RAWALPINDI: Girls taking keen interest in the photos during pictures exhibition held in connection with Pak-China Friendship, organized by Culture Council at Xinhua Gallery.
June 30, 2011
Me & My Mom Expo 2010
Start Time: Friday, July 16, 2010 at 11:00am
End Time: Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 10:00pm
Location: Expo Center Karachi
Me & My Mom Expo, the 1st ever expo organized by “Innovation Gateway Pakistan” in Pakistan focused on the needs, wants & comforts for females & kids.
Me & My Mom Expo is an exciting event that provides our exhibitors an inexpensive way to reach thousands of families.
There is no better place instead of Me & My Mom Expo to promote your product and/or service and meet face-to-face with thousands of customers & consumers. Me & My Mom Expo provides a unique marketing opportunity for consumer or family-oriented businesses.
Me & My Mom Expo includes companies from consumer industries that support our mission and goal, by promoting awareness, educating and providing services to females & kids, with a combination of one stop shopping, displays, workshops and expert advice from pros within the industry. Me & My Mom Expo will provide and inspire families with every possible resource available to them.
It is the truest definition of “THE PERFECT MARKET”.
June 30, 2011
All About Lifestyles Summer-2010 exhibition
KARACHI, June 24: The Dawn Media Group’s “All About Lifestyles Summer-2010” exhibition opens at 3pm on Friday at the Karachi Expo Centre. The family-only event will continue on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 10pm. According to the organisers, the exhibition brings over 200 exhibitors of the finest brands and more than 300,000 visitors together every year. Spread over six halls and the entire complex of the Expo Centre, this year’s event will have the added attraction of Faces & Places, a photographic exhibition displaying works by Tapu Javeri, Owais Yakub, Imran Awan, Shah Murad and Zain Mankani, they said in a press release. Lifestyle Exhibition is biggest Exhibition Till now in Expo Centre Karchi. This 3 day Exhibition is Starting from Friday 25 June 2010 in All Halls of Expo Centre. Visitors have chance to get free gifts & discount rate products. Local, National & multinational companies stalls will sell & promote their products. There is no Entry fee neither Passes. Free entry with families. Event will start 11:00 Am on 25th June & End on 27th June at 08:00 PM.
June 30, 2011
Fire and Security Pakistan 2010
Fire and Security Pakistan 2010
19 – 22 MAY 2010
KARACHI EXPO CENTRE
FIRE & SECURITY PAKISTAN 2010 – MEETING YOUR SAFETY NEEDS
BRINGING FIRE, SAFETY & SECURITY MARKET TO YOUR DOORSTEP
The International Fire & Security Exhibition & Conference – FIRE & SECURITY PAKISTAN serves as an excellent platform in Pakistan for indigenous as well as foreign companies to showcase their product range.
FIRE & SECURITY PAKISTAN 2009 proved to be an interactive and rewarding experience for the participants. It had the participation of 92 companies from 16 countries including Austria, China, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, U.A.E., U.K. and U.S.A. The exhibition was visited by more than 7000 business professionals and was extensively covered by local and international media including 10 publications from countries like U.K., Russia, China and Pakistan.
The 6th International Fire & Security Exhibition & Conference – FIRE & SECURITY PAKISTAN 2010 will address multi-dimensional safety and security needs of the region. The exhibition will showcase a wide-array of fire fighting, safety and security equipments and systems by leading international and domestic manufacturers, traders and integrators. The show will bring a highly targeted audience from the related industries to witness state-of-the-art technology and reap benefits through excellent networking opportunities.
Scanners to be installed in major cities soon: Malik
ISLAMABAD : Scanners will be installed in major cities to ensure maximum security to the citizens. This was said by Interior Minister Rehman Malik Tuesday in an interview with a private TV channel.
The fixed scanners will be installed at rush locations, after which manual checking of vehicles will not be required, he said.
The mobile and fixed scanners will be imported from China , and the first shipment will reach soon.
In the recent past, about 62 terrorists and their facilitators have been nabbed on check posts; out of which 10 were suicide bombers.
The government will also establish a Students Elite Force, and about 5000 e-mails have been received so far from the students who wanted to work as volunteers under this force. -APP.
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Pogee 2010
19 – 22 MAY 2010
KARACHI EXPO CENTRE
Pakistan with an ideal geographic and strategic location serves as a corridor for the international supply routes of energy. Being a regional power house, the country possess opportunities of setting up the oil and gas pipelines as well as electricity grids within the region and with other neighbouring energy rich countries such as Iran, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
Pakistan’s energy requirements are increasing every year and to meet the rising demand of energy, the government of Pakistan is currently focused on diversification of gas supplies, reconstruction of hydropower plants, construction of underground gas storage facilities, development of oil exploration & production, tapping of renewable energy resources, attracting foreign investment and privatisation of state-owned assets.
Pakistan is responding to the energy development challenge by pursuing a wide range of domestic and imported energy projects and in the year 2008 – 2009, the Oil, Gas and Energy industry has attracted Foreign Investment of about US$ 796 million.
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June 30, 2011
ITCN Asia 2010
ABOUT ITCN ASIA – Growth from a country event to a regional event
From its inception in 2001, ITCN Asia, now being organized for the 10th consecutive year, has grown up as the biggest IT & Telecom extravaganza of Pakistan. Most powerful brands of the world will showcase their state-of-the-art products and services which would allow the user community to get exposure to a wide range of technology and solutions under one roof. Most importantly, it would provide an opportunity for business-to-business alliances, leveraging their mutual strengths. ITCN Asia Exhibitions & Conferences have been playing a pivotal role in landmarking the image of Pakistan on the world IT Map, bringing in huge foreign and local investments in the Country.
Over the years ITCN Asia has grown from a country event to a regional event. Just a few years ago there were very few companies with quality certifications. Today, we have over 100 ISO certified companies, the thrust on quality was continued with two new projects targeted to take five companies to CMM level 5 and 30 companies to CMMi level 3 and above.
// In addition to Quality certifications and standardization processes, the industry requires Human Resource, Space and Bandwidth. We have an approved Public Sector Development project under which training programs, tailored to the specific needs of the Industry, are implemented by the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB). In addition to this, several other HR development programs are planned through the Telecom R&D Fund, where existing IT graduates are provided opportunity to seek apprenticeship and become more productive. Higher Education Commission created stronger Industry-Academia linkages and took other steps so that the quality of fresh graduates was improved.
Software Technology Parks (STPs) are being set up in all the major cities. In Islamabad one International Technology Park (ITP)is already in operation in Awami Markaz, while land has already been earmarked for other STPs. In Lahore, certain areas have been identified and are being finalized. In Karachi an ITP is already in operation in Caesar Tower, while, land has been acquired opposite Civic Centre for a 47 storey high IT Tower, where construction would commence soon. On the bandwidth front, until very recently, there was only a single optic fiber cable for International connectivity. Today, we have 3 separate submarine cables for International connectivity. This will provide the much needed resilience to our data networks.
// ITCN Asia 2010 Exhibition is, where you will see newer & latest technologies and solutions in action. It is the foremost electronic business event for the enterprise decision makers in this region. Spanning 3 days on 3 – 5 August 2010, the Exhibition at Karachi Expo Centre, forms the core of IT Industry of the world. Yet another opportunity to showcase IT & Telecom products and interact with serious traffic, ITCN Asia 2010 is a one-stop shop where you can “test drive” all the products on your hit list. The Exhibition would serve as a comprehensive showcase of the latest in technology, equipment and machinery as well as allied services, simultaneously providing investors with a definite outlook of the regional IT & Telecom Industry and an opportunity to meet their prospective counterparts and business partners.
ITCN Asia 2010 is part of ITCN series that catapulted the local IT Industry, introducing Karachi as the regional IT hub attracting major IT players from all over the world.
June 30, 2011
6th Health Asia 2010
PRESS RELEASE
Capt. Dr. Abdul Majid, Special Secretary, Public Health Sindh, inaugurates 6th Health Asia 2010, Int’l Conferences & Exhibition here at Karachi Expo Center, Today
Friday April 02, 2010: The 6th Health Asia 2010, Int’l Conferences in conjunction with 3rd Pharma Asia Int’l Conference & Exhibition, was inaugurated by Capt. Dr. Abdul Majid, Special Secretary, Public Health, Sindh, today, here at Karachi Expo Center. Gohar Wajid, Advisor to the Director General, Ministry of Health UAE, Salman Burney, MD GlaxoSmithKline, Dr. Sarmad Maqbool, Abbott Laboratories Pakistan, Dr. Asima Zahid, Health Sciences, Institute of Business Management, Ali Haider, Asst. GM, Health Insurance, Adamjee Insurance Company Ltd., Dr. Khursheed Nizam, President, Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan, Ozair A. Hanafi, CEO, Ecommerce Gateway and Farhan Anis, VP, Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan were also present in the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.
The Event is organized by Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan, with the support of Federal Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health, Sindh, and the sponsors, Abbott Laboratories of Pakistan, Adamjee Insurance Company, and GlaxoSmithKline. The 2-day Conferences are comprised on 3 different topics. “Quality in Healthcare”, on the 1st day followed by, “Updates in Vaccination” and “Advancement in Dermatology” on the 2nd day.
Capt. Dr. Abdul Majid, Special Secretary, Public Health, Sindh, on the occasion said that, Health ASIA is the leading and only UFI (Paris) Approved, Regional Event on Health & Pharmaceutical Industry of Pakistan on the national calendar, which provides enormous opportunities of learning, Information sharing, mutual cooperation and combined ventures to all the stakeholders in the Asian Health sector. He said that although Pakistan’s Pharmaceutical and Health Care sectors are expanding and evolving rapidly, about half the population still has no access to awareness of general health Care & modern technology. This presents a challenge and an opportunity to the government. This conference and other such efforts on public/private level, therefore play a role to provide a platform where health Industry Professionals, Doctors, Health Insurers, and other stakeholders will exchange views, highlight problems & present ideas and strategies for future development of this sector.
The Chief Guest further added that, every part of the health care system must be involved with a strong commitment at providing a compassionate, ethical and accessible general and specialized care to the community with respect towards patients and their families.
On the occasion, Salman Burney, MD GlaxoSmithKline, said that Pakistan has a very vibrant and forward looking Pharma Industry. The National pharma industry has shown a progressive growth over the years, particularly over the last one decade. The industry has invested substantially to upgrade itself in the last few years and today the majority industry is following Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), in accordance with the domestic as well as international Guidance. Currently the industry has the capacity to manufacture a variety of product ranging from simple pills to sophisticated Biotech, Oncology and Value Added Generic compounds.
Dr. Sarmad Maqbool, Abbott Laboratories Pakistan, Dr. Asima Zahid, Health Sciences, Institute of Business Management, Ali Haider, Asst. GM, Health Insurance, Adamjee Insurance Company Ltd., also highlighted the point that Health care is becoming the industry of the future as the world’s population lives longer. Until recently, investors focused on aging trends in developed economies, where life expectancies were generally higher and household incomes were sufficient to support health care spending.National public health is a recent innovation in Pakistan. Improvements in health care have been hampered by scarce resources and are difficult to coordinate nationally because health care remains a provincial responsibility rather than a central government one. Until the early 1980s, local governing bodies were in charge of health services.
The speakers stressed that the Pakistan Pharmaceutical Industry is a success story, providing high quality essential drugs at affordable prices to Millions. Technologically, strong and self reliant National Pharmaceutical Industry is not only playing a key role in promoting and sustaining development in the vital field of medicine within the country, but is also well set to take on the international markets. But in the given circumstances this industry needs strong support by the government and relieve on various fronts as that of manufacturing & exports.
The 6th Health Asia 2010 Int’l Conference will continue till tomorrow. Its worth mentioning, that Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan has come a long way and Health Asia, Int’l Conference & Exhibition, since its inception, has been serving as a regional forum for deliberations to the local and foreign investors, industrialists, academia, and entrepreneurs. It has proved to be the best across the entire spectrum of Health Care in the South Asia as it integrates delivering the best interactive opportunities to participants and an ideal environment to the audiences. In short, the conference delivers to participants, the right balance between Health industries players, senior decision makers and practitioners.
Sindh Minister for Health Dr. Sagheer Ahmed inaugurates 6th Health Asia 2010, Int’l Exhibition here at Karachi Expo Center, Today
Friday April 02, 2010: Dr. Sagheer Ahmed, Sindh Minister for Health inaugurates the 6th Health Asia 2010, Exhibition in conjunction with 3rd Pharma Asia Int’l Conference & Exhibition, being held here today at Karachi Expo Center. Amir Walliudin Chishty, Chairman LCMD and DSH, Atiq-ur-Rehman, Chairman – CSR Sub Committee, Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Francis Widmer, Commercial Counselor of France in Pakistan, Dr. Khursheed Nizam, President Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan and other Foreign Delegates were also present at the Ribbon Cutting ceremony.
The 3-day Endeavor is themed on Health Awareness & Corporate Social Responsibility, and is organized by Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan, with the support of Federal Ministry of Health and Ministry of Health, Sindh.
The Chief Guest after the inauguration visited the exhibits and stalls in the exhibition and deeply appreciated the interest and enthusiasm demonstrated by the participants. Health Asia is the leading and only UFI (Paris) Approved, Regional Event on Health & Pharmaceutical Industry on the national calendar, which provides enormous opportunities of learning, Information sharing, mutual cooperation and combined ventures to all the stakeholders in the Asian Health sector.
Since its inception, the event has been serving as a regional forum for deliberations to the local and foreign investors, industrialists, academia, and entrepreneurs. It has proved to be the best across the entire spectrum of Health Care as it integrates delivering the best interactive opportunities to participants and an ideal environment to the audiences. In short, the exhibition delivers to exhibitors, the right balance between Health industries players, senior decision makers and practitioners.
The Event, like previous years, has attracted tremendous enthusiasm from across the world; A number of foreign participants are also gracing the event from more than 10 countries including China, Japan, UK, UAE and India. There are 100 stalls in the Exhibition where more than 50 international & domestic exhibitors are showcasing their products and services with the objective of procurement, joint ventures and prospective collaborations.
In relation to the Event’s theme, it is open for Families too from 3 PM to 8 PM (daily). While, timings between 10 AM to 3 PM are held exclusive for the Trade/Corporate Visitors. More than 30,000 visitors are expected to visit the event during the 3 days.
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June 30, 2011
Art exhibition: Is imitation the sincerest compliment?
Two of Hussain’s drawings, Modern Ethic and Being III. PHOTO: FILE
Umaira Hussian exhibited her thesis, a total of 30 works, at the Shakir Ali Museum on Tuesday. Hussain is a PhD research scholar at the University of Punjab at the College of Art and Design. Her thesis is titled, Resurrecting Sadequain.
Hussain showed mostly sketches, seven pieces were oil paintings.
Hussain, speaking with The Express Tribune, said, “I have reproduced the stylistic features of Sadequain’s drawings. The subject matter, though consistent with Sadequain’s social vision, is relevant to the current climate.” She said that she had tried to resurrect the quality of his thoughts in the form of art.
Research scholar Ajmal Hussain, also a teacher at the National College of Arts, observed that Hussain’s work brought the quality of the great master’s thoughts and artistic inclinations. “She has imitated several stylistic features of Sadequain’s paintings with breath taking accuracy,” he added.
Dr Shahida Manzoor, assistant professor at the College of Art and Design, felt that Hussain had such control over her skill that at times it was hard for her to distinguish between the lines of the legend and of the student.
She said that Hussain was such an expert in Sadequain’s work that she could point out fakes.
The professor rejected any charge of plagiarism that could be levelled at Hussain. “In a post modern era, one can take ideas from the past, play with them and give them a new shape. This is what Umaira has done and I must say she has done it well,” she added.
Fine arts student Rabia Ilyas found herself “mesmerised by the resurrection of the legend’s work by the artist.” Ilyas pointed out that Sadequain changed his style during General Ziaul Haq’s regime. “He referred to Ghalib and Iqbal’s poetry in his work. Umaira does the same thing, she refers to Sadequain,” the student observed.
‘Being III’ examines the exploitation of people though brands. It criticises the capitalist proposed life style. ‘Veracity’ shows a beautiful woman in front of a mirror. What looks back at the viewer is far from beautiful.
The artist comments on the inner and outer contradictions of people. ‘Modern Ethics’ is a tree of evils that prevail nowadays and which, according to Hussain, the common man cannot escape.
The show is on till July 2nd.
June 30, 2011
‘Delhi Belly’ denied public exhibition license in Pakistan
Delhi Belly fails to clear Censor Board hurdle. PHOTO: NEFER SEHGAL
KARACHI: Just days before its grand premiere, Indian feature film ‘Delhi Belly’ failed in obtaining clearance from the censor board for public exhibition.
Atrium cinema, which has become the go-to theatre in Karachi, had already started the marketing campaign, announcing that the movie would be screened for public on July 1st, a 10 day advance notice to cinegoers.
However, on Wednesday evening Atrium Cinema posted a statement on its facebook page saying the Central Board of Film Censors in Islamabad had not passed the film for public exhibition, barring its public exhibition across cinemas in Pakistan.
Pakistani cinemas had been dying a slow death before new life was injected by lifting a ban on screening Indian films. This brought audiences back to theatres, prompting massive investment in cinemas like Atrium which has 3D capability.
Censor Board officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
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