KARACHI: The Sindhi Culture Day this year was celebrated with the usual warmth but with a wider spread of its reach and impact. Readers will recall that the celebrations of the day was instituted seven years back to project Sindh’s unique Culture drenched in ancient heritage and Sufi influence. A large number of men, women and children wearing Sindhi Ajrak and Topi, expressing pride at their being Sindhis, assembled outside the Karachi Press Club. Seminars, debates, literary sittings, folk music programmes, drama and other theatric performances, tableaux were organized by political parties and social organizations. The Sindh Department of Culture,…
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KARACHI: The Consul General of Japan in Karachi, His Excellency Toshikazu Isomura, hosted a clinquant grand dinner reception to celebrate the birthday of His Majesty Emperor Akihito, who will be 84 years on December 23, 2017. [huge_it_slider id=”144″] A vibrant event was hosted at Pearl Continental Hotel; the Consul General of many countries and a large cross section of the city’s elite, including industrialists, businessmen, lawyers, politicians and professionals had responded to his invitation, making the event highly impressive. Speaker Balochistan Assembly Ms. Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani and Sindh Minister for Local Government Jam Khan Shoro also attended the function.…
15 airlines from the Middle East & North Africa have entered into a 10-year framework agreement with Amadeus for distribution services, negotiated and led by the Arab Air Carriers Association (AACO). The airlines participating in the framework agreement to date carried 110 million passengers in 2016, meaning that these airlines will serve over 1 billion passengers during the 10 year duration of the agreement. The contract follows a previous 10yearagreement with 13 AACO airlines, signed in 2008. For the participating AACO airlines, the partnership will drive economies of scale, technological efficiencies and support the airlines’ vision for distribution in the…
KARACHI: PIA is offering 20% discount on one way and round trip to the holy city of Najaf from Pakistan. CEO PIA Musharraf Rasool Cyan, sharing his views at a meeting held at PIA head office, said that our aim is to make PIA the first choice of passengers. The Najaf flights are doing quite well and we would like to see more passengers. He instructed the officials concerned to provide best services to the passengers. PIA is presently operating non-stop flights between Karachi and Najaf with convenient connections from other cities of Pakistan. This limited ongoing discount is valid…
KARACHI: For the book lovers of the city and the province, Karachi Int’l Book Fair 2017 was inaugurated by a prestigious ceremony held inside the Expo Centre on Thursday, December 7, however, citizens were queued in huge numbers before official commencement of the fair. According to organisers, the event managed to attract around 1 million individuals on its first day. It is noteworthy to mention here that it was 13th (Thirteenth) of its kind of international book fair held in the metropolis of Pakistan where 330 stalls were installed; while the exhibition is being participated by renowned publishers from Iran,…
MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, has signed an agreement with Thales to equip the airline’s new, incoming 12 Airbus A320Neo and 17 A321Neo aircraft with a cockpit package of Thales avionics solutions including the TopFlight and Flight Management System (FMS). With 70 per cent market share on the Airbus A320Neo and A330Neo families, TopFlight FMS remains the most successful flight management system in the world. Customers appreciate its specific features, notably “what you see is what you fly” technology and temporary flight plan capability. TopFlight FMS provides pilots with highly reliable navigational information, displayed in a simple…
KARACHI: From the 6th to 10th of December 2017, Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi hosted the Balochi Food Festival at Chandni Restaurant. Events like these are of great importance as not only do they give the respective province or country the recognition they deserve but also allow people to learn more about different cultures and promote tourism which should not only be commended but also encouraged. [huge_it_slider id=”143″] The five day event was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani, Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan and Guest of Honor Sardar Shoukat Popalzai, President – Balochistan Economic Forum.…
DUBAI: Emirates’ recently unveiled Boeing 777-300 aircraft, featuring luxury cabins, has already made its first flight. Emirates’ new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft fitted with its game changing fully enclosed private suites in First Class, as well as refreshed Business and Economy Class cabins, has now entered service, to the delight of customers. The new Emirates cabins were unveiled for the first time at the Dubai Airshow last month. It generated international excitement as consumers around the world viewed the first images, videos, and reviews of Emirates’ latest inflight offering. Following its Dubai Airshow debut, Emirates’ first 777-300ER with the new cabin…
Written by: Ch. Faisal Mehmood Our Sindh has a singular majesty, well recognized and well respected throughout the wide world of Culture and Learning. This majesty is owed to its singularity in world history, as housing the most ancient human community practicing advanced civic order, as that of the more frequently mentioned Mesopotamia, but living in and around creations from higher civil engineering. Sindh became the pulpit for the world’s holiest mortals preaching and singing greatness of the Creator Supreme and the values of human dignity, equality, compassion, mutual tolerance, forgiveness and love for all creations– all injunctions of true…
KARACHI: Mian Raza Rabbani, Chairman Senate of Pakistan recently visited Beach Luxury Hotel (Avari International Hotels) to attend a programme of English Literature Society. Seen here in the picture, the Chairman is being warmly welcomed, upon his arrival at the hotel by Mr. Azeem Qureashi, General Manager Beach luxury Hotel (Avari International Hotels).