Showing posts with label Events and Happenings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Events and Happenings. Show all posts

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

PSO Smart Card Launch Ceremony at DHA Golf Club Karachi

DHA Golf Club Karachi
Relatively calm, placid and peaceful Saturday evening in Karachi and a long drive to the DHA Golf Club. Looking around, sniffing and detecting the smell of perfumes and food my eyes wondering continuously for the event location.

As an early bird i was early before the time. "The advantage of going in time on a occasion or even few minutes early is, it gives you plenty of time to look around and see the things before and while in completion. Besides, your host will appreciate your time punctuality and you will gain a good ground.Another advantage is, an average human brain tends to take time to adapt to new atmosphere. His mind searches for quick information, i.e. type of people, entrance, type of function, atmosphere of the function etc, and all such data can not be obtained unless you have plenty of time to look around and observe things. And when you reach on time you have equipped yourself with all the the tools to go inside with tail up".


As Dr.Bruce Perry describes 
"All learning is brain-based and Learning requires attention". 

I looked around the magnificent arched and semi erected red carpet area, took a 360 round of the vicinity ( particularly the emergency exits )and my sense told me it was going to be a big launch ceremony. 


"The good thing about corporate functions is you don't expect much delays in the ceremonies as most of the CEOz are well trained or raised under the strict rule of time management and time utilization. And as expected, at sharp 7:45 the CEO and MD PSO Mr. Naeem Yahya arrived and the function started officially. 




 CEO and MD PSO Mr. Naeem Yahya


Pictures clicked, greetings, briefing formalities, group photos, welcome drinks services and a good half an hour passed by.









Then the 'Gate to the City Walls' as the historians used to call in their manuscripts about a conqueror king who would return victorious from a long tiring expeditions, Convention Hall doors were opened and a sea of crowd entered peacefully. 
Ahmed Butt and Ayesha Omer
Energetic Ahmed Butt and Gorgeous looking Ayesha Omer hosted the show with an electrically charged energy and soon the hall echoed with the applauds and laughters.

GM PSO Arif Naeem made the introductory speech and started with Bismillah and Salam greetings and brightened the path of PSO Smart Card Short History.
He threw light on the decade long endeavors and struggles of PSO Smart card. One interesting thing he mentioned rather proudly. GM Arif shared his conversation with another business man, who would ask him 'how many recovery men PSO had'? .... and GM said i told him that, we had none, our 27 ( only )Marketing Soldiers would do all the recovery job and amazingly we never had any recovery failure problem".

CEO and MD PSO Mr. Naeem Yahya :

CEO and MD PSO Mr. Naeem Yahya

"One year back i joined this team, and when i came, i had a meeting with my most energetic men in the company and delivered an emotional and motivated speech, i put before my tam a simple plan that it was a matter of just 6 years". :
1st 2 years : We will be number one company
2nd @ years : We will be the 1st trillion making company in Pakistan.
and in 6 years we will be the invincible force.
So it was as simple as :
Two Years... Smart
Next two  ...Smater
two yeas. .... Smartest

3rd and Final Speaker of the night was  Mr Rustam who also highlighted the salient feature of the card and the struggling period of the company. He shared an encouraging and informative data to the world, that 19 years ago PSO assets worth only 2 billion, and today the company assets had the outstanding worth of 45 billion.



How this card is smarter than last one ?

Salient Features of PSO Smart CARD
Chip Based
Hassle free transactions
Used globally
Smart looking in appearance
Secrecy of using it
Customer card Data intact
Latest technology
Meeting the international standards
Can be used Globally
Customers can Tract their fuel transactions

Further improvements :


SMS Service activation
Audio transaction details

PSO Black Award to leading customers :

1st Award goes Irfan Sadiquee of Meezan Bank Behalf Mr. Ali Qureshi
2nd Mr.mubashir
3rd Mr.Nouman Ansari,
4.Mr.Attique Ali
5.Mr.Hussain Raza
6.Mr.Nouman Aziz
7.Mr.Abdullah Azeem
8.Mr.Farhan Khalid
9.Mr.Aslam
10.Mr.Arshad Hayat
11.Mr. Khalid from Tekenor
12.Mr.Faisal Niazi
13.Mr.Ahmad Iqbal
14.Mr.Kashif Qureshi
15.Mr.Muhammad Shakeel
16.Mr.Tazoon


Indeed PSO has achieved a technological milestone by introducing chip-based Smart Cards. These fuel cards are the first of their kind to be launched by any OMC in pakistan. 

PSO “Your World Just Got Smarter!”

Well, no doubt the function was a corpratenaturte but still thee wre plenty of the itmes to indulge the audience. Besides Ayesha and Ahmad Butt, greesy and crispy jokes there were few other showd too that caught the people's attention. String Band, LED Dance Performance, Laser Man and Beam Man 2.
The Dinner doubtlessly was delicious and the event manged by Catalyst was outstanding.

LED Dance Performance by ActOne





Laser Man Performance
Frieha Altaf with ever fresh Zeba 

Emmad Butt
Ayesha Omer





              










            


Friday, 3 May 2013

AIFD Stitch and Craft Designers Exhibition 2013

AIFD Stitch and Craft Exhibition 2013

The Asian Institute of Fashion Design’s exhibition was held at Grandeur this year. The aim was to garner all the emerging designers at one platform and to showcase their ravishing collection.

The AIFD Stitch and Craft is basically the brain-child of the Asian Institute of Fashion Design, to facilitate and encourage expressions of creativity and innovation by its students. The exhibition will be held at a well-known fashion retail outlet in Karachi.
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
Sanober Ahsan, the CEO of AIFD said” This will be an extremely exciting moment for me to witness the students being able to actually sell their work through this platform. I am particularly elated because the students will be getting a first-hand experience of interacting with end-users and getting a feel of being graduated into designers.”

“I’m overwhelmed by excessive zeal my students are displaying when it comes to showcasing their talent. I’m anticipating seeing beautiful pieces designed with new cut lines and trimming, bearing in mind today’s trends. Fabrics are chosen for summers and the colors are from the global trends transfused into innovative ideas” said Nida Khurram, Head of Department Fashion.

“Stitch & Craft is a great opportunity for young and upcoming designers to display their work. It provides them a perfect opportunity for upstarts to get a breakthrough in the world of fashion retail” said Faisal K. Qureshi, Director AIFD.
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
The AIFD Stitch & Craft Exhibition is the latest phase of displaying students' mastery and craftsmanship which parallels all types of commercial and personal garment requirements. This exhibition is a project-oriented approach held with a notion that AIFD has always responded to professional needs and caters to all distinguished clients around the globe.

AIFD Stitch & Craft is ready to embark on yet another journey of fantastic designs and prints amongst ready-to-wear garments. Offered at fabulous prices, consumers can now experience the unparalleled expertise of students in the fashion world.

The last AIFD Stitch and Craft Exhibition, held in 2011, was a tremendous success. “As always, AIFD Stitch & Craft has helped us strengthen our bond with existing customers and friends, as well as provide us with the platform to introduce ourselves to the fashion world” said Sumaira Hanif (Designer).

AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013

AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013

AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013 
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013
AIFD Stitch and Craft  Designers Exhibition 2013


PARTICIPANTS OF AIFD STITCH & CRAFT EXHIBITION:
HIRA IRFAN / ZAHRA ZAINUDDIN
MEHAK AFROZ . UMER FAROOQ . HIBAH RAZA
ALIZEH DEHDASHTY / KARISHMA TALREJA
ATIYA MUJEEB / FAIZA SHAKOOR
SARA RASHID / SAMIA AZAM . FATIMA TAHIR
SHENILA ALI SIBTAIN . FATEMA MADRAS
SHAHMEEN SHIRAZ / ANIQAH SABIR
SABRINA IQBAL . RONAK GUL . MAHAM ZAFAR
SARA ABDULLAH / ZAHRA ZAFAR / SAIRA KHAN
ANUM RAJA . AYESHA ANEES . MUHAMMAD ADIL
AMNA ARSHAD VOHRA / HAANI SHARIQUE
MEHREEN BASHRAT / ARVA MALIK / SAMRA JAWED
SAIMA SHAMIM . STAMPEDE . QURAT UL AIN

The event was attended by crème de la crème of fashion comprising of top notch designers, celebrities, socialites and fashionistas including Junaid Khan, Zeba Bakhtiar, Zhalyay Sarhadi and more.

The PR of the event was handled by Catalyst PR& Marketing.