PESHAWAR: The participants of the 10th annual Vintage Classic Cars Rally 2019 continued its journey towards the Quaid-e-Azam Mausoleum – the last destination in the port city of Karachi – after a colourful function and a grand display of unique and ancient cars at the Peshawar Services Club on Sunday. The rally, jointly organised by the Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP), Classic Land Rover and Heritage Motoring Club of Pakistan, was started from the Pak-Afghan border at Torkham on Saturday. The enthusiasts of vintage classic cars from across the country, including Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Islamabad reached the army cantonment…
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LONDON: Jamie Heywood, who manages Uber’s UK operation, says the firm will appeal. Uber will not be granted a new licence to operate in London after repeated safety failures, Transport for London (TfL) has said. The regulator said the taxi app was not “fit and proper” as a licence holder, despite having made a number of positive changes to its operations. Uber initially lost its licence in 2017 but was granted two extensions, the most recent of which expires on Monday. The firm will appeal and can continue to operate during that process. London is one of Uber’s top five…
RENTON-USA: Boeing recently marked a key milestone as thousands of employees gathered for the debut of the first 737 MAX 10 at the company’s Renton facility in the US state of Washington. During a ceremony, Boeing leaders highlighted the team’s accomplishments and recognized their efforts in completing production of the newest member of the 737 MAX family. “Today is not just about a new airplane. It’s about the people who design, build and support it,” said Mark Jenks, vice president and general manager of the 737 program. “This team’s relentless focus on safety and quality shows the commitment we have…
MULTAN: Ramada is a brand of Wyndham Hotel Group and Ramada by Wyndham Multan has a unique and exceptional hospitality value in Southern Punjab. The Ramada by Wyndham Multan completed the 25 years of excellence being serving to their guest with exceptional services. The Ramada By Wyndham Multan celebrated a Silver Jubilee event with their associates. The event was started with recitation of Holy Quran and Naat e Rasool Maqbool (PBUH). The event was hosted by Mr. Faisal Khakwani (Human Resources Manager). The honorable CEO Mr. Faisal Hameed recalled the early years of Ramada By Wyndham Multan with golden words…
KARACHI: Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi with great zeal and enthusiasm organizes various cultural and literary festivities all year round, providing its guests with pleasant, fun-filled and memorable experiences. The Pearl-Continental Hotel Karachi has planned the Chinese Barbeque Food Festival at the Tai Pan Restaurant from 21st November to 30th November 2019; the festival offers a great variety of Chinese BBQ delicacies. Chinese BBQ Festival offers delicious meats, prepared with a special blend of flavorful Chinese ingredients, slow-smoked to perfection! The menu comprises of a great range of BBQ delicacies including Roasted Crispy Chicken, Roasted Crispy Duck, Assorted Skewers and a…
DUBAI: Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low cost carrier, has signed a firm order for 120 Airbus aircraft comprising 73 A320neos, 27 A321neos and 20 A321XLRs. The agreement was signed at the 2019 Dubai Airshow in the presence of Air Arabia’s chairman Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Thani; Adel Ali, Chief Executive Officer Air Arabia; and Guillaume Faury, Airbus Chief Executive Officer. Al Ali said: “Air Arabia’s fleet growth strategy has always been driven by commercial demand and we are glad to announce today one of the region’s largest single-aisle orders with Airbus to…
KARACHI: Avari Towers, Karachi brought yet another delectable Food Festival. After French Food Festival, Italian Food Festival, Australian Food Festival and German Food Festival this festival featured food from Denmark for the people of Pakistan. The festival took place at Asia Live from 14th to 23rd November, 2019. Food festivals of Avari Towers are the most amazing ones if one want to try food from different cultures and regions. Festival started with an excellent performance by Danish Rock Band “Rocqawali” on 13th November, 2019. The lead Danish guitarist Jonas Stampe came to Pakistan years back to seek his Pakistani roots and became student of…
ISLAMABAD: Honorable President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi says government is committed to promote religious tourism in which Buddhism has niche due to presence of a lot of Buddhist historic sites in Pakistan. He was talking to a Korean delegation led by President of Jogye Order, Wonhaeng in Islamabad on Wednesday, November 20. The President expressed the hope that the visit of Buddhist delegation from South Korea would promote people to people contacts by highlighting the historic, cultural and religious linkages between the two countries. He said Pakistan and Korean cultural and religious linkages go back to the Buddhist Gandhara…
DUBAI: Saudi budget carrier flynas has signed a firm order for 10 Airbus A321XLRs at the 2019 Dubai Airshow. The agreement was signed by Bandar Almohanna, flynas Chief Executive Officer and Christian Scherer, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer. Almohanna said: “Flynas is pleased to announce a firm order of 10 A321XLR, which will increase the total number of its firm order of A320 family aircraft type to 90 aircraft at list price worth $10 billion.” “These 10 XLRs will expand the reach of flynas network to much farther destinations with support of significantly longer flying range compared to the existing A320neo…
ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Tourism Coordination Board Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari has said that Pakistan will host the Developing-8’s 3rd Ministerial Meeting on Tourism Cooperation in 2021, to foster collaboration of D-8 members in tourism sector. He said the decision was taken during the ongoing 2nd Ministerial Meeting on Tourism Cooperation at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where Pakistani delegation, led by Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari. The session was focused on developing a new tourism development agenda for D-8 countries and contemplating over new methods to promote Halal, eco-friendly and sustainable tourism in D-8 countries. The delegates underlined the need for enhanced collaboration…