Huawei Unveils the True AI Selfie Superstar Nova 3 / 3i in Pakistan

Press Release 

Karachi- Saturday, 08 September, 2018: Huawei threw a grand celebration at the launch of its Nova 3 Series in Pakistan for the first time. The series features two innovative smartphones – HUAWEI Nova 3 and HUAWEI Nova 3i – both equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI) quad cameras that allow for great selfies and AI photo detection. The HUAWEI Nova 3 is available for PKR 59,999/- , while the HUAWEI Nova 3i is priced at PKR 39,999/-.

While launching the nova Series for the first time in Pakistan, Mr. Blueking Wang, Manager, Huawei CBG said: 

“Nova is synonymous with the birth of a new star – and our HUAWEI Nova 3 and Nova 3i are the real AI Selfie Superstars. These devices are for the youth of today who love to take selfies and save their beloved moments. It’s got 128GB memory – a first for a phone at this price point.”

HUAWEI Nova 3 series is for young and trendy consumers, for whom a smartphone is not just part of their lifestyle but also represents their personal style.nova, means new; the word is used to describe a newly discovered star. It’s innately mysterious and romantic with a hint of sci-fi. It represents vitality, brilliance and red-hot passion, and all qualities that the HUAWEI nova embodies.

Truly Advanced AI-powered Dual Front and Back Cameras

The HUAWEI nova 3 & nova 3i are equipped with dual AI-enabled 24MP + 2MP cameras on the front, while the nova 3 sports dual 24MP + 16MP AI-powered rear camera.The nova 3i comes with dual 16MP + 2MP AI-powered rear camera as Huawei brings its innovative AI technology to a new price point to let more and more people enjoy the exciting trend.The new f/2.0 wide aperture lens on the 24MP high-resolution front camera is joined by a 2MP broad-spectrum color sensor that captures depth-of-field information for authentic bokeh effects.

Ultimate Power Play with Kirin chipsets

In terms of performance, HUAWEI Nova 3 packs a Kirin 970 SoC with 4GB RAM, which runs on EMUI 8.2, allowing the new mid-range superstar to deliver a flagship experience whether you use it for work or play. While the HUAWEI Nova 3i is equipped with a Kirin 710 AI processor, and EMUI 8.2 for flagship performance.

Recognize Scenes Through AI

HUAWEI Nova 3 & Nova 3i are enabled with over 200 different scenarios. The front camera detects eight unique categories including blue skies, beaches, plants, night, stage performances, flowers, rooms and snow. The rear camera now detects 22 scenarios with the addition of autumn leaves, ancient building, bike, automobile, Panda etc.

Cutting-edge design and striking colours

Both sides of the HUAWEI Nova 3 devices are covered with a sleek glass back, which offers a superior, more premium look and feel to it. Notched with a 6.3-inch FullView display that sparkles with delight, and covers 83.4 percent of the frontal view, every curve on the HUAWEI Nova 3 Series is meticulously designed to provide the best grip and a stunning appearance. The HUAWEI Nova 3 has four colourful hues of Iris Purple, Airy Blue, Red and Black,while HUAWEI Nova 3i will make you fall in love with Iris Purple, Pearl White and Black.

About Huawei Consumer Business Group

Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) is one of Huawei’s three business groups, providing a range of products including mobile phones, wearables, tablets and laptops. Huawei’s products and services are available in more than 170 countries, and are used by a third of the world’s population, ranking second in the world in mobile phone shipments at the end of May 2018.

Year-on-year growth was reflected in Huawei’s rise as a globally recognized premium brand. In 2018, Huawei was ranked 48^th on BrandZ’s Most Valuable Global Brands list, 79^th on Forbes World’s Most Valuable Brands list and 25^th on the Brand Finance Global 500 Most Valuable Brands list. Among the Fortune 500, Huawei climbed up the list to the 83^rd place in 2017, up from 129^th with a revenue of USD 78.51 billion, making the top global 100 for the first time.

As a leading technology company, Huawei invests a significant amount of its annual sales revenue to research and development efforts, and has established 15 research centers around the world. Among these facilities is the Huawei Aesthetics Research Center in Paris. Huawei’s newest R&D center is the Max Berek Innovation Lab in Wetzler, Germany, where Huawei and Leica are jointly researching technologies to improve mobile device camera and image quality.

The Mystery of Sonya Hussyn’s Purple Dress

London: Recently, at the Hum Style Awards where everyone dressed to impress, a mystery surfaced about a purple dress. Stunner Sonya Hussyn looked Uber-chic in a purple dress, flawless sun-kissed makeup, and a fishtail braid. She never leaves a moment to shine anywhere, whether it’s a casual day out or a starry night.

Multiple claims were made by different bloggers naming designers like Shehla Chatoor and Natasha Kamal as the sole owner of the beautiful dress. What’s the mystery or a controversy here you ask? The dress became a conversation starter as it was inspired by international designer Ralph Russo’s Spring 2017 Couture collection, which on evident demand was an inspirational copy.

A little bird told us that the designer does not intend to reveal or be revealed. Sonya is known for her classy style sense and strong persona. Let it be a mystery about the dress, at least we know who rocked the dress.

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Nausheen Shah Awarded as Style Icon of the Year at the 2nd Pakistan Excellence Awards 2018

Karachi, September 1st, 2018: 2nd Pakistan Excellence Awards were held at the Marriott Hotel, Karachi on Friday, August 31st, 2018 hosted by Mr. Hameed Bhutto CEO Pakistan Excellence Foundation. The event was attended by many celebrities, socialites and other renowned people from different fields. 

There were multiple categories in which talented individuals from the Media Industry were recognized and celebrated. Nausheen Shah, a renowned actor, already known for her style sense was recognized as the Style Icon of the Year 2018. 

At the time of receiving the coveted award, Nausheen Shah stated, ‘It’s an honor and I am privileged to be here tonight. I am very humbled to receive this award. It feels great when someone is recognized for their hard work.’

Award was presented by Nina Kashif, General Manager/Producer, Urdu1.

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.

Sohail Javed Makes The Stars Shine

Sohail Javed is a name needed no introduction and is known as a director in Pakistan. From directing numerous music videos to TV ads for multinational clients. Earlier, Sohail Javed has worked with big names like Junoon, Vital Signs, Fuzon, Sajjad Ali, Ali Haider, Hadiqa Kiani and many more.

Within small span of five days of the release of the song, "Tillay Wali Jooti", directed by Sohail Javed, has reached approximately 800,000+ views on social media. This Eid Ul Azha, witness Sohail Javed’s prowess as a director in JPNA 2’s fun and quirky song, “Tillay Wali Jooti.” 'Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2' is a sequel to 'Jawani Phir Nahi Ani', which was released in 2015 under the banner of ARY Films, Salman Iqbal Films & Six Sigma Plus Productions, written by Vasay Chaudhry and directed by Nadeem Baig.

Singers for this mega hit song are Arif Lohar & Ahmed Ali Butt feat. Fizza Aslam. The song is written by Ahmed Ali Butt, music produced by Hasil Kureshi and video directed by Sohail Javed. Sohail has directed a fun-filled music video with superstars like Humayun Saeed, Fahad Mustafa, Ahmed Ali Butt, Omer Shahzad, Arif Lohar, Sarwat Gillani, Mawra Hocane, Kubra Khan and Uzma Khan.

According to Sohail Javed:

‘It was an amazing experience working with the team and making this video. Working on a project like this, made me feel as if I am breathing again. I was approached by Humayun Saeed for JPNA’s title video as well, but due to prior commitments, we could not work out the dates. However, when Humayun, being a very dear friend, approached me once again for JPNA 2’s title video, I knew I had to work around my schedule and make this happen for him. The moment I heard the song, I fell in love with it. I knew from the get-go that this would be a megahit.’

Sohail Javed with the release of this video has proven his prowess as an ‘Ace Director.’ After this project, Sohail is currently working on the second season of his digital show ‘Meet Up” and rumor has it that a film is also in the pipeline.

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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.

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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

2nd Parvez Abbasi Open Shooting Championship 2018

The 2^ndParvez Abbasi Open Shooting Championship will begin from 7-12^h August 2018 at the Pakistan Navy’s shooting range at PNS Karsaz, in Karachi.

This event is going to be one of its kind in Pakistan’s shooting calendar, since the tournament is opened for everyone including general public along with the teams representing Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force, Police and other law enforcement agencies.

For about above 400 shooters will compete in the event in various categories that includes; Air Pistol, Skeet and Trap during the 6-day tournament. This event is dedicated to tribute and celebrates the journey of life and the achievements of Parvez Abbasi, who is also the founding secretary of the National Rifle Association. He is said to be the driving force behind promotion of shooting sports in Pakistan.

During the entire championship, the series of events will be carried out according the written rules of the International Shooting Sport Federation, governing body of the Olympic Shooting events in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun categories. Speaking at a press conference, Commodore Ghazanfar Abbas, Director of the Parvez Abbasi Open Shooting Championship, said, 

“Parvez Abbasi Open Shooting Championship is a vital addition to the sport’s annual calendar in Pakistan. This is a great chance for budding shooters of the country, from whatever background, to compete and further hone their skills. We are delighted to be honouring Parvez Abbasi’s legacy in this way”.

Commodore Ghazanfar Abbas further said in his appreciation to the Abbasi family, especially Mrs.Askara Abbasi, wife of late Parvez Abbasi fostering the event and giving another opportunity to sports enthusiasts to compete in a ranking event.

Mrs.Askara Abbasi will be the chief guest for the closing ceremony scheduled to be held on August 12th, 2018.

Brief about Parvez Abbasi (Late)

Parvez Abbasi was the Founder Secretary General of the Sindh Rifle Association during 1962 to 1976. Later, he was elected as the Executive Vice President post, where he served the nation till his last breath. Before, electing as the Executive Vice President in 1998, he also served his services as the Secretary General of the National Rifle Association of Pakistan from 1972 till 1998.

Parvez Abbasi sportsmanship and activeness enabled him to hold the national record in the Rapid Fire Pistol for 30 years in his name. The legend has also won 12 National Medals in different Pistol events. He had also represent Pakistan as a player and Captain of the National team in the Asian Games in Tehran. Parvez Abbasi the great man has represented Pakistan on numerous occasions and events at International level including: Commonwealth Games/ Asian Games /Olympic Games /SAAF Games (as Judge /manager/ Captain /Player/Secretary General SAAF Shooting Association). It’s an honor for us that Parvez Abbasi effeorts that Pakistan in the year 2000, qualified for the first time for the Olympics. He also served as the jury member for shooting at the Olympics in Greece in 2004. Parvez Abbasi passed away on the July 25, 2006 following a four year battle with cancer.

CoSpax an ULTIMATE SOLUTION for Start-Ups!

The idea of shared working space isn’t new anymore; many people across the globe nowadays are practicing this brilliant idea with greater flexibility. However, the idea came to Pakistan a few years back, by many young talented entrepreneurs, among one is the CEO of CoSpax- Mr. Waqar Abdul Ghaffar. It is only yesterday, that I was invited by the CoSpax team for bloggers meet up for an office tour. I was quite delighted with their hospitable services along with the entire office setup. The most arresting thing that made me write a detailed review is the environment and the coherent ecosystem of CoSpax.

Why to choose CoSpax?

Cospax is a newly designed state of the art infrastructure and interior co-working space especially for the startups, entrepreneurs, companies and freelancers. At CoSpax the professionals from all walk of life can socially get connected in the most efficient and distinct environment, where they can unleash the boundaries of networking. The idea of CoSpax evolved after having years of deliberate collaboration of the CEO with TPLEX. Technology PLEX (TPLEX) is the world leader contract software offshore development agency providing product engineering outsourcing, mobile and web cloud development. It was their true visualization of providing a system or platform to the young and talented innovators and great thinkers of Pakistan.

CoSpax Karachi: New State Of The Art Coworking Space Launched

Team behind Cospax!

As I mentioned earlier, that the entire CoSpax team is dedicated in providing services to its clients, they have also set the benchmarks how to transform their divine idea of CoSpax to its clients and develop a better working community in the K-town. Not only providing space, but also aimed at creating lucrative employment opportunities. CoSpax aimed at working closely with the rising businesses, thinkers, entrepreneurs and innovators for a better and sustainable entrepreneurial eco-system across the Pakistan.

Packages Offered by CoSpax

CoSpax offered various distinct packages at a very affordable rate. The Packages includes:

• The Hot desk is a social able shared co working space with a reserved desk.
• The dedicated desk is also a shared area but with greater privacy options and work ease.
• The private space where the entire room is belonged to you and your business, with 2 desks and  6 seating arrangement.

Value- Added Amenities offered at CoSpax

• Lockable Workplace
• An office space
• Meeting area
• Event hall
• Printing facilities
• High- Speed Internet Connection (WiFi)
• Surveillance System
• Multimedia
• Leisure area for networking
• A cup of coffee can’t be “Ignored”

For More information visit at:

Website: https://cospax.com/ 

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/CoSpax/ 

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Bloggers Meet Up - TPL Life Insurance

TPL Life Insurance pride is being the “easiest company to deal with” offering diverse range of health and life insurance products together with the state of the art customer service, ensuring easy and secure Life for its customers and along with helping them preparing for any unforeseen events that might incur in the future.

TPL Life is a fully fledged life & health insurance provider and offers a various insurance solutions catering to the needs of Individuals & Corp orates. Our Insurance solutions consist of various plans some of which can easily be purchased online that are not previously offered end to end user:

•       Savings and Investment based Insurance Plans
•        Health Insurance Plans
•        Instant Insurance Plans
•        Digital Insurance Plans

Savings & Investments Based Insurance Plans consist of a Unit Linked Savings & Insurance Plans allowing its customers to enjoy Product Features that are never offered before together with the plans for their respective families and long term future. These Plans ranged from Short to Long Term i.e. with Plan tenures ranging from 1 year to 25 years or more and can be availed as a savings and security avenue for attaining financial goals and also securing the future of loved ones.

Instant Insurance take account of a range of exceptionally designed scratch card based Instant Insurance Products that are both lucrative for the customers, short term and highly affordable. These plans have been introduced to ensure that quality protection is provided to all Pakistanis – that too at an affordable price. These products offer various protection and financial assistance features for the customers – which include, daily cash assistance of PKR 10,000/5,000, lump sum payment of PKR 500,000 to surviving family and Cashless Medical Assistance up to PKR 50,000 in case of accidents.

Digital Productsincludes a range of Health Insurance & Instant Insurance Products that can be bought end to end digitally via TPL Life’s Mobile App and Website.

Additionally, to Instant Insurance Products stated above, other exclusive products included insurance plans that offered Financial Assistance in case of Mosquito & Water Borne Illnesses, a major need of the hour and for the people this country due to prevailing water based epidemics and mosquito borne viruses.

The TPL Life Lounge is an exclusive flagship and healthcare service at OMI and Ziauddin Hospital (Clifton) for its customers. This incorporates:

• 24/7 access to facilitation by the TPL Life Attendant,
• Appointment alerts and a concierge service for refreshments.
• Information regarding health,
• Quality insurance advisory services through the company’s insurance expert and
• Savings and life insurance plans.

TPL Life OPD Sahulat is a platform allowing it’s an Insured Customer to enjoy the benefits of the Out-Patient (OPD) facility via a robust digital progression that incorporates:

• A complete control of one’s medical records all in one place.
• Cashless access to Consultants & Doctors via online video,
• Home delivery of prescribed medicines and
• Lab tests.

Micro Insurance Products The company has also partnered with some of Pakistan’s major micro finance banks to offer exclusively tailor made micro insurance products for the micro segment of the economy.

TPL Life E-Bazaar a first of its kind Insurance E-Bazaar that enables customers to purchase a diversified range of Insurance Products online.

TPL Life mobile app TPL Life has introduced a user friendly mobile app through which its customers can securely access their account at their ease to follow policy details, find discount offered and much more, while they can also lodge claims via Whats-app.

TPL Life Muavin is a one of its kind virtual agent portal giving an opportunity to Pakistani’s to create for themselves an alternate way of income. It’s an online facility allowing people to learn from the comfort of their homes, within their own timings and space and become a certified TPL Life Muavin. TPL Life Muavin is not gender specific, is open for everyone and anyone can walk in and become a TPL Life Muavin, learn for free and earn. However, this platform is ideal for:

• Students,
• Homemakers and housewives,
• Currently employed individuals and
• Businessmen and entrepreneurs

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Dr. Muhammad Adnan Qadir , Head of operations answering questions at the bloggers meet up!

PTCL ACHIEVES ISO CERTIFICATIONS FOR CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES SECURITY

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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

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