Category: Sports

Peshawar (Muhammad Yasir) Every success which we bag in the newly merged tribal districts is dedicated to our great martyrs that laid their lives for peace and prosperity of this region, said IG FC during the closing ceremony of 25th Bat Baba Football Tournament being held at sub division Jandola the other day.

The tournament was arranged by FC in collaboration with Betni Tribal Mushraan. More than 50 teams from all across Pakistan participated in this 35-day long tournament. IG FC was the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Eleven Star Bannu lifted the trophy by beating Aatish Football Club Tank in a one-sider by 3-0. IG FC awarded a trophy, 150cc motorbike and Rs 1 lakh to the winning team while the runner up team got Rs 50,000 and a trophy. The IG FC thanked tribal elders for their extended support and appreciated the youth which came from different cities to make this tournament a big success.

Thousands of spectators of all ages from the surrounding areas witnessed every match of the tournament and supported their favorite teams. Fool proof security was provided during every match. A fully equipped ambulance was placed throughout the tournament to handle any unforeseen incident. Area elders especially thanked the FC for this successful event. Youth of the area welcomed this healthy initiative and assured every possible support in days to come.

It is pertinent to mention here that Jandola, the sub division of Tank, was once the hub of anti-Pakistan elements. Pak Army not only cleared the whole area but also revived the region with thorough peace. In this region, the army is extensively working in various public-interest sectors including economy, education, health, infrastructure, agriculture and tourism which will directly benefit the local populace.

Special thanks to Almighty Allah that we are hearing good news from the region which was once declared the worst ever war zone. We are talking about South Waziristan, the residents of which went through the toughest time ever of their lives.
Leaving all these worst memories behind, Wana, the largest town of South Waziristan, hosted a month-long 6th All Pakistan Football Tournament in which teams from all over Pakistan participated. Throughout the month, the Wana Sports Complex witnessed thousands of spectators of all ages appreciating tough contenders of different teams.

The tournament was jointly organized by district administration and Wana Sports Committee in which teams from Swat, Chitral, Islamabad, Quetta, DG Khan and Faisalabad participated. Baldia Club Chaman held the trophy after beating Chashma Green Miranshah by 3:2. The wining team was awarded with Rs 200,000 while the runner up got Rs 100,000 from Ghulam Rasool, Senior Vice President PTI South Waziristan. Assistant Commissioner Wana also witnessed the final.

The tournament was well-organized with the support of Frontier Corps. A fully-equipped ambulance was deputed throughout the tournament to handle any unforeseen situation. Area elders especially thanked the local administration and the Pak Army for the successful event. Youth of the area welcomed this healthy initiative and assured every possible support in days to come.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir)  Telenor Pakistan, being at the forefront of innovation remains committed to enabling the youth by connecting them to what matters most through personalised digital solutions and experiences. Strengthening this resolve, in yet another industry first, Telenor Pakistan has collaborated with Garena for Free Fire Continental Series (FFCS) 2020 and co-partnered for the Asia Series Pakistan Qualifier 2020 tournaments launched for the first time in Pakistan.

This collaboration in the e-sports ambit will support Garena in hosting and organising Esport events nationwide, offering contextualised content to help explore the talent and nurture the mobile gaming community of Pakistan.

Garena Free Fire is one of the biggest use cases of Mobile Gaming in Pakistan. It became the most downloaded mobile game with over 100 million daily active users globally and received the award for “Best Popular Vote Game” by Google Play in 2019. Garena has recently launched the Pakistan Server to help optimise the gameplay while establishing their presence in the gaming community of Pakistan.

Telenor Pakistan is an active catalyst towards the development of the gaming ecosystem and has launched various initiatives with the aim of promoting gaming in the country. With this collaboration, Telenor Pakistan wants to optimise experience and offer personalised content to support the gaming community of Pakistan. 

“Telenor Pakistan is leveraging the power of digital technologies and partnerships to enable and empower every Pakistani, especially the youth. We are constantly innovating to serve our customers with More se Zyada value, and contributing to the country’s digital ecosystem with latest technologies and solutions in order to become an essential part of people’s everyday lives,” said Khurrum Ashfaque, Chief Operating Officer, Telenor Pakistan. “We are very excited about our partnership with Gerena as we aim to revolutionise gaming as a career and eventually place Pakistan on the international gamers map.” he added.

216 teams have registered for the tournament and top 4 teams from each city qualifier will compete in Final Qualifier, the tournaments will be live streamed on Telenor Pakistan’s Facebook page as well as Garena’s YouTube channel. FFCS 2020 Pakistan Qualifiers tournament for Karachi and Lahore has taken place and the Islamabad Qualifier is scheduled to be held on 1st Nov 2020. Final Qualifier will be held Online, where 12 teams will compete against each other and top 2 teams will be selected for Asia Series qualifiers and final.

Telenor Pakistan is as always leading from the front in gaming and constantly exploring inventive ways to enrich user experience beyond connectivity, by developing gaming as a strong area of innovation. With the turn of the millennium, the affordable internet, and progressing game technology, Telenor Pakistan wants to offer prodigious gaming experience to all gamer profiles and supports them to represent Pakistan at global level.

The beloved PVP playmode for Halloween is resurrected in latest content update for world’s most popular mobile game

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Chilling undead creep back into PUBG MOBILE today as the Infection Mode returns to the blockbuster mobile game just in time for Halloween. From now through Monday, Nov. 9, players can get into the favorite Infection Mode of the action-packed game variant through a free content update. New in-game themes and costumes are also added as part of PUBG MOBILE’s Halloweeks celebration coming soon.

In PUBG MOBILE’s Infection Mode, players are split into two teams at the beginning of the match, including Zombies and Defenders. Zombies must defeat all Defenders before the time limit ends the match for victory, but if even one Defender survives, the Defender team earns the Chicken Dinner. While Defenders boast firearms of M416 and AK47 with super Extended Mags, Zombies can only use melee attacks and abilities, which have cooldown times. Once defeated, Defenders will become infected and respawn as Zombies, who can even transform into Fast Zombie, Stealth Zombie, and the Zombie King with huge defense and attack boost. Defenders will also transform into powerful combatants called the Vanquisher when there are only three of them left. Infected killed by Vanquishers cannot be resurrected. These make the gameplay even more interesting and encourage strategy from different side.

In addition to the return of Infection Mode, today’s content update delivers a new wave of specially-themed in-game décor for PUBG MOBILE’s Halloweeks. Zombies wear Halloween masks, with new atmospheric decorations, including jack-o’-lanterns, gravestones and candles. More Halloweeks themed outfits, items and festive content will be revealed soon.

PUBG MOBILE is available to download for free on the App Store and Google Play. 

Singapore – The Talent Games, a Pakistan-based startup turned into a scale-up company, has won an award for the ‘Best Candidate Experience’ by a solution provider at the Asia Recruitment Awards 2020 in Singapore, organized by Human Resources Online.

The Talent Games was announced as the winner in one of the most competitive categories of the event. The company was seen as the Finalists along with five other HR Tech companies. The winners were announced by the jury of Asia Recruitment Awards 2020 Singapore.

Based on the case studies, candidate testimonials and other validation papers shared by the company, the esteemed jury members of the Asia Recruitment Awards 2020 collectively chose The Talent Games as worthy of receiving this prestigious award.

Recognizing the importance organizations place on candidate experience, The Talent Games is empowering companies with tools to take their candidate experience to the next-level. At the virtual awards event, the esteemed judges picked ‘The Talent Games’ as one the most deserving companies to win this accolade due to its millennial-centric hiring solutions.

In Pakistan, The Talent Games has partnered with organizations like HBL – Habib Bank Limited Pakistan, Shell, PSO (Pakistan State Oil), Novartis, Coca Cola, Shan Foods, TPL Corporation, Aga Khan University, HUM TV,  Khaadi, Bank Alfalah, Telenor Microfinance Bank, K.E (Karachi Electric), PTCL, House of Habib, FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan Limited and many more.

Paul Keijzer – Co-Founder & CEO of The Talent Games on winning the award:

“Since our inception, we have worked rigorously to provide candidate insights to organizations and improve their candidate experience with our gamified recruitment solutions. We have helped so many clients in building their millennial employer brand through our recruitment games that millennial candidates love and enjoy being part of. And winning an award for exactly the same cause is beyond explanation.”

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Social activist, entrepreneur and renowned philanthropist hailing from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Ms. Azra Ahmad has been appointed as Manager Operations for Pakistan Blind Sports Federation (PBSF).

PBSF is a registered Non-Profit sports federation in Pakistan working to promote sports for the blind people. PBSF is registered with International Blinds Sports federation (IBSF), Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), National Paralympic Committee of Pakistan (NPC), and Pakistan Paralympics.

Regarding this new appointment, PBSF President, Chaudhry Muhammad Waqas Warraich said, “The addition of Ms. Azra to our team is a great achievement for the federation, she brings with herself a vast experience and vision that is imperative for infusing life into the federation”.

Expressing her views on this appointment, Ms. Azra said, “I am really thankful to the management committee for entrusting me with this great task. During my tenure, it’s my top priority to take the federation to new heights and help it make a name for itself internationally”.

The blind cricket team expressed happiness on this appointment as they were of the view that having such an experienced and dynamic personality as Manager operations would not only help elevate status of the team, but also help in boosting the players’ morale, as their voices would now be heard on the Federal level, and their issues would be resolved on a priority basis.

On this occasion, the blind cricketers also made an appeal to the Government to protect their rights and support them via sponsorship for upcoming international events.

It is pertinent to mention that Ms. Azra herself is a sports lover and it’s her passion to promote sports, especially for the disabled people.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Pakistan’s leading Fiber to the Home (FTTH) broadband service provider, StormFiber, has joined hands with the Karachi United football club to induct their coaches and players to assist StormFiber in increasing its capacity to supportingexisting connections and deploying new ones during the pandemic.

Although the sports scene of Pakistan is dominated by cricket, football is fast emerging as a popular sport in the country. Among the top football clubs of Pakistan is Karachi United that has countless achievements under its belt since its inception in 1996. The Karachi United football club has had a big role to play in achieving football excellence in Pakistan and promoting the sport at the grassroots level. It also aims for community development through the popular sport. The players of the famous Karachi United (KU) football club are known for their hard work, dedication, ambition, and strength. They belong to Lyari, a neighborhood known for its challenges, yet their love for sports and persistence remains unconditional.

Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic has put the club’s major activities to a halt while putting employments of its staff members at risk. Recently with the spate of unprecedented cuts to its drop wires as well as demand for new connections, StormFiber has been hiring aggressively to deploy more support teams to repair affected connections and deploy new connections. To support the club during this economic downturn, StormFiberwill be bringing onboard football club’s coaches and players to assist the company in keeping its customer connected.

“Karachi United FC is one of Pakistan’s best football clubs and we’re very privileged to work with them.” said FawadLaher, Managing Director at StormFiber. “These are extremely testing times for all and sports have been as badly affected as any other walk of life by the COVID-19 outbreak. With the immense increase in demand for new connections and increased repair times due to cable cuts, StormFiber requires many more capable resources and we are deeply honoured that the Karachi United FC members would join our team durng this time. We remain hopeful and motivated for the resumption of the game and look to collaborate post-COVID as well”.

Mr. Talib Hussain, Program Manager KU, also shared his views, “We are looking forward to this employment partnership and we hope that other companies will also take such initiatives, to enable the growth and development of youth. We are grateful to the management of StormFiber for providing these employment opportunities.”

This collaboration with Karachi United FC is an extension of StormFiber’s efforts to empowerPakistani society and create constructive opportunities for the youth.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Easypaisa, Pakistan’s leading provider of digital financial services is proud to become the associate partner of the Pakistan Cricket Board for Pakistan men’s national cricket team’s tour of England. The Pakistan men’s national cricket team will do the Easypaisa logo on all their playing kits for the Test and T20 series during the contest starting from August 5th, 2020.

Easypaisa has been a pioneer in the digital payments ecosystem of Pakistan launching innovative products as well as services to bring financial inclusion in a simple yet convenient manner to the masses. Pakistan men’s national cricket team playing kits will now adorn the Easypaisa branding signifying a partnership of two strong contenders in their respective fields. This collaboration is a personification of Easypaisa’s leadership position in the digital payments space of the country.

Commenting on the development, M. Mudassar Aqil, CEO, Easypaisa, said; “It is a matter of great privilege and honor for us to become the associate partner of the men’s national cricket team for their series against England. This event is indeed something for cricket fans to cheer about who were deprived of the game due to the pandemic.  The Pakistan-England series is one of the initial rounds of international cricket to be conducted post the COVID-19 outbreak and we believe it will be a sign of resilience and a precursor for healthier times ahead. Our best wishes go out to both teams while we look forward to a great cricketing season ahead.”

With cricket slowly gearing up for resumption after the COVID-19 lockdowns, excitement levels amongst cricket fans are heightened all over the world. The English cricket series would be one of the major sporting events that will be held after the COVID-19 outbreak.

 

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Dot Republic Media, one of the biggest YouTube MCN (Multi-Channel Network) in the region, in collaboration with their talent partner Alchemists, has announced the launch of ‘CreatorsOne Fitness’, a first of its kind fitness platform in Pakistan. 

As the current situation continues to cause hindrance in the health and fitness regimes for people across Pakistan, the popularity of the digital fitness space has grown considerably over the past few months. According to Google’s May Report, the search interest for “health clubs” has increased by 1.5x and “fitness classes” by 189%. It has also seen a jump in “gym at home” searches by 125%, and “home workouts” by 80%. C1 Fitness is an all-in-one digital platform shaping the future of fitness, nutrition, and wellness of the Pakistani Audience lead by Pakistan’s finest fitness influencers and enthusiasts.

The platform is an intimate digital space that empowers and enables Pakistan’s top fitness creators and experts to follow their passion and inspire their audience to achieve their health and fitness goals. It will be providing access to unique and purposeful fitness and nutrition-related content to the viewers.

The first set of teasers have already been released on the official YouTube channel, and it would be marking its official launch with the first video slated for release on the 1st of July.