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After Parwaz Hai Junoon, Shaz Khan’s Successful Trajectory takes him to Lamhay

After the release of Parwaz Hai Junoon this Eid Ul Adha, making 17.9 Million from the local box-office on an opening day, the film has managed to genuinely hook the audience with such a strong storyline and a star-cast. Shaz Khan who is known to be the most content-centric strong actor, who’s spell-binding acting skills and looks has charmed the audience, not just in Pakistan but worldwide.

From Shaz’s debut film Moor to his debut drama Yaqeen Ka Safar till PHJ, he has proven to be an actor who discovers the depth of the character and story before portraying it.

After recently playing a character of a Squadron Leader, Shaz will be seen as Hashir, who is a westerner and has an unpredictable volatile side. A non-resident Pakistani who comes back to Pakistan for his grandmother and now trying to figure out a drastic shift in his life and to get in touch with his roots. The drama will keep the audience glued with twists, turns, and conundrums, unfolding of the characters and the way the story is told.

The drama is directed by Amna Nawaz Khan under the banner of Momina Duraid Productions. Alongside Shaz, Zara Noor Abbas has also played a powerful character of Aleena who is the caretaker of Hashir's house. The first episode was critically praised by audience and reviewers.

Azaan Sami Khan’s Musical Debut with Parwaaz Hai Junoon

Karachi [29^th Aug – 2018]: Recently, Azaan Sami Khan’s latest photo shoot took the internet by storm, which was his first step towards the start of his successful journey. Son of legendary names, Zeba Bakhtiar and Adnan Sami Khan, Azaan marked the start of his musical career with Parwaaz Hai Junoon.

The most anticipated film of 2018, Parwaaz Hai Junoon is a eulogy to Pakistan’s Air Force, but also a platform for Pakistani filmmakers to show their creativity. The music for the film was composed by Azaan Sami Khan, which has already made it to the top playlists of everyone across the globe. Thaam Lo - composed by Azaan and sung by Atif Aslam is not only melodious but a genuine depiction of the new era for Pakistan’s music industry.

Khan shared his gratitude by saying that, ‘It was an overwhelming experience working on Parwaaz Hai Junoon’s music and an incredible learning experience for me working with Atif Aslam on Thaam Lo’. Azaan has composed five out of 6, songs for the film. Each song is beautiful in itself.

Parwaaz Hai Junoon released across Pakistan on Eid-Ul-Azha. The film is directed by Haseeb Hassan, produced by MominaDuraid and written by Farhat Ishtiaq. The star-cast includes Hamza Ali Abbasi, Ahad Raza Mir, Shaz Khan, Hania Amir, Kubra Khan, Adnan Jaffar and Farhan Ali Agha.

Inspire Her; An SWOP Event

Press Release:

Karachi, 4th August 2018: SuperWomen of Pakistan is an all-women Facebook group with over 30,000 strong and motivated Pakistani women. SWOP hosted an inspirational event ‘Inspire Her’ on Saturday at the Regent Plaza Hotel, Karachi. The initiative of honoring women entrepreneurs was taken by Nida S. Fahad; founder of the Facebook community SWOP to celebrate women empowerment and their entrepreneurial skills.

More than 200 women attended the event from every walk of life to learn, connect and be inspired by the guest speakers, who shared their journey from being a regular person to an entrepreneur. The event was divided into three major segments; Inspire, Conquer, and Rise. In which guests spoke about how to break barriers to realize true potential, the emotional dependability of an entrepreneur and being a self-made woman and how to kick-start an entrepreneurial journey.

Talk 1 was led by the Head Patisserie Chef of Marcel’s, Niha Akbar and NageenMarfani – Founder Vogue Amour/Blogger. They talked about breaking barriers and realizing the true potential to achieving goals and fulfilling ones dreams. Talk 2 was led by AseelaJaliawala – Motivational Speaker/Trainer and VarahMusavvir – Founder Firefly. They spoke about the emotional dependability of an entrepreneur and being self-made women. A special segment was dedicated to Pakistan’s Drama and Film industry’s finest, SarwatGillani who shared her journey from being a regular woman to a star. While inspiring all the attendees she said, ‘Support and love yourself.’ Talk 3 was about how to start a business or an entrepreneurial journey, led by HumairaAnwaar – Development Strategist, Tech Pakistan, and Tehreem Pasha – Islamic Calligraphy Artist who gave insights of her line of work.

A special brief session was hosted by PhebyHaroon; co-partner of pH Solutions, ‘Inspiring To Be The Best Version Of You’ with three ambitious, strong and successful women of Pakistan. Sofia Bilgrami – CEO Stois, Maliha Rao – Founder Whimsy Beauty and the Chief Guest of the event, Nausheen Shah who shared her success story as well as motivated the audience by saying, ‘Be passionate about what you do, empower yourself, and be the best version of yourself regardless of the day-to-day struggles we all have to face’. All three women shared their inspirational journey and the hardships they faced along with the motivation that kept them moving forward to achieving their goals.

A small quick cooking session and poetry performance by Sarah Tanveer and Zehra Khan was also arranged to lighten the mood of the audience. Certificates and giveaways were distributed among the participants of the event.

PR for this event was managed by PH Solutions, a new venture by PhebyHaroon and Rasikh Ismail Khan.

PHOTO GALLERY

Alina, Nausheen, Pheby and Rasikh

Maliha Rao from Whimsey

Maliha Rao, Sofia Bilgrami, Nausheen Shah

Nausheen Shah

Nida Fahad and Nausheen Shah

Nida Fahad, founder SWOP and Sarwat Gillani

Pheby Haroon and Nausheen Shah

The attendees

Sarwat Gillani

Sofia Bilgrami from Stois

PTCL ACHIEVES ISO CERTIFICATIONS FOR CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES SECURITY

PRESS RELEASE

Karachi, 21^st June, 2018: PTCL has become the country’s first telecom operator to achieve two ISO certifications in parallel for its cloud services ‘Infrastructure-as-a-Service’ (IaaS) offering. These are ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and ISO/IEC 27017:2015.

The International Standards Organization (ISO) and International Electro technical Commission (IEC) are the authorities for these standards. The ISO 27017 is a Cloud security-specific standard, while ISO/IEC 27000 is a family of standards that helps organizations keep information assets secure.

On this occasion, PTCL’s Chief Technological Information Officer, Saad Muzaffar Waraich said, “These international certifications clearly demonstrate PTCL’s recognition of the criticality of securing cloud-based solutions. Our customers trust us with their data, and these certifications ensure that proper controls are in place, not only to secure our platforms, but also our customers’ data.”

PTCL’s cloud offering allows our customers to utilize the amount of computing resources as per their requirements on an OPEX model without having to invest in hardware themselves. Addressing the specific needs of cloud security, ISO/IEC 27017 builds upon ISO/IEC 27001 – providing additional controls and implementation guidance on architecture, technology and processes to ensure information security is well protected in the cloud.

Adil Rashid, Chief Digital Services Officer, highlighted that, “PTCL has set the standard in providing safe and secure solutions to our corporate customers with cloud services security. They can safely utilize our platforms knowing that all their confidential data is protected through multi-layer safety net as provided by international certifications ensuring highest levels of customer satisfaction.”

Recently PTCL also announced Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) Level -I certification v3.2 for its Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IaaS)/ PTCL Smart Cloud offering, which assures maximum security compliance as per international standards.

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About PTCL: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is the largest integrated Information Communication Technology (ICT) Company of Pakistan. With a humble start from a telephone and telegraph department in 1947, it has evolved to offer latest digital and telecommunication technologies today. It acts as the communication backbone for the country with the largest fiber cable network that spans from Khyber to Karachi and submarine cables connecting Pakistan to the world. For more information, visit www.ptcl.com.pk

Media Inquiries:

CMC Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.

Muhammed Mansoor Abbas | 0300-2124963

Account Manager | mansoor@cmc.com.pk

PTCL ORGANIZED NATIONWIDE IFTAARS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED ACROSS PAKISTAN - Ramzan Mehman with PTCL Razakaars

PRESS RELEASE

KARACHI – 12^th June, 2018: PTCL’s in-house volunteer force PTCL Razakaar hosted community Iftaars nationwide, whereby spreads were laid out for people at mosques, hospitals, old age homes and labour communities. The company was able to reach out to approximately 13000 beneficiaries across the nation.

PTCL catered to fasting communities in far flung areas such as Sorange in Balochistan, GhallaMandi in Punjab, Tharparkar in Sindh and DI Khan in KPK as well as travelers and less privileged people in the heart of cities such as the Clock Tower of Faisalabad.

PTCL Razakaars were able to spread smiles across people tending to their ailing family members at The Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, DHQ and Lady Hospital in DI Khan, Civil Hospital Gujranwala, DHQ Hospital Khanewal, Nishtar Hospital Multan and the Civil Hospital Larkana. Community members of Rawalpindi and Islamabad were reached out through distribution of lunchboxes by our mobile vans. Razakaars made the effort to personally reach out to the most deserving persons hence living up to the true spirit of the month and the RamzanMehman Drive.

The largest Iftaar meal was laid out at the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad where 1000 visitors were treated and served by the company’s volunteers. Iftaars were also hosted at the Jamia Masjid Larkana, Gujrat and Abbottabad. This is the second year of the PTCL Razakaar program. Approximately 600 volunteers registered under the drive are regularly engaged in community service initiatives each quarter.

President & CEO PTCL Dr. Daniel Ritz appreciated the efforts of the PTCL Razakaar force saying it was commendable how we managed to reach out to people truly in need, even in most remote areas, across the country. He further added that PTCL is humbled to contribute positively to the society and will continue philanthropic initiatives with the same zeal and fervor.

The Razakaar Program has emerged as an integral part of the company’s CSR initiatives, as the company plans to undertake many activities covering Health, Education, Youth Development, Inclusion, Environment and Disaster Response.

PTCL is a socially responsible organization and promotes the fostering of societal development. The spirit is deeply entrenched in its roots and is the inspiration behind this initiative. PTCL has a history and legacy to serve the nation since its inception and has undertaken a number of CSR initiatives till today as part of its contribution to the society.

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Media Contact:

CMC (Pvt.) Ltd. Pakistan

Account Manager

Muhammad Mansoor Abbas: 0300-2124963

Press Conference for the Music Launch of the Movie "Azad"

KARACHI: A press conference for the forthcoming movie, Azad held at Royal Rodale club.

The press conference was being hosted by Shanaz Ramzi. Where, she gave a brief introduction about the film and studio. In the second phase, the movie trailer was shown along with the cast and crew members some of those who were present at the occasion. The director and co-producer of the film, Rehan Sheikh, together with executive producer, Hasan Naeem and the actor Salman Shahid were requested to come on the stage for further discussion, which was moderated by Mrs. Ramzi. To give a live entertaining to the guests, Abbas Ali Khan with his co-partner Natasha performed to “Mein azad hoon.” The conference was preceded with a live rendition by Abbas and Rehan Sheikh of “Kuch mat Pucho”.

In the third phase of the conference, the lyricist, Ali Moin, and Abbas Ali Khan were requested to come forward on the stage invited for a further discussion on the entire music of the movie. Meanwhile, during the discussion A video of ‘Tehriye hazoor’ was showed, which then followed by a live performance of the same song by singer and music composer, Schumaila Rehmat Hussain, delighting everyone with her live performance to “Tanha”, another number sung by her for the movie. Schumaila, Rehan Sheikh and Abbas Ali Khan then discussed the making and the whole composition process of these two songs, sharing the memorable on set clichés and fun. At the end of the conference, the floor was then opened to questions and answers for media and bloggers.

“Azad” is said to be produced as an independent film, an off-beat comedy drama with a hint of romance and a unique story. The film breaks the traditional stereotype narratives along with its realistic and dynamic characters, taking the audience to heights of humorous and thereby engaging in the journey of self-discovery.

The movie is lined up for release on the February 9^th, which is then distributed by Eveready group of companies, nationwide. The stirring cast includes: Rehan Sheikh, Sanam Saeed, Salman Shahid, Sabreen Hisbani along with many others. Rehan Sheikh is the director and producer of the movie Azad, whereas Hasan Naeem is the executive producer of the movie.

STARLINKS PR and Events handled the PR of the movie.