Month: June 2015

Gulabo Eid Collection 2015 now available nationwide

Gulabo, the clothing and accessories retail brand by Maheen Khan, today launched the Gulabo Eid Collection in 9 festive designs across Pakistan.

The Gulabo Eid Collection features two distinct lines keeping in mind the woman and the girl who loves to make a statement.‘Desi beauty’, an ode to the kurta, the shalwar and the pajama,and ‘Lace’ a trendy collection of current silhouettes that works for all ages.

Keeping the summer heat in mind, the collection mainly comprises cotton and cotton/silk blends.

Defining her brand philosophy, Maheen Khan said,  “At Gulabo, we adapt to our customer’s needs, but maintain a cosmopolitan, and contemporary touch.”

The new collection is now available from the brand’s flagship store at Dolmen Mall Clifton, Karachi and from the Gulabo e-store www.gulabo.pk across Pakistan.

Photoshoot credits: 

Model:  Areeba Habib [@imareebahabib]

Hair & Makeup:  Sabs Salon & Spa [@sabsthesalon]

Photographer:  Nadir Toosy [@nadirtoosy]

Location:  Fujiyama, Avari Towers, Karachi & Maheen Khan’s residence.

For more information, visit:

https://www.facebook.com/gulabopk

https://twitter.com/gulabopk

https://instagram.com/gulabopk

 

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TPL Trakker collaborates with PTCL

TPL Trakker has collaborated with Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest ICT services provider in Pakistan, for their recently launched Pakistan’s first 4G LTE tablet ‘CharJi EVO Tab’ by providing customers Sygic maps and Trakker NAV as a compulsory built in application on the device.

With over 20,000,000 downloads worldwide, Sygic is the most popular offline GPS navigation application. High quality TPL Trakker maps are stored on the phone or tablet, and can be accessed without any internet connection, together with a robust set of navigation features.

The user-friendly Sygic maps and Trakker NAV will assist ‘CharJi EVO Tab’ users in finding out addresses and interesting locations and also provide turn-by-turn voice guided navigation all across Pakistan, 3D Cities & landscape for easy orientation, Road Incident Sharing with other drivers, SOS/help to find assistance nearby and customizable spoken warnings and navigation screen for the user.

Charji Tab Back Side

Charji Tab Back Side

Mr. Ali Kirmani, COO TPL Trakker, said, “TPL Trakker is consistently striving to build public and private sector partnerships, opening up a new world of opportunities, value and convenience that enrich the lives of people across Pakistan – this collaboration with PTCL for their recently launched CharJi EVO Tablet is just another way of extending the same core idea.”

The sleek and powerful Dual-SIM CharJi EVO Tablet offers great value for money by providing fast LTE speed upto 36 Mbps and also enables customers to enjoy voice connectivity through any GSM SIM just like a mobile phone, with pre-installed Sygic maps and Trakker NAV.

Acclaimed designer Sanam Chaudhri launches Eid Collection

[Karachi: 26 June, 2015]: After the critical and commercial success of her collection Zingara, showcased at Telenor Fashion Pakistan Week Spring-Summer 2015, the acclaimed designer and Chairperson of the Fashion Pakistan Council, SanamChaudhri, is set to launch the Zingara Eid Capsule Collection.

 

Speaking about the label’s Eid collection, Sanam Chaudhri said, “After the success of Zingara at TFPW2015, we decided to launch a capsule extension of the same collection for Eid. It is important to create a collection of fashionable Eid-wear, which is comfortable in the heat and chic for the festive occasion. With the Zingara Eid Capsule collection, we have used a soulful palette of pinks, beiges, sky blue and white offering the right mix of practicality and elegance.”

The Zingara Eid Capsule collection has been designed in cotton voil, chikan, pure silk and net. Charming floral motifs decorate chikan and cutwork templates accompanied by Sanam Chaudhri’s signature embroidery. The collection includes layered asymmetrical tunics and blouses with both wide-leg and cigarette pants. From tunics to cropped tops, each ensemble is a separate statement of dare and delight.

Sanam Chaudhri’s Zingara Eid Capsule collection will be available at Ensemble Dubai from June 25thand Ensemble Karachi on July 4th– as well as Labels, L’atelier and Fashion Pakistan Lounge in Karachi and Lahore.

Image credits:

Models: Sabeen Butt & Areeba Habib

Photographer: Nadir Toosy

Hair & Makeup: NPRO

Jewellery: Shehrezad

For more information, visit:

https://www.facebook.com/SANAMC7

https://twitter.com/sanam_c

https://instagram.com/sanamchaudhri/

The unforgettable Ramadan of 2015

I am born and raised in Karachi but I haven’t seen anything like this before in my city. Before Ramadan there was a massive shortage of water supply in different parts of Karachi followed by massive power failures by KElectric. KE blamed the Sui Southern Gas Company for the problem saying that the latter was not supplying gas to its units with the pressure required and also had not paid its arrears. The power utility also said the unusual hot weather in the city had significantly increased the power demand, causing its feeders to trip.

Ramadan started on 19th June and still people of Karachi are suffering from shortage of water supply and unscheduled load shedding by KElectric. On 21st June (Saturday) temperature hits a high of a scorching 44.8 degrees Celsius, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 degrees Celsius in June 1979. Many people died due to Heat Strokes. Provincial government had imposed a state of emergency at all hospitals, cancelled leave for doctors and other medical staff, and increased stocks of medical supplies.

Till now more than 700 people have died due to heat strokes. Edhi Morgue had been packed to capacity with heatwave deaths and other casualties. Rest of them had been buried in the cemetery cos of shortage of space.

Here are some tips to prevent heat stroke:

How to prevent heat stroke

How to prevent heat stroke

All govt. hospitals are filled with heat stroke patients. Few days ago I’ve visited Jinnah Hospital and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. At JPMC they were treating patients in the waiting area, on the floor and beds stretchers. Both hospitals had shortage of staff. Recently Army has taken over JPMC and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and lots of Medical students are volunteering at these hospitals too. As there isn’t much space left in govt. hospitals for patients, Army and Rangers has setup medical camp in the city to facilitate them.

Alhamdulillah! Now situation is under control at JPMC, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Civil Hospital. Lots of people have donated different medical supplies to these hospitals. And still lots of NGOs and people are donating with the coordination of the medical staff at these hospitals. Its really good to see people came together and donate generously.

If you want to donate anything, you can contact here:

 

May Allah ease rest of the Ramadan for all of us, Ameen!

New York Coffee Set to Launch a Student Discount Card in Karachi

New York Coffee, an American-style café with outlets in Bahrain & Pakistan, will be launching their much awaited discount card for students, New Yorker Student, to coincide with the upcoming school and summer holidays across Karachi.

The newly-launched New Yorker Student Card of New York Coffee will offer amazing privileges to a cardholder including 10% discount on all dine in and take away at New York Coffee restaurant, as well as exclusive offers and deals that will be applicable for cardholders throughout the year.

Discount Card

Discount Card

Mr. M. Imran Agha, CEO New York Coffee in Pakistan and Bahrain, said “We have launched the New Yorker Student, keeping in mind our growing numbers of young diners or college students. The New Yorker Student Card is our new marketing campaign that aims to caters to the students who love to dine out, but due to limit budgets are often constrained from doing so.”

Mr. Agha continues, “Moreover, we will offer an extra privilege of keeping the New Yorker Student Card absolutely free till July 31, 2015, with no enrollment or sign up costs.”

To enroll, interested applicants can simply apply for the New Yorker Student Card at the New York Coffee outlet on Zamzama Karachi or by filling out the enrollment form on the New York Coffee Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/NYCoffeepk

For more information & updates, visit:

Facebook: Facebook/NYCoffeepk

Instagram: @NewYorkCoffeepk

Twitter: @nycoffee_pk

#MoorMeetsPress The launch of Moor

I was invited to the launch event of the Moor. It is written and directed by Jami and produced by Nadeem Mandviwalla. At the event there was lots of media personals and bloggers were present.

Bloggers at the event

Bloggers at the event

Jami at the launch of Moor

Jami at the launch of Moor

I’ve seen the first teaser of Moor back in 2013 at the Atrium Cinemas and I was blown away by the stunning direction by Jami.

Moor Film – Teaser from azadfilm co on Vimeo.

At the beginning Jami explains his movie. He told us that the movie is about the railway system of Balochistan, especially the closure of Zhob valley railways and how it effects people of Pakistan and it is based on a true story, Moor is a tale filled with emotions bound to strike a chord with every cinema goer at some level. The plot of the movie speaks of corruption in a manner to provoke the masses to take individualistic measures to combat the social evils prevalent in our society. Then Hameed Sheikh, Abdul Qadir, Shabbir Rana and Samiya Mumtaz shared their experiences about the movie. I love how Hameed Sheikh explains Moor…

After that there was a Q&A session with the press. There was a question “Why there isn’t any entertainment in the movie, like some item number ?” And Nadeem Mandviwalla replied

Another question was for Samiya “What is the difference between your role in ‘Dukhtar’ & ‘Moor’ cos they both look same?” And she replied

Then there was a question about the music of the movie and Nadeem Mandviwalla replied

And in the end Nadeem Mandviwalla told us about his favorite dialogue from the Moor which explains everything about the movie.

Moor is all set to release on 14th August 2015 while music will release after Ramadan and I just can’t wait to see the spectacular beauty of Balochistan shot by Jami. More details about the movie can be found at www.moorthefilm.com

All the pictures were clicked by me and the rest of the pictures can be found here

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‘MOOR’ the latest venture by Azadfilm Company & Mandviwalla Entertainment set to unveil this August

Based on a true story, Moor has proved to set a benchmark for meaningful cinema in Pakistan

Azadfilm Company & Mandviwalla Entertainment are all set to release their latest production ‘Moor’ this August. Renowned Director Jami announced its release at a press conference held at a local hotel. The movie is set to breathe life into the booming film industry of Pakistan through a compilation of picturesque beauty of Baluchistan, a compelling musical score arranged by Strings backed by captivating lyrics penned by Anwar Maqsood.

Jami expressed his enthusiasm for the movie by saying “Based on a true story, Moor is a tale filled with emotions bound to strike a chord with every cinema goer at some level. The plot of the movie speaks of corruption in a manner to provoke the masses to take individualistic measures to combat the social evils prevalent in our society.” Jami has a keen interest in projects which are of social consequence and is cementing his ideology through this movie on a grander scale.

Nadeem Mandviwalla at the occasion commented “Moor will prove to be a milestone in the history of meaningful cinema. The trend of Pakistani cinema is evolving for the better and so is the audience, henceforth compelling everyone in the movie business to produce better work that can steer the audience back towards cinemas.”

The producer of the film also announced the launch of the website which can be visited at: www.moorthefilm.com

The website will give its audience a feel of the movie and what they are to expect in the cinema.

The cast of the movie includes seasoned actors of the Pakistani performing arts fraternity such as Hameed Sheikh, Samiya Mumtaz, Shaz Khan, Abdul Qadir, Soniya Hussain, Ayaz Samoo and Eshita Mehboob. Significant contributions in terms of music and vocals for Moor have been created by artists like Javed Bashir, Strings and Meesha Shafi.

The cinematography of Moor is bound to set it apart and captivate its audience. The film has a deep social message that is explained through an intricate story line which depicts a profound construction of ‘what you reap is what you sow’ philosophy. The fans are advised to go through the social media channels to get more insights and additional content.