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 on time on a occasion or even few minutes early is, it gives you plenty of time to look around and see the things in completion. Besides, your host will appreciate your time punctuality and you will gain a good impression. Another advantage is, an average human brain trends 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








EB

Monday, 20 May 2013

Lux Style Awards 2013/Nomination and Categories

LUX Style Awards Logo




Cannes film festival, Candice Glover winning the American Idol Award, world celebrating Richard Wagner's 200 birthday and our part of the world is still observing the polling, repelling, and savoring the ignominious frenzy election strategies. But not for too long, the terror cold days are about to get over and ahead are bringing relatively a peaceful delight for the Pakistani showbiz industry particularly for Karachites. Guess what is that ? Not the frozen Yogurt or igloo frost pumpkin kheer, its the most glamorous, most entertaining and most reward earning Lux Style Awards !!! 

LUX Style Awards announces Nominations in 22 categories
12th Annual LUX Style Awards Nominations list celebrates the best of Pakistan's Music, TV and Fashion

The Awards office of the 12th Annual LUX Style Awards announced nominations in 22 categories in the field of television, music and fashion in Karachi yesterday. The three distinct juries that debated and voted for the TV, Music and Fashion nominations had an intensive and challenging task to narrow down to five nominations per category.          
              
The Film Jury refrained from suggesting any 2012 release for nomination this year.  

The eight TV nominations were divided into satellite and terrestrial for the Best Serial, Best Actor/Actresses categories. The final winner for each of these categories is decided by Viewer's Choice votes while Nominees for Best Director and Writer Awards will be decided via Jury Votes.
 Hum Tv's mega blockbuster hit Humsafar has a presence in all relevant categories as it is now eligible for inclusion this year as against 2011 as per the rules of the LUX Style Awards. The competition in all TV categories is expected to be intense.

Competition for the nine Fashion Categories was tough and challenging. The Jury, made up of Fashion Editors and journalists across Pakistan voted for top five in each category.Fashion's new vibrancy is gauged most by the entry of so many new practitioners in the Emerging Talent category. The other categories reflected the state of the industry with its blend of entrenched old guard still exciting with new ideas and the push up by vibrant new talent to edge them out and gain a foothold in the big design, styling and photography categories.
The LUX Style Awards for excellence in the field of Entertainment and Fashion in Pakistan are held annually and aired throughout the country on several national channels.



LUX STYLE AWARDS NOMINATIONS 2013

FILM NOMINATIONS
No film nomination in any category for 2012

TELEVISION NOMINATIONS
Best TV Play (Satellite)                                        
Humsafar on Hum TV (Producer Momina Duraid)
Maat on Hum TV (Producer Amna Nawaz Khan)
Manjali on Geo Entertainment (Producer Humayun Saeed & Shezad Naseeb)
Mera Yaqeen on ARY Digital (Producer Asif Raza Mir & Babar Javed)
Shehre Zaat on Hum TV (Producer Abdullah Kadwani, Asad Qureshi & Momina Duraid)


Best TV Actress (Satellite)          
Hina Dilpazeer for Qudusi Sahab Ki Bewa on ARY Digital
Mahira Khan for Humsafar on Hum TV
Mahvish Hayat for Mere Qatil Mere Dildar on Hum TV
Saba Hameed for Manjali on Geo Entertainment
Saba Qamar for Maat on Hum TV

Mahira Khan
Saba Qamar
Mehwish Hayat

Best TV Actor (Satellite)                                      
Adnan Siddiqui for Mere Qatil Mere Dildar on Hum TV
Faisal Qureshi for Jahez on Geo Entertainment
Fawad Khan for Humsafar on Hum TV
Imran Aslam for Sanjha on Hum TV
Shahood Alvi for Mere Huzoor on Express Entertainment

Faisal Qureshi

Adnan Siddiqui


Best TV Play (Terrestrial)                                    
Mein on PTV (Producer Studio 63)
Mein Muhabbat aur Tum on A Plus (Producer Shehzad Chaudry)
Paayal on PTV (Producer Yamin Malik)
Qeemat on A Plus (Producer Kamran Khan)
Tilafi on PTV (Producer Humayun Saeed & Shahzad Naseeb)

Best TV Actress (Terrestrial)     
Beenish Chohan for Chalo phir se Jee ke Dekhen on PTV
Fiza Ali for Love, Life aur Lahore on A Plus
Mahnoor Baloch for Tilafi on PTV
Mahvish Hayat for Mein on PTV
Resham for Ek Yaad Hai on A Plus

Mahnoor baloch

Fiza Ali

Best TV Actor (Terrestrial)                                  
Babar Ali for Mein on PTV
Kashif Mehmood for Love, Life aur Lahore on A Plus
Nauman Ejaz for Qeemat on A Plus
Saleem Shaikh for Anokha Ladla II on PTV
Sami Khan for Mein on PTV

Best TV Director
Amna Nawaz for Maat on Hum TV
Hassam Hussain for Durr-e Shahwar on Hum TV
Kashif Nisar for Mein on PTV
Nadeem Baig for Manjali on Geo
Sarmad Khoosat for Humsafar on Hum TV

Best TV Writer
Amna Mufti for Jahez on Geo
Faiza Iftikhar for Bilquis Kaur on Hum TV
Khalil-ur-Rehman for Manjali on Geo
Seema Munaf for Tilafi on PTV
Umera Ahmed for Maat on Hum TV
MUSIC NOMINATIONS

Best Album
Chahar Balish by Sajjad Ali
Circus in the Sky by Usman Riaz
Khamoshi by Ayesha Omar
Naubahar by Dynoman
The Harvest by Sajid & Zeeshan

khamoshi - ayesha omer

circus in the sky - usman riaz

Sajid & Zeeshan
Song of the Year
Ankahi by Overload
Jaag by Jarar Malik
Kahani Purani by Mooroo
Katna Nae by Sajjad Ali  
Pi Jaon by Farhan Saeed

chahar balish - sajjad ali

Best Emerging Talent
Ahmed Siddiqui
Faaris Shafi
Mooroo
Naseer and Shahab
Sibti

Farish Shafi

naseer and shahab

Best Music Video Director
Farhad Humayun for Ankahi
Hammad Khan for Ane de
Sohaib Akhtar- for Khamoshi
Taimoor Salahuddin for Awam
Taimoor Salahuddin for Kahani Purani

Farhad-Humayun


Best Original Sound Track (OST)
Hain Yeh Silsilay by Zoe Viccaji for Tanhayan Naye Silsilay on ARY Digital
Matae Jaan by Bilal Khan for Matae Jaan on Hum TV
Roshan Sitara by Qurat ul Ain Baloch for Roshan Sitara on Hum TV
Yaar Ko Humne by  Abida Parveen for Shehr-e-Zaat on Hum TV
Zindagi Gulzar Hai by Ali Zafar for Zindagi Gulzar Hai 

FASHION NOMINATIONS

Model of the Year (Female)
Amna Ilyas
Ayyan
Cybil Chowdhry
Mehreen Syed
Rabia Butt

Ayyan
Amna Ilyas

Model of the Year (Male)
Abbas Jafri
Ather Amin
Jahan-e-Khalid
Shehzad Noor
Waleed Khalid

jahan kahlid
Abbas Jafri
Athar Amin

Shahzad noor

Best Fashion Photographer
Azeem Sani
Fayyaz Ahmed
Guddu Shani
Nadir Feroz
Rizwan ul Haq
Nadir Feroz Khan
Best Hair and Make-up Artist
Creative Team at Nabila
Creative Team at Tariq Amin
Juju Haider & Shammal Quraishi at Toni&Guy, Lahore
Maram Azmat & Abroo Hashmi
Raana Khan

Achievement in Fashion Design - Luxury Pret
Shehla Chatoor
Iman Ahmed at Body Focus
Khadija Shah at Elan
Maheen Karim
Sania Maskatiya

Khadijah Shah

Maheen Karim

Achievement in Fashion Design - Pret
Feeha Jamshed
Iman Ahmed at Body Focus
Sanam Chaudhry
Sania Maskatiya
Wardha Saleem

Sanam Chaudhri

Feeha Jamshaid

Best Menswear Designer
Ahmed Bham
Amir Adnan
Ammar Belal
Ismail Farid
Republic by Omar Farooq
Achievement in Fashion Design - Lawn
Khaadi by Khaadi
Mahnoush by Arjumand Amin
Orient by Deepak Perwani
Sana Safinaz by Sana Hashwani & Safinaz Muneer
So Kamaal by Elan

Safinaz Muneer & Sana Hashwani

Deepak Perwani


Best Emerging Talent
Misha Lakhani (Women's wear designer)
Abdullah Haris (Photography)
Natasha's Salon (Hair & Make Up Artist)
Saima Azhar (Modeling)
Sana Sarfaraz (Modeling)




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