VimpelCom Ltd. (“VimpelCom”) and Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. (“GTH”), together with Warid Telecom Pakistan LLC and Bank Alfalah Limited (“Dhabi Group shareholders”), have reached an agreement to merge their Pakistan telecom businesses. The merger of Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (“Mobilink”) and Warid Telecom (Private) Limited (“Warid”) will see the combined entity serving 45 million customers. It will be the first merger in the mobile telecommunications sector in Pakistan.The transaction is expected to create Capex and Opex synergies with a net present value of approximately USD 500 million. The combined revenue of both companies for the 12 months to September 2015 was USD 1.4 billion.
Commenting on the agreement, Jean-Yves Charlier, Chief Executive Officer of VimpelCom, said: “We are delighted to announce the agreement with the Dhabi Group shareholders today to combine our businesses in Pakistan. With the addition of Warid to our already strong customer base at Mobilink, we will serve more than 45 million customers and offer a best-in-class mobile and high-speed data network – a key factor in the digital enablement of Pakistan’s economy. This transactionfollows a number of strategic milestones for the company, including our recent joint venture announcement with WIND and 3 Italia in Italy and the agreement to sell our operations in Zimbabwe. This is yet another important step in our journey to continue delivering on our strategy to transform VimpelCom and improve our competitive position in our operating markets.”
Additional details of the Transaction
As part of the Transaction, Mobilink will first acquire 100% of Warid’s shares in consideration for the Dhabi Group shareholders acquiring approximately 15% of the shares of Mobilink (the “Transaction”). Following completion of the Transaction, the parties intend to merge in due course (the “Merger”).
The Transaction is expected to close within six months from today,subject to obtaining approvals from the relevant authorities in Pakistan and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Merger is expected to close within 6 months from closing of theTransaction, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. After a four year lock-in period following the date of closing of the Acquisition Transaction, the Dhabi Group shareholders will have the option to put their shares of the merged company to VimpelCom/GTH, and VimpelCom/GTH will have the option to call the shares of the merged company held by the Dhabi Group shareholders, each at fair market value.
PakWheels.com is all geared up to deliver the 3rd Islamabad Auto Show on Sunday, 23rd November 2014, at Fatima Jinnah Park from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM. This Auto Show promises to be the biggest annual auto event in the city, with a static display of more than 300 exclusive vehicles, including; vintage cars, classic cars, 4×4 off-roaders, exotic cars, sports cars, sport bikes and much more. PakWheels has been arranging these fascinating auto shows in Islamabad every year since 2012.
It is not just a high spirited car show to excite the automobile enthusiasts. It is a full day of fun activities for the whole family. The extravaganza is aimed at nurturing the automotive industry in Pakistan, through an extravagant display of vehicles, where the young fans can also gain insight on the hazards of street racing and reckless driving.
The event is brought to you by Warid Telecom, in association with Shell Pakistan, Pak Suzuki, Mountain Dew and Atlas Battery.
Suneel Sarfaraz Munj, Chairman, PakWheels.com said; “Over the years, PakWheels has grown tremendously and this time we are bringing the biggest show in the history of Islamabad. We have a history of organizing successful auto shows in all major cities of Pakistan, which have repeatedly attracted thousands of visitors from all walks of life. We are indebted to our sponsors for facilitating such mega events to enrich our social fabric and provide healthy entertainment opportunities to the citizens of this country, especially the youth”.
The event sponsors and partners of the event will also be conducing contests for the general public and will give away valuable prizes. Ample arrangements for entertainment, parking space, food and water have been made so that the public can have a delightful and memorable time at the event.
In last year AliBaba Group recorded $9.3 billion sales in just 24-hours during 11.11 Sale. This year AliExpress also started their pre-sale program to get ready for 11.11 sale 2015. The customers are getting coins by shaking their smartphone and playing Flip game by using those coins to get seller coupons or coins. Thousands of coupons have been grabbed by the customers and only few are left. There are different coupons which can be used on different price range of shopping.
If you are planning to buy from AliExpress on upcoming sale than be sure what amount you are paying. In original what the seller do is, they increase the prices of products and than show reduce or fake prices as for sale. But in original the price didn’t changed and the new user feel too much difference in price and they get fooled by the sellers. Let suppose the price of product are $5 and they increase the base price and reduce for sale. If the product cost $5 than they increase the price let suppose $10 and than show $5 for 11.11 sale. Those who are new to AliExpress thinks that they are actually getting the lowest price but in actual they are paying the original cost.
The majority of seller’s are doing and their are only few who originally take sale as serious and facilitate the customers. But to check who is original and who isn’t, you must check the prices and add products into your wishlist before sale time and note the price and you can feel the difference, how these Chinese seller’s are cheating you and showing fake prices to attract customers in the name of 11-11 sale. If you use coupons and pay more price of products than in the end you save nothing.
Huawei Pakistan announced that they are bringing their new high end smartphone in Pakistan at price PKR 45,499. The Huawei Honor will be available from this month and Zong will also launch the same device with free 6 GB internet offer for the period of six months.
Huawei Honor 7 is finely enriched with features like high resolution front and rear camera, fingerprint scanner unlocker with speedy response to the 360 angle detection.It comes with fast charging feature which gives you 1 hour call time in charge of 5 minutes and in half hour Honor 7 charged up to 50%. Huawei Honor 7 has Rear Camera offers 20 megapixel along with 8 megapixel front camera. It supports 4G LTE and it has dual SIM functionality.
Warid LTE brings Sub Ki Jeet recharge Offer to all Warid customers and those who join Warid network. Now you can win 1 lac rupees cash prize daily, a bumper prize of 10 lac rupees & iPhone 6 handsets on recharging your account balances with Rs.100. And you can also win other prizes via lucky draw. Subscribers will get only one free items, such as if you get SMS than you won’t get any other and if you get MBs than you won’t get SMS or Minutes. This offer is also applicable on new sales, MNP and all inactive Warid SIM’s from last 30 days.
To Activate Sab ki Jeet Offer:
To get free resources you have to dial *277# before a recharge of Rs.100 or more.
Offer Details:
On recharging your Warid mobile account with Rs. 100 or more, all Warid Prepaid customers will get either of the following:
100 Free minutes for calling from Warid to Warid numbers
2000 SMS for all networks
200 MB LTE Internet
Not only this, you will be entitled to win the following prizes via lucky draws:
Daily Cash prize of 1 Lac Rupees
Bumper prize of 10 Lac Rupees
iPhone 6 Handset
To check free resources dial *200*505#
Terms & Conditions:
Subscriber will get only one of the benefit at a time i.e. either on net min or sms or MBs
This Offer is only for all Warid prepaid & Glow customers .
Minimum recharge of Rs 100 in one go will be considered eligible.
Offer can be availed on new SIM, MNP, inactive SIM for more than 30 days and existing subscribers.
Free resources can be availed within 1 day only.
There are no charges for dialing *277#.
Recharge done through ezeeload or scratch card will be considered valid for entry in the offer.
Balance share will not be considered as an entry into the offer.
On Package change free resources will remain intact.
After utilization of free resources, standard package calling rate will be applicable.
Huawei is launching such smart phones which add tremendously to the customer’s classiness and style. It is quite evident from Huawei’s latest prodigy which is soon going to smash land in the Pakistan’s smart phone market, Huawei Y6. This smart phone because of its ultra cool and sleek design is surely going to appeal to an incredibly vast range of customers; no matter how varied their standards of style are, as this smart phone fits perfectly in the definition of “beauty and elegance”.
Huawei Pakistan’s Marketing Head, Mr. Fraz M Khan, said, “The entire range of Huawei’s smart phones, which have been launched till date, has been manufactured utilizing great expertise and the latest technologies.” “We want to bring the people closer, so that a better connected world can be created which is only possible when most modern technologies are brought in the convenient access of the users and Huawei is undoubtedly playing a significant role, by delivering the best affordable devices”, he further added.
Huawei’s soon to be launched smart phone, Y6, carries slim and lustrous design with high screen to body ratio, giving the users a perfect experience when watching any video on it. The technology expert company, Huawei has focused even on the minute details when manufacturing this smart device, and delivered a beautifully patterned body, both the back cover and the LCD lens.
This smart device carries Android 5.1 and EMUI 3.1 with Quad core 1.1 GHz processor, the temporary storage area RAM is 2GB and the ROM is 8GB and the internal memory can be extended to 32GBwith MicroSD card. The camera of this smart phone is another catch, the front is 2MP and the rear camera is 8MP with large aperture, which captures good quality pictures even in low light. The battery is also heavily loaded, i.e. 2200mAh which is super sufficient to keep your cell phone going for long hours without badgering you to recharge repeatedly.
Huawei’s Y6, is expected to be available for Rs. 14, 899/-, soon on the authorized mobile stores, so be ready to grab your Y6, before all.
The smart technology market, all over the globe has welcomed amazingly unique and feature rich smart phones this year. Since technology has taken over the human lives, people are now more interested in getting their hands on advanced technologies before anyone else. This trend has particularly led towards a significant increase in the market sales of mid tier and high-end smart phones, because they do not only look stylish and elegant but they also perform extraordinarily.
In the race of developing modernized chic-smart phones, Huawei has taken the market lead and outshone big tech giants. Because of the prolific R&D department and excellent quality of production materials, Huawei has significantly established itself as the “leading tech innovator”.
Huawei’s latest prodigies belonging to P series, Mate Series and Honor Series have proven that this technology based company only delivers the best of products in exquisitely crafted exterior. Recently launched, Huawei G8, is undoubtedly a syndicate of stylish exterior and high tech interior.
Let’s have a detailed comparison of G8 with its competitor smart phone, Samsung Galaxy A5.
Structure & Design:
Huawei and Samsung, both the companies keep a keen eye on manufacturing attractive bodies for their devices, but the pattern Samsung has adopted is now getting old. Whereas, Huawei is focusing on making nature inspired bodies and those which have a tint of style and glamour. Huawei’s G8 is an example of such beautifully crafted design which makes it a perfect fit in the hands. Though A5 is not shabby to handle, but the ergonomic design of G8 makes it super easy to be used single-handedly.
G8 has got full-touch frontal surface, whereas A5 has a home button at its front bottom. The G8 by Huawei has got the power on/off and volume keys aligned on the right panel of the device, whereas in A5, the power key is on the right panel and volume keys are on the left. Though it doesn’t make any difference, but still it would have been a lot easier, if one could get both the functions at one spot, like in Huawei G8.
Another worth mentioning factor of G8 is the fingerprint scanner on its rear. It is right below the back camera, the research staff at Huawei, has developed the fingerprint scanner with enhanced perfection, making it instantly responsive. One similarity in design, between the two is that they both carry an LED flashlight adjacent to the rear camera.
Well, if we have to give points for being classy and attractive at the first glimpse then we would certainly pick Huawei G8.
Display Screen:
Now let’s talk about the screen beauty of G8 in comparison to A5. I am not picking sides here, but given other credits like affordability, Huawei has manufactured its latest G8 smart phone with color-rich big screen in comparison to A5. The display size of G8 is 5.5 inch, whereas of A5 is 5 inches, but what makes the difference is the ppi, in G8 it is 400 ppi and in A5 it is 294 ppi.
Both companies have utilized Corning Gorilla glass in their display screens, making them strong and resistant to external scratches etc. Another additional feature of G8 is that it has 2.5D curved screen which helps in creating three dimensional images, making the images you view or the movies you are watching, feel more lifelike.
OS & Processor:
The internal parts of a smart phone would only perform extraordinarily when they are accompanied with the latest and up to date OS and processor. Huawei has incorporated its ultra modern G8 with the latest 1.5 GHz Octa Core processor and Android 4.4 KitKat OS. On the other hand, highly priced than G8, the A5 has 1.2 GHz Quad core processor in it with the Android 4.4 KitKat OS.
Huawei has certainly given its users a bigger treat by loading G8 with extremely efficient processor supported by the latest OS, whereas Samsung couldn’t manage to provide a comparatively effective processor in comparison to G8.
Storage:
The amount of data a smart device can adjust in it along with the efficacy of the processor and OS, decide the performance level of it and also how well it will do in the market. Huawei has aptly maintained the competition in this regard as well. As both the devices, Huawei G8 and Samsung A5 have a 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM incorporated in them and the extent to which memory can be expanded in G8 is 32GB (with the MicroSDcard) and in A5 it is 64GB.
But, given the processor efficacy of G8, one can obviously imagine, which of the two devices would outshine the other when it would come to downloading, or gaming, or movie buffering etc. Huawei has undoubtedly designed G8 as the perfect smart phone for not only the working generation but also the students, who have excess use of smart phone on a daily basis.
Camera:
Talking about the camera, we would have to place both the smart phones equally, as both of them carry 13 MP rears (with flashlight) and a 5MP front camera. The factor which distinguishes G8 from A5 are the additional features available with the camera. A5 does carry traditional camera features and qualities with it, but Huawei has totally revolutionized the cameras of G8.
With complete DSLR features available with the rear camera and ultra beautification features with the front camera, pictures and selfies captured with G8 are undoubtedly most exquisite, refreshing, vivid and vibrant. Though the snaps taken through A5’s cameras are also extraordinary, but one can certainly create fascinating and memorable images and videos with Huawei’s G8.
Battery:
The functional time duration, a smart phone provides to its user in his day to day life, is undeniably significant. It is obviously quite irritating when the phone’s battery dies rapidly and one has to put off other important tasks repeatedly to charge his smart phone. Well, this problem can surely beovercome by loading a smart phone with a heavy powered battery. Huawei has again taken the lead in this regard by integrating a 3000 mAh in its G8, whereas, here again Samsung has not given enough and incorporated a 2300 mAh in its A5. Given the super efficient processor, latest OS and spacious storage of G8, this smart phone is utterly unbeatable by Samsung’s A5.
Pricing:
The monetary aspect of a smart phone is certainly considered the most, when one sets foot in a smart phone shop. Huawei has made a genius move by packing its G8 with unique features, super fast processor and OS, large memory and heavy powered battery and then pricing it lot less than the competitor smart phones like Samsung Galaxy A5. Huawei’s 4G LTE supporting G8 is available for Rs. 35,000/- whereas Samsung’s Galaxy A5 is available for Rs. 39,999/-.
Now we won’t put words in your mouth and will let you decide on your own, which device you would like to buy next time you step out to get yourself a classy and high tech smart phone.
Bahria University is a well known university with three campuses at Islamabad , Karachi and Lahore. It was established by Pakistan Navy in 2000 and from that time it has gradually developed its name in one of the leading institution’s of Higher Education in Pakistan. Bahria is also recognized for its restrictions and business rules as in past bahrian students were used to wear the uniform in the university and this rule was also applicable on post graduate students which really feel scratchy for students to follow such rules in university. Now in recently started semester bahria university has again imposed such sort of dress code for their students. It’s very itchy where students are not allowed in campus except Friday in Shalwar Kameez. Is this a good way to ban Shalwar Kameez and students can’t even wear their national dress even living in their country. Ex Bahrain can know it well, how pathetic to ban Shalwar Kameez in university campus and those who are suffering from this decision can also understand what kind of problems students are facing. By putting ban on Shalwar Kameez, what Bahria want to proof. Is this is a university or school/college.
In majority there are no such restrictions on students to not wear Shalwar Kameez except Bahria. From almost last more than 8 years, Bahria not allowed their students to come in Shalwar Kameez. Yes there should be dress code and students should come in proper way. But why not Shalwar Kameez, By imposing Pant and Shirt as dress code Bahria can’t successfully meet their objectives. Off course not, for that it is not the case to meet their objectives, they must do something extra to compete their competitors and for better HEC ranking. Now all students are demanding to lift ban from Shalwar Kameez, this isn’t college or school and they are paying huge amount as fee.
Below are the dress code is to be adhered by all students.
Male Students
Dress/casual Trousers
Jeans (Plain Blue) without any images, graphics & write ups
Dress/Casual Shirts (Half/full sleeves)
T Shirts without any images, messages, graphics & write ups
Dress/Casual shoes or joggers with Socks. (No Sandals)
Shalwar Qameez with shoes (only on Friday)
Suit/Combination
Coat/Pullover/Sweater/Jacket in winter
Female Students
Shalwar Qameez. (No sleeveless)
Hijab, Abaya, Chaddar
Full length Jeans/trousers with long shirt/Kurta [Knee length] (No tights)
Light Jewlery & light make up
Shoes, Sandals & Joggers
Duppatta/Scarf compulsory with all dresses
In case of non-compliance, the following disciplinary actions will be undertaken
Written warning on 1st occasion
Fine of Rs.5000/- on 2nd occasion
Barring attendance of classes on 3rd occasion
The second rule pointed by our team is Bahria university business game for the car stickers to park the car in the university premises. It is truly unfair with students to get the car sticker much expensively although they are paying high fees, while the staff gets it in cheap cost and a well reserved parking also. The cost for the car sticker for students is Rs. 750 and the interesting point is that students have to get new sticker at the start of every new year. Why Rs.750 when they are already paying fee, the maximum amount as car fee is another Bahria fraud with their students.
And all ex-Bahrian have passed through the same kind of car sticker fraud and last but not the least the fraud laptop scheme. Yes, back in year 2006-2009, if i remember it well, it was compulsory for all students to get laptop from Bahria and they charge it with semester fee. The Acer Extenza laptop are forcefully given to students and Bahria made huge amount.
If you are currently suffering from this ban or have faced if you were previously associated with Bahria. Than show your support to make loud and clear message to higher authorities to stop ban on Shalwar Kameez. And take any decisions which affects the students with collaboration of students. Students are the main stakeholders and without that they are nothing.
