Tag: Launches

ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Thursday organized the 'walk for a cause' to kick start its spring tree plantation campaign. Starting from Saudi Pak Tower on Jinnah Avenue, and culminating at Faisal Avenue, the walk was led by CDA Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi.
A large number of students, representatives of traders' associations, members of civil society, ICT officials, police, environmentalists and CDA employees joined the walk. The environment wing of the

LAHORE - The Pakistan Anti-Doping Organisation (ADOP) has made dope-tests mandatory during all the national championships to keep sports drugs free.
The directives were issued during a day long seminar on awareness against doping. The PDOP asked the federations to warn all players of stern action if they tested positive.
The seminar took place at a local hotel and officials of all the sports federations affiliated with the Pakistan Sports Board and Pakistan Olympics

LAHORE - Warid Telecom has launched another BlackBerry smartphone Torch 9800 for its valuable customers. This is the eighth Blackberry smartphone introduced by the company. The Torch features all-powerful BlackBerry 6 operating system, a 5 MP camera, along with usual amazing features such as WiFi, GPS, brilliant colour display and a long lasting battery.
Warid BlackBerry services include BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server Plus) for corporate clients and BIS (BlackBerry Internet

Larry King is getting his turn to do the talking. The veteran TV interviewer, who left his "Larry King Live" CNN show after 25 years in December, is launching a series of one man comedy shows in April about his life and work called "Larry King: Standing Up," producers said on Tuesday. King, 77, will give fans "a hilarious and insightful look" at his life both behind and in front of the cameras. The one-night-only shows will cover his life growing up as a street-smart kid in Brooklyn

LAHORE - Kashf Foundation recently released a flood relief strategy report based on three phases: food distribution amongst flood victims, reconstruction of homes and access to sustainable income sources. Kashf Foundation Managing Director Roshaneh Zafar shared key points of the three pronged strategy.
The Foundation plans to provide financial education, along with microfinance for small businesses and livestock to flood victims to enhance income generation that will ensure

CAIRO - Egypt's increasingly isolated regime, once disdainful of the media, has launched a charm offensive in a bid to sap the momentum of massive protests calling for President Hosni Mubarak's overthrow.
Ministers are speaking to the press far more often, their remarks are more conciliatory, and the state-run media has belatedly started to use positive terms to refer to the "Revolution of January 25." The government is "making an enormous effort to communicate," political

PESHAWAR - Reaffirming his government's resolve to ensure the return of peace and an end to militancy and extremism, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti Wednesday said such objectives could be achieved by addressing the economic needs and hardships of the people.
"Amidst threats of terrorism and a plethora of other challenges, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has initiated steps for stimulating economic and development activities," the chief minister remarked

LAHORE - Al-Khair Welfare Society had launched Healthy Child Campaign on January 31, 2011 that aimed at examining health conditions of school going children. This initiative from Al-Khair Welfare Society is a step towards providing good health facilities to the people of Pakistan as on the first day of this campaign, the team has examined 500 children.
A team of four doctors from Al-Khair Free Hospital will also visit 22 schools to examine 22,000 children in the month of February.

BRUSSELS - European leaders have launched a trillion-euro bid to slash dependency on Middle East oil and Russian gas, clearing the way to place nuclear power at the centre of 21st century needs.
At a summit shaken by instability over Egypt's popular revolt and soaring oil prices, the European Union moved to reclaim control over energy supply for the rest of the century with reforms designed to unlock private investment.
The EU is the world's largest regional energy market -

LAHORE - LG Electronics has recently announced launch of new Android smartphone, LG Optimus Black, at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Providing users with a dramatically brighter 4-inch NOVA display in the world's slimmest 9.2 mm mobile device, LG Optimus Black creates a one-of-a-kind user experience.
Available for the first time in the mobile market, LG Optimus Black's NOVA display is designed to be the brightest, clearest and most readable

FAISALABAD - The city traffic police in coordination with Honda Atlas Company started a traffic awareness programme titled 'Roshan Punjab campaign' for motor cyclists. The safety campaign was started to convey a message to motorcyclists that they should not risk their life or the life of others by riding a motorcycle with faulty lights at night.
The campaign sponsored by Honda Atlas offered motorcyclists to bring their motorcycles with faulty lights at the Honda camp at

HYDERABAD - Senior politician and former chief minister and water and power minister Liaqat Ali Jatoi announced the launch of his own political party on Saturday.
"The Awami Ittehad Party is a patriotic party that is against hereditary politics, which is the hallmark of almost all political parties in the country," Jatoi said while addressing a press conference held at a hotel.
Describing the salient features of his party constitution, he said that it would allow the judges

ISLAMABAD - The government on Saturday said an inquiry had been ordered into a scam regarding issuance of visas by foreign missions on basis of recommendations made by the officials in those offices.
Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said in a statement that the Foreign Office had instituted a formal inquiry into allegations regarding the visa scam. He said, "The findings would be shared." Basit, however, called a media report regarding the visa scam "rather sensational" and

KARACHI - IGI Investment Bank has introduced a unique web-based portal, namely "Fund Select Portal", to provide corporate and retail investors with a swift access to investment information. This was stated by IGI Managing Director Syed Javed Hassan, while addressing a press briefing, at a local hotel on Thursday. "It is my privilege and honour to introduce the Fund Select Portal," the CEO said. He claimed that the web portal was just another milestone achieved by the bank, driven by

Lahore - LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled the LG Optimus 2X, the world's first smart phone with a dual-core processor.
Along with more powerful multimedia features, the LG Optimus 2X's high-performance Tegra 2 processor makes for a faster, smoother web browsing and applications and lets users multitask with virtually no screen lag.
"Dual-core technology is the next leap forward in mobile technology so this is no small achievement to be the first to offer a smart phone

ISLAMABAD - Higher Education Commission (HEC), in collaboration with the United States (US) Embassy, has launched a training course for Rawalpindi and Islamabad colleges' English teachers.
HEC Adviser Dr SM Raza was the chief guest in the opening ceremony of the course held on Tuesday.
He said that during the six-week course "Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages" (TESOL), the teachers from the public colleges would be able to improve their pedagogical and

MUZAFFARABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif has criticised the chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain, for supporting a dictatorial regime for 11 years.
During a public rally in Muzaffarabad on Sunday, wherein he formally announced to form the PML-N in Azad Jammu Kashmir, Nawaz slammed Altaf, saying those talking of a revolution should not have supported a dictator for 11 years.
Nawaz asked, "Why were 50 people killed in Karachi when the