KARACHI: The Azme-Naujawan (AeN) consortium has taken the initiative to launch a holistic programme focused on the meaningful engagement of youth at the ‘International Youth Day’ on 12th August. The AeN consortium is a programme that has been launched to address the disengaged state of youth in Karachi. They have come up with a platform that will provide youth with …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI/LONDON: Emirates and The Football Association announced today a three year contract extension to their successful existing partnership. The agreement will see the tournament continue to be named The Emirates FA Cup through until 2021. In 2015, Emirates became the title partner of the FA Cup, the world’s most prestigious domestic cup competition. The partnership between Emirates …

DOHA: Getting in touch with Qatar Airways’ Customer Service team has been made even easier today thanks to the launch of a brand new dedicated 24/7 Twitter channel. Although the online support function already exists within the world’s most popular digital airline’s channels, by introducing a dedicated 24/7 bilingual service, Qatar Airways’ passengers will now be provided with an even …

BANGKOK: THAI Presents Silk Products from the Queen Sirikit Department of Sericulture to Passengers on Mother’s Day 2017 Mrs. Usanee Sangsingkeo (fourth from left),  Acting President, Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI), along with Captain Werasak Wiroonpetch (Fifth from left), THAI Executive Vice President, Operations Department and Mr. Chalermpon Kaewchinporn (sixth from left), THAI Vice President, In-flight Services Department, …

ABU DHABI – Driving quality and safety, and enhancing patient experience in Abu Dhabi healthcare sector are top priorities for the Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD). With the vision to promote a dialogue between different stakeholders to deliver the best patient centered care and patient experience, HAAD is officially endorsing the 1st GCC Patient Experience Summit organized by Fleming. The …

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Airports has been awarded the UAE’s first Aerodrome Flight Information Services (AFIS) certification from the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), for Sir Bani Yas Airport. AFIS is provided at airfields where flight information is required, but where the aircraft traffic does not warrant having a full Air Traffic Control service. AFIS can provide information to pilots …

DOHA: Latin America’s leading airline showed strong support for Qatar this week when Qatar Airways hosted the LATAM Airlines Group Board of Directors for its first-ever meeting in Doha. The board members, including Chairman of the Board Ignacio Cueto and Chief Executive Officer Enrique Cueto, arrived at Doha’s state-of-the-art Hamad International Airport (HIA), after flying on Qatar Airways flights from …

MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, is delighted to announce the launch of a third daily flight on its popular Muscat to Mumbai route. Launched on 1 August this year, the two hour 50 minutes flight departs Muscat at 22.40 hrs and arrives in Mumbai at 03.00hrs. The return flight leaves Mumbai at 04.05 hrs …

KARACHI: Karwan-e-Hayat organized a mental health awareness run on Sunday, 6th August with the theme ‘No Health Without Mental Health. ’The focus of the run was to raise awareness about mental health issues and to let people know about Karwan-e-Hayat ‘s services in the field of mental health. For the past three decades, Karwan-e-Hayat a non-profit welfare organization, has been …

KARACHI: Episode 2 of Pepsi’s Battle of the Bands started off with the beautiful host Ayesha Omer recapping for us, the first episode. The second auditions episode featured 21 bands all hailing from different genres: Ehl-e-Rock – The group described their band name as more of an ideology supporting hard-rock music. They performed their first ever Urdu song ‘Junoon’. Farooq …