), Palermo and Catania (Sicily), and Lamezia Terme (Calabria). Additionally, as a next step Oman Air’s code will also be added to Air Italy’s Milan-New York and Milan-Miami flights, subject…
KARACHI: To celebrate the victory of our Chefs as Gold Medalists in the Food Champions competition organized by COTHAM on the third day of Pakistan Hospitality Show at the Expo, a cake cutting ceremony was organized by the Management Mr. Rehan Faiz Pirzada, Cluster General Manager, Karachi Marriott Hotel appreciated the talented Chefs and Syed Ali Hussain, Executive Chef Karachi Marriott Hotel for their achievement. The Chefs of Karachi Marriott were exceptional in their talent and expertise and won Gold Medals.in the Category of “Pakistani Modern Cuisine” Chef Burney, Chef Adeel and Chef Mairaj won the gold medals in the…
KARACHI: Jazz and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have signed a MoU to facilitate the employees and passengers of Pakistan’s national carrier. The partnership is another stepping stone towards the extension of Jazz’s digital services to an important segment of the economy. Under this partnership, Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital communications company is seeking to provide the services of an e-ticketing solution for seamless travel, a salary disbursement solution for contractual/daily wage employees, a pension disbursement solution for pensioners and JazzCash Wallets for employees and pensioners. The purpose is to provide ease in the lives of those who work with and travel…
LONDON: Who hasn’t struggled to sleep on an airplane economy seat, forced to improvise a makeshift pillow out of a rolled up sweater or scarf? A new seat design comes with an innovative solution to this inflight issue, using “padded wings” that fold out from behind both sides of the seat back, allowing both for additional privacy and a cushioned spot to rest heads for some shut-eye. This new idea from Universal Movement, a spin-off from London-based design company New Territory, is called “Interspace.” It premiered in London this week as part of the Aircraft Cabin Innovation summit 2019. Interspace…