Tag: Launches

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde joined the race to head the IMF on Wednesday despite anger in big emerging economies over Europe’s “obsolete” lock...

Prevention Campaign initiated by Traffic Police in Lahore was meeting its objectives as the Traffic Police had registered cases against 72 vehicles violating...

Etihad Airways, national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has launched its latest ‘Complimentary Nights’ promotion, offering free stopovers at selected luxury hotels in...

LAHORE - Borjan COO Zafar Abbas inaugurated two new outlets in Anarkali and WAPDA Town on Wednesday. The opening of these new shops increased Borjan's number of outlets to 61. On this occasion, Borjan organized a sales promotion activity to engage customers.
The activity offers the customers a cash prize on every purchase of the shoes or handbags and will continue till April 30. Borjan Country Manager, Sales and Marketing Naveed shahzad, Development Manager Tahir Yasin, and

BANGALORE - India launched a rocket carrying three satellites into orbit on Wednesday in its latest effort to gain a share of the global commercial space market. The main satellite in the launch from the Sriharikota space centre in Andhra Pradesh was the remote-sensing Resourcesat-2, which will study the effect of human life on the Earth's natural resources.
The rocket also carried an Indo-Russian satellite for stellar and atmospheric studies and an imaging orbiter built by the

BANGALORE - India launched a rocket carrying three satellites into orbit on Wednesday in its latest effort to gain a share of the global commercial space market.
The main satellite in the launch from the Sriharikota space centre in Andhra Pradesh was the remote-sensing Resourcesat-2, which will study the effect of human life on the Earth's natural resources.
The rocket also carried an Indo-Russian satellite for stellar and atmospheric studies and an imaging orbiter built by

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has launched an internal inquiry against one of its National Assembly members Anjum Aqeel Khan for allegations of corruption in the real estate business in the capital.
"Though Anjum Aqeel Khan has settled the National Police Foundation (NPF) scam by paying back Rs 5.8 billion in cash or kind following negotiations with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the party is conducting a thorough inquiry into the matter to learn

LAHORE - After the overwhelming response to Sprite Cricket Next in 2010, Sprite has now launched Sprite Cricket Next 2011. Spread across 13 cities, the technology driven campaign aims to unearth hidden talent and pick the best "gulli" (street) cricketers Pakistan has to offer.
Street cricketers from across Pakistan will get a chance to prove their mettle and demonstrate their abilities. This is an opportunity for street cricketers to gauge their batting ability through wagon

LAHORE - The Depilex in collaboration with Masarrat Misbah is proud to announce the Anees Fatimah Award. The award is named after Masarrat Misbah's mother, in which Depilex is giving away a yearlong scholarship to a deserving female candidate at the prestigious Depilex Institute. The scholarship is an opportunity to learn at one of the largest institutes in Pakistan by internationally qualified staff.
The Depilex is the only beauty institute in Pakistan affiliated with the

LAHORE - Zong, the fastest growing network of Pakistan, has come up with a new concept in customer service excellence, through the launch of a series of retail shops across the country that offer customers an enhanced level of convenience. The exclusive Zong branded retail shops, named 'Top Shop', have been developed
to address the growing business trends of channel specialisation at Zong, which would further develop and strengthen its channel penetration. In addition to routine

KARACHI - Sprite has created a unique youth engagement platform by the name of 'University of Freshology'.
The platform recognises problems of the Pakistani youth, and provides witty solutions to those problems as well as promotes 'Fresh Thinking' in the students.
Through a nationwide activity promotion, the University of Freshology would collect 'maslas' (problems) of every nature through SMS and e-mail, and discuss the short-listed issues through workshops.
Sprite has

KARACHI - Standard Chartered has launched a new enhanced priority banking offering for Pakistan's increasingly sophisticated and discerning banking customers.
The new service for customers, with high investment assets, combines highly customised financial solutions covering banking, borrowing, protection and investments, with exclusive new products such as the Visa Platinum Debit and Credit Cards. It also includes a range of international banking services and exclusive lifestyle

WASHINGTON - Facebook on Tuesday launched a media resource page to help journalists use the social network as a reporting tool and better connect with their audience.
The "Journalists on Facebook" page is intended to be "an ongoing resource for the growing number of reporters using Facebook to find sources, interact with readers, and advance stories," Justin Osofsky, Facebook's director of media partnerships, said in a blog post.
"The page will provide journalists with best

KARACHI -Central Depository Company of Pakistan (CDC) has implemented eStatement and eAlerts to ensure greater transparency by keeping the investors constantly updated about their investment portfolio in the CDS. The two value-added and free facilities are aimed at ensuring added convenience to CDS Account Holders by keeping them constantly updated about account information via email. While e-Statements have already been launched for investor account holders, eAlerts is an added

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG) has decided to offer the Corporate Governance Leadership Skills director education and certification programme, accessible to out-of-Karachi directors and senior executives through video conferencing.
The first of its kind programme was held for 17 directors and senior executives in Lahore, as well as Karachi on March 30. The four training and interactive modules were conducted by Khawar Ansari of International

NEW YORK - The popular children's television network Nickelodeon is the latest voice to raise awareness of digital bullying. Nick, the most-watched TV network among kids ages 2 to 14, will begin an on-air public service campaign Monday featuring some of its stars offering advice on what young people should do when confronted with hostile texts, emails or Facebook posts.
The advice offered in one ad featuring Ashley Argota of 'True Jackson, VP' and Gage Golightly of 'The Troop':

Wondering what Katy Perry's new music video for "E.T." will look like? Well, fans still might be wondering after they check out the clip Perry shared Monday (March 21), but at least they'll know what this extraterrestrial's spacecraft looks like. She tweeted a teaser to the video, which will feature a cameo from Kanye West, who drops a few bars on the song. Her message on the tweet simply reads: "EXTRATRESSTRIALS ARE COMING."
In the 19-second teaser, an orb-shaped UFO drops from