HBL and Daraz.pk salute the nation with discounts up to 70%

This Independence Day, HBL and Daraz.pk have come together to bring their customers the biggest online shopping event of the year - HBL Independence Day ShopFest on August 13 and 14. The Azadi celebration will offer discounts up to 70%, to celebrate 70 years of independence. Additional discounts will be available to all HBL credit and debit cardholders.

Join HBL and Daraz in the country’s 70^th Independence Day Celebrations, as they continue to restlessly pursue the question: What is next? For it is on the cutting edge of technology and digital culture and the power of connectivity to bring people together- that they find their purpose.

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. AamirKureshi, Head Global Consumer Banking, HBL said, “We are continuously exploring new ways of offering our customers a rewarding card experience and our partnership with Daraz is a step towards promoting e-commerce card usage in Pakistan.”

Daraz is pulling all the stops on what is looking to be a celebration to remember on Independence Day Sale. The usual diet of flash sales, incredible discounts and new launches will be accompanied by yet to be announced surprises.

In the words of Daraz Managing Director Zain Suharwardy, “The HBL Independence Day ShopFest goes out to our fans, spread as they are across the length and breadth of Pakistan. For two days, our customers will be able to enjoy up to 70% discount on the hottest brands across all categories – that’s our Azadi gift to them.”

Starting midnight on the August 13, a celebration of independence awaits. Prepare your wish lists, mark those calendars in green and download the Daraz app while you’re at it! “It’s time to rekindle the flame. A forward-looking, progressive Pakistan is not a place only in name: we’ll see you there,” Team Daraz.

Imperium Hospitality signs Hotel Franchise Agreement with Starwood

Imperium Hospitality has signed a hotel franchise agreement for Sheraton Grand Lahore Hotel with Starwood, the leading hotel company in the world. Starwood the parent company of Sheraton Grand Hotel reflects excellence through an inspiring lifestyle with five star plus hotel.

The CEO of Imperium Hospitality Mr. Qasim Jafri shared his views and commented, “We intend to surpass international benchmarks, not match them. Imperium Hospitality is re-engineering premium hospitality and luxury living landscape of Pakistan. We strongly believe that with our quest for excellence, combined with cutting edge skills in planning, construction, and operations, we will deliver unparalleled architectural design with a stunning hospitality experience.”

Mr. Qasim Jafri - Chief Executive Officer of Imperium Hospitality and Mr. Jerome Briet - Vice President of Development Middle East & Africa, Marriott International signed the agreement. Mr. Ayub Izhar, Mr. Abbas Ali Khan, Mr. Raza Ali Khan, Mr. Sheraz J. Monnoo, and Mr. Afan Aziz from Imperium Hospitality attended the event.

With the recent merger of Starwood hotels and Marriott International in 2016, Sheraton became part of world's largest hotel company.

Consulate showcases Pakistan at MuslimFest-2017 Toronto

To celebrate Pakistan's 70th independence, the Consulate General of Pakistan, Toronto set up a grand Pakistan pavilion at the annual MuslimFest 2017 on 5-6 August 2017 in Celebration Square, office of the Mayor of Mississauga, Bonnie Crombie. Numerous Muslim countries participated in the 2-day festival.

The pavilion showcased models of the landmarks of four provinces of Pakistan including Badshahi Mosque, Mazar-e-Quaid, Ziarat Residency, Khyber Pass and K2. In addition, a tribal Jirga was set up where elders of the community spoke about various aspects of Pakistani society, economic and social development, including the role of minorities.  

Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, Pakistan’s Consul-General in Toronto, said, “My appreciation to the Pakistani community in Toronto who volunteered to set-up the pavilion, provide expertise and also to the large number of people who visited the exhibition; a true progressive image of Pakistan was conveyed comprehensively.”

Visitors joined volunteers who wore traditional costumes and danced to the rhythm of popular folk tunes. An exhibition of colorful Pakistani handicrafts and designer-furniture added value to the display. 

Liberal Minister Raza Moridi, NDP Leader Andrea Howarth, Conservative Leader of opposition in Ontario Patrick Brown as well as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Paul Miller were among 3000 visitors that thronged at the festival. The pavilion also hosted a Qawali night on 6 August. 

The event served to project Pakistan's diverse culture in a wide-ranging manner enabling visitors to see Pakistan from a development, progressive and historical perspective. The community greatly appreciated the Consulate's efforts in organizing the event. 

Islamabad & Rawalpindi customers win astonishing as Samsungs ‘Daily Jumbo Jeet’ concludes

Samsung Pakistan carried out its exciting promotional activity called ‘Daily Jumbo Jeet’ throughout Pakistan, with the objective of rewarding its consumers and retailers with exciting gifts. The most recent ‘Daily Jumbo Jeet’ activity was carried out in Islamabad & Rawalpindi, where customers won prizes like; Yamaha YBR 125 CC bike, Samsung 32” LED TVs, T-285 Tablets and cash vouchers up to Rs. 5000winner.

The customers and distributors all across Pakistan took full advantage of this promotional activity, whereby participating enthusiastically. In order to reward the retailers, Samsung gave a Tablet to every retailer whose customer won a Bike or an LED TV from his shop. A cash voucher of Rs. 5000 was also given to the Promoter deployed by Samsung, at the Shop where the purchase is made.

Head of Samsung Mobile Samsung EC Pakistan – Mr. Umar Ghumman stated: “Samsung has assumed a vibrant role to be a consumer-focused organization that seeks new opportunities to reward its customers, while providing them with the most innovative products to enable a modern lifestyle and powerful connectivity around the globe. With the Daily Jumbo Jeet promotional offer, we want to give our consumers and retailers both a chance to win high-valued prizes.”

‘Enviro’ Electronics offers the best economical Inverter AC’s

Enviro - a leading manufacturer of a diverse range of home appliances, consumer-electronics and power-solutions has recently launched revolutionary DC Inverter Split AC, which puts an end to high electricity bills and the misery caused in summers.

Enviro’s DC Inverter Split AC is the ideal choice for consumers wanting the maximum cooling in the minimum price. This air-conditioner features a Heat & Cool feature, which works in both summers and winters. Being equipped with DC inverter technology, this air-conditioner provides 60% energy savings.

Not only is this air-conditioner designed to go in blend with the rooms’ interior, but it also provides extra fast cooling regardless of the temperature or low voltage. This inverter AC also has an extra-quite mode, which lets the customers experience the best sleep.

Being a part of JW SEZ (formerly Ruba SEZ), Enviro is a progressive global enterprise, with a vision to be acknowledged globally as a trustworthy market-leader with a status for excellence in performance.The ergonomically designed, easy-to-use products are tailor-made to meet the needs of the Pakistani households and suit the environment.

All Enviro products come with a valid warranty that is backed by the promise of prompt after-sales service all over Pakistan. For more Information kindly visit their website: http://www.enviro.com.pk/about.php

The Huawei Y7 Prime is Now Available in Pakistan

Huawei introduces its new Y series smartphone, ushering in the next generation of speedy, stylish devices for those who never stop having fun

Leading smartphone company Huawei today introduces the Huawei Y7 Prime – the newest generation of the beloved Huawei Y series. With all new design features plus long-lasting performance, the Huawei Y7 Prime is built for independent and enthusiastic smartphone users who expect their device to do everything, and then some. From premium industrial design, to a massive 4000 mAh battery with smart power-saving technology, to a wonderful camera that’s always at-the-ready, the Huawei Y7 Prime is a worthy companion to those who lead a non-stop life and need a phone that can keep up.

Exquisite metallic design

The Huawei Y7 Prime is superbly designed to look good and act tough in every situation. Its corners are naturally rounded for in-hand comfort and handsome style, while the metallic body with sandblasted details lends the Huawei Y7 Prime a sturdy, elegant, industrial aesthetic. But the Huawei Y7 Prime isn’t just beautiful to look at – it’s also got the functional design features smartphone users need. Its 5.5” large HD display allows for stunning colors and graphics, and because the glass screen is 2.5D and curved design of machine, it’s more comfortable to hold and adds to the device’s premium exterior. Users can get an immersive gaming, video and photo viewing experiences straight from their smartphone.

Long-lasting performance

The Huawei Y7 Prime was built to be just as energetic as the people who use it. With a massive 4000mAh battery, with Huawei smart power-saving technology enough for whole day -- enabling them to listen to music for hours on-the-go, or get to the next level on their new favourite video game, and still have enough power to get in touch with family and friends all day long. And, because the Huawei Y7 has a powerful Qualcomm Octa-core processor, plus 3G RAM and 32G ROM, everything runs quickly and smoothly.

Sharp photos, in a snap

With the Huawei Y7 Prime, you’ll never miss a fantastic photo opportunity; whether snapping with the 12MP rear camera or the 8MP F2.0 front lens. The Huawei Y7 Prime’s next-generation smartphone camera has Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF), which means it can bring the subject into focus in just 0.3 seconds, so users get sharp photos in a snap. Perfect selfie features like 10-levels Beauty Mode without using other beauty app to fixes the face in selfie; And Panoramic Selfie enable to capture wide range photo while keeping users and their friends front-and-center.

The Huawei Y7 Prime also offers 1.25 μmlarge pixels, which help the camera capture fast-moving scenes and take low-light pictures – so no matter how fast-paced life gets, the Huawei Y7 Prime will be there to capture the memories.

Quick and intuitive operation

Huawei’s signature Emotion User Interface (EMUI) gets an upgrade with the Huawei Y7 Prime; offering users EMUI 5.1 straight out of the box. EMUI 5.1 provides a clean and simple interface, 90% of user frequent actions can be completed in 3 steps, some junk advertisement will be block in notifications. Eye care mode makes it more comfortable for the eyes while reading, playing game.  Faster and easier photo sharing capabilities, a smart calendar combining resources from SMS, emails and Notes. The Huawei Y7 Prime is also equipped with Android 7.0, bringing in brand new features that make the Huawei Y7 Prime even easier, faster and more fun to use.

The HuaweiY7 Prime will retail at PKR 24,999 and will be on sale from today.

HUAWEI Knuckle Taps Easy capture, easy share

Many of Huawei's key smartphone innovationsare not directly visible to the public at large.This is especially true of Huawei’s EMUI userinterface, which boasts many lesser-knownbut incredibly useful features.

One of these is the knuckle tap, and it’sinclusion in the interface is part of Huawei’scommitment to make as many functions aspossible accessible within 3 taps or less. I'dtherefore like to take this opportunity tobriefly review some of the key knuckle tap functions, which provide more ways to workefficiently on your Huawei smartphone.

First of all, if you've ever wanted to quicklyand easily copy an article, long conversation,or any other bit of long-form information,it's very simple with the scrollshot function.Simply use your knuckle to firmly tap onceanywhere on your screen, and without lifting,draw the letter “S”. The page will automaticallyscroll downwards, copying all content untilhalted, which can be accomplished by tappingthe screen, with either your finger or knuckle.After this, a preview of your scrollshot willappear, along with the options to edit, share,or delete.(As the following picture)

It’s also easy to take a standard screenshot. Tobegin, use your knuckle to firmly double-tapanywhere on your screen. After this, a previewof your screenshot will appear, along withthe options to edit, share, or transition to ascrollshot.

For those who are more artistically minded,the option to take a custom screenshot is also available, in any shape you can imagine! Simply use your knuckle to firmly tap the screen, and without lifting, draw any shape you choose. Your custom screenshot will then appear with the options to edit, share, or save. On the edit screen you will also be able to select preset shapes, including a rectangle, circle, and heart.

Additional, you can use two knuckles to firmly double-tap anywhere on your screen, it will start to record any operation on your screen, including your voice and the environment voice, you do the same tap (two knuckles to firmly double-tap) to stop the recording.

Last but not least, EMUI’s knuckle tap allowsyou to easily transition to split screen. Whenan app is open, use your knuckle to firmlytap your screen, and without lifting, draw ahorizontal line from left to right. After this,your open app will shift to the top half of the screen, and in the bottom half you will havethe option to choose another currentlyrunning app for the bottom half.