The management at PISA would foremost like to apologize to the Baluch Twins for the inconvenience they experienced by not being able to attend the PISA’21 show in Dubai on November 5, 2021. The Baluch Twins were one of five esteemed nominees in the Song of the Year category.
In light of the accusations made, PISA would like to elaborate that the circumstances were a result of the cancellation of the flight the Baluch Twins were originally booked on. Twenty-nine PISA guests were on two Lahore to Dubai flights that were cancelled. Despite all efforts, several of those people could not be adjusted on alternate flights and unfortunately, the Baluch Twins were two of them. Covid advisories, the T20 Series and the Expo traffic all contributed to the unfortunate situation.
PISA would like to strongly clarify that the situation was purely logistic and had absolutely nothing to do with racial discrimination, as was accused. The management at PISA respects all of its nominees, including the Baluch Twins, and will continue to acknowledge, celebrate and encourage their undeniable talent.
PISA 2021 DAZZLES WITH SPELLBINDING PERFORMANCES & A SLEW OF WELL-DESERVED AWARDS HONOURING PAKISTANI TALENT!
Dubai: November 7, 2021:- The much-anticipated 2nd annual Pakistan International Screen Awards (PISA ’21) took place on November 5, 2021 at the majestic Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai organized by Mesmerise Events under the aegis of Founder and CEO Faisal Khan. The Show Director of PISA 2021 was Frieha Altaf, Founder and CEO of Catwalk Event Management, PR & Productions who managed the show direction, Red Carpet and PR for the event.
During a celebrity and glamour-filled evening, the organizers of PISA acknowledged the stellar talent of Pakistan’s most celebrated artists from the Film, TV, Music, Fashion and Digital Content industries and bestowed 29 well-deserved awards on an international platform which was enhanced with a bevy of spellbinding and mesmerising performances by some of Pakistan’s most celebrated superstars.
The evening commenced with a warm welcome by co-hosts Vasay Chaudhry and Yasir Hussain and followed by a proudly patriotic and passionate recitation of Pakistan’s National Anthem by supernova singer Asim Azhar.
Yasir and Vasay thanked the audience for attending PISA ’21 and without further ado introduced the stunning opening performances by superstars Mehwish Hayat and Sheheryar Munawar.
Mehwish performed solo to the energetic song ‘Chirrya’ by Neha Chaudhry and Shiraz Uppal from the 2019 Wajahat Rauf film ‘Chhalawa’ in which Mehwish starred. This was followed by an equally invigorating solo performances by Sheheryar to ‘Haye Dil Bechara’ from the 2019 Asim Raza multi-starrer ‘Parey Hut Love’ starring Sheheryar and Maya Ali: and “Shakar Wandaan Re’ from the 2015 Asim Raza film ‘Ho Mann Jahan’ starring Sheheyar, Mahira Khan and Adeel Hussain.
The ante and temperature were raised with the scintillating chemistry of Mehwish and Sheheryar performing together to ‘Munday Lahore De’ sung by Mohsin Abbas Haider and Saima Jahan from the 2018 Nabeel Qureshi film ‘Load Wedding’ starring Mehwish and Fahad Mustafa.
The first Jury award of the evening was for ‘Singer of the Year’ which was won by versatile powerhouse Aima Baig for ‘Te Quiero Mucho’ and was presented by star couple, singer Umair Jaswal and TV actress Sana Javed who also conferred. The ‘Song of the Year’ shield (by TRESemmé presents Kashmir PISA 2021 and powered by Pond’s) to Bari 2 by Bilal Saeed and Momina Mustehsan.
An exciting and anticipated award was the Critics’ ‘Breakthrough Artist of 2020 which was won by Hasan Raheem and presented by Sajeer Abbas.
The well-deserved ‘PISA Rock Star’ honorary accolade was bestowed to Pakistan’s ultimate Rock legend Ali Azmat by Ahmed Ali Butt for whom Ali had expressed his love and admiration along with a faux fun sparring match earlier on the Red Carpet!
Equally prestigious was the honorary’ PISA Youth Icon’ of the Year Award’ which was conferred to Rock supernova Umair Jaswal by music legend Sajjad Ali against the backdrop of Umair’s title song from his travel documentary ‘Raahi.’
‘Television’s Best Title Track/Original Soundtrack award was presented to Asim Azhar for the OST to the TV drama “Ishqiya’.by Hassaam Awais, Brand Marketing Manager, Kashmir Cooking Oil (United Industries Limited).
Energetic and humorous co-hosts Vasay and Yasir introduced Act Two which kicked-off with the spellbinding Junaid Jamshed patriotic anthem ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ proudly and beautifully sung among oversize Pakistani flags by an uber-talented choir of young musical prodigies and future superstars including Mustafa Khan; Hadiya Hashmi; Urooj Fatima and Aashir Wajahat.
The next set of awards were the ‘Social Media Awards’ hosted by content creator and Social Media whiz and commentator Waqar Zaka. Celebrity couple, actor/director Yasir Nawaz and actress/ morning host Nida Yasir presented the ‘Most Entertaining Instagram Celebrity award to Romaisa Khan who has 1.7 M followers on the social media platform’; and the ‘Best Use of Humour in Social Media’ award to CBA Arslan Naseer (Comics by Arslan which has 1.15 M subscribers on YouTube respectively.
The highly competitive ‘YouTuber of the Year’ trophy was presented to the very popular Ducky Bhai who has 2.84 M subscribers on YouTube by supermodel Fahmeen Ansari; while actor Omair Rana presented ‘Vlogger of the Year’ to Shahveer Jafry who has 3.04 M subscribers on YouTube. To round off the Social Media awards actors Hiba Bukhari and Affan Waheed gave out the ‘Tik Toker of the Year’ accolade to Jannat Mirza who has more than 16.8 M followers and over 445 M Likes on the video sharing App Tilk Tok.
Co-hosts Vasay Chaudhry and Mehwish could not control their excitement as they introduced a rollicking medley performance by Rock star Ali Azmat of his popular hits. Ali’s riveting and emotive vocals inevitably brought the house down.
The glamour and glitz continued with the revelation of the Fashion Awards. The first two Fashion awards, ‘Bridal Couture Designer of the Year’ were handed out by Mrs. Faisal Khan of Mesmerise Events and Azerbaijani model Uksana, firstly to “The King of Technicolour”, couturier Nomi Ansari; and then the ‘Prêt-à-Porter Designer/Brand of the Year’ award to internationally-recognized powerhouse Khaadi.
The fiercely competitive and coveted ‘Model of the Year Critics” award was won by female supermodel Fahmeen Ansari. The honorary Most Promising Model of the Year’ award was conferred to Faiza Ashfaq.
An international celebrity buzz was created during the awarding of the honorary ‘PISA Global Influencer Award’ presented by esteemed veteran Pakistani actor and superstar Javed Sheikh to two actors from the globally popular Turkish historical drama series Dirilis: Ertugrul: Emre Üçtepe and Celal Al.
The Turkish stars received their honorary awards due to the unprecedented popularity of the 2014-2019 series’and its worldwide influence, which still endures and reverberates even after it concluded in 2019.
Co-hosts Mehwish and Yasir introduced the fourth act of the evening; a mesmerizingly hypnotic ballet meets Khathak dance performance gracefully rendered by actress Faryal Makhdoom followed by an elegant solo dance recital to a Madame Noorjehan song by Amar Khan and finally a rhythmic pas de deux by the pair and a bevy of back-up dancers, after which Mehwish announced the Drama Award categories.
Pakistani TV and Film superstar and host Faysal Quraishi and versatile and talented TV actress Hiba Bukhari who recently acted together in ‘Fitoor’ handed out the ‘Best Writer’ award to Zanjabeel Asim Shah for ‘Pyar ke Sadqay’ and the Best Director accolade to Piyar ke Sadqay’s helmsman Farooq Rind. For a triple whammy ‘Piyar ke Sadqay’ was also unanimously chosen as the ‘Best TV Serial’.
Co-hosts Mehwish and Yasir enthusiastically announced the next scintillating and rousing medley performance by rock star Umair Jaswal which had the audience singing along jovially and at a cute juncture, his wife, actress Sana Javed dancing with Umair briefly.
Vacillating co-hosts Yasir and Wasay then announced the next set of TV awards.
Popular TV stars Sonya Hussyn and Feroze Khan presented both the Best Supporting Actress award to Hina Altaf for ‘Bandhay Aik Dor Say’ and the ‘Best Supporting Actor’ award to Ahmed Ali Butt for ‘Jhooti’ respectively to encouraging audience applause. The TRESemmé presents PISA 2021 and powered by Pond’s ‘Best TV Actress Critics’ Award was presented to a surprised but grateful Sonya Hussyn for her role in ‘Saraab’. This was Sonya’s 17th nomination and first ever win for an acting role for which she rendered a highly emotional acceptance speech. Similarly, the ‘Best Actor Critics’ Award’ was awarded to Mohib Mirza for his powerful role in ‘Dushman-e-Jaan.’
Following these momentous awards co-hosts Yasir and Wasay announced one of the most anticipated performances of the evening: a medley by veteran music legend Sajjad Ali including classic hits including ‘Cinderella’; ‘Ravi’ and ‘Har Zulm Tera Yaad Hai’ which left the audience nostalgic and energised, especially the celebrity crowd with whom Sajjad Ali interacted off-stage.
Two honorary awards were presented by Atiqa Odho, Chairperson of Actors Collective Trust (ACT) and UAE-based celebrity gamer Bo Abdullah. Legendary superstar Humayun Saeed received the revered ‘Star of the Decade’ award while glamorous superstar Mehwish Hayat accepted the prestigious award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Cinema’.
The highly coveted ‘Best Actor Popular’ award was bestowed to Feroze Khan for ‘Ishqiya’, who offered an appreciative acceptance speech. The last award of the evening for ‘Best TV Actress Popular was handed out by Mian Shahzad Khalid and Amar Khan to Sara Khan for her performance in ‘Sabaat.”
The auditorium exploded with energy with celebrity audience members getting on their feet when veteran great Sajjad Ali end- noted the evening with the nostalgic finale number ‘Mahiwal’ which was first released in 1995.
After a long, glittering and entertaining evening the co-hosts Vasay Chaudhry and Yasir Hussain thanked the celebrity-filled audience and the myriad sponsors including the three main Event Sponsors: Kashmir Cooking Oils and Banaspat under the aegis of United Industries Limited (UIL); TRESemmé and Pond’s as well as Chief Media and TV Partner, Express Entertainment under the aegis of Express Media Group; Print Partner ‘Khaleej Times’; Radio Partner ‘FM 1016’; Official Beauty Partner Radhika Sharma Makeovers ; Official Hospitality Partner Sheraton Mall of the Emirates Hotel Dubai and supporting sponsors Exotic Cars, 27th Investments; SpotServe; Realco Capital and Bector Entertainment.
AWARD WINNERS HONORARY AWARDS
Star of the Decade Award RECIPIENT: Humayun Saeed
Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Award RECIPIENT: Mehwish Hayat
PISA Rock Star Award RECIPIENT: Ali Azmat
PISA Youth Icon’ of the Year Award RECIPIENT: Umair Jaswal
PISA Global Influencer Award RECIPIENTS: Emre Üçtepe and Celal Al (Stars of Turkish series Dirilis: Ertugrul)
Most Promising Model of the Year RECIPIENT: Faiza Ashfaq
MUSIC
‘Singer of the Year’ Jury Award WINNER: Aima Baig ( ‘Te Quiero Mucho’)
‘Song of the Year’ Award WINNER: ‘Bari 2 ‘ by Bilal Saeed and Momina Mustehsan
Critics’ ‘Breakthrough Artist of 2020 Award WINNER: Hasan Raheem
Television’s Best Title Track/Original Soundtrack Award WINNER: Asim Azhar for “Ishqiya’
SOCIAL MEDIA
Most Entertaining Instagram Celebrity Award WINNER: Romaisa Khan
Best Use of Humour in Social Media Award WINNER: CBA Arslan Naseer (Comics by Arslan)
YouTuber of the Year’ WINNER: Ducky Bhai
Vlogger of the Year Award WINNER: Shahveer Jafry
Tik Toker of the Year Award WINNER: Jannat Mirza
FASHION Bridal Couture Designer of the Year Award WINNER: Nomi Ansari
Prêt-à-Porter Designer/Brand of the Year Award WINNER: Khaadi Model of the Year Critics” Award (Male/Female) WINNER: Fahmeen Ansari
TELEVISION Best Writer Award WINNER: Zanjabeel Asim Shah (‘Pyar ke Sadqay’ )
Best Director Award WINNER: Farooq Rind (Piyar ke Sadqay’)
Best TV Serial Award WINNER: Piyar ke Sadqay’
Best TV Actress Critics’ Award WINNER: Sonya Hussyn (‘Saraab’) Best TV Actor Critics’ Award WINNER: Mohib Mirza (Dushman-e-Jaan.)
Best Actor Popular’ Award WINNER: Feroze Khan (‘IIshqiya’) Best Actress Popular Award WINNER: Sara Khan (”Sabaat’)
Best Supporting Actress Award WINNER: Hina Altaf (Bandhay Aik Dor Sa) Best Supporting Actor Award WINNER: Ahmed Ali Butt (‘Jhooti’)
Pakistan’s leading land developer Rafi Group signed an agreement with IGI Life Insurance to provide its customers investment inclusive of life insurance. The Event was held at Faletti’s Hotel in Lahore on 8th October 2021.
Being the trendsetters in the real estate sector of Pakistan through pioneering high-rise buildings & farmhouses, Rafi Group has once again achieved a great milestone in the real estate industry by facilitating its customers with investment inclusive of life insurance. Never in the entire history of the real sector in Pakistan, any land developer has proactively taken this initiative so far.
On the occasion, Chairman Rafi Group Imtiaz Rafi Butt said that we are committed to facilitate our customers with the best investment opportunities and what can be better than investment inclusive of life insurance.
CEO IGI Life Insurance Tahir Masood said that Rafi Group has become the first land developer in the real estate market across Pakistan that has taken a unique step to provide its customers a facility of life insurance. He said that the initiative will inspire others in the real estate sector to walk in the footsteps of Rafi in order to serve their customers.
Later, CEO Rafi Group Shehriar Imtiaz Rafi & Managing Director Shazil Imtiaz Rafi also spoke about the milestone achieved by Rafi Group and expressed the commitment of Rafi Group to serve its customers in best possible way.
In addition to an agreement signed with IGI Life Insurance, Rafi Group held the third ballot of Green Palms Housing Project Gwadar in the two days Open House Event organized in Lahore.
In Lahore Open House, customers showed up in large numbers & displayed a keen interest for investment in Gwadar. Rafi Group’s Sales professionals guided customers through one-on-one consultations. Many customers booked plots on the spot in Green Palms Housing Project Gwadar.
Rafi Group is the most trusted developer in the real estate sector of Pakistan with many property masterpieces under its belt, ranging from high-rise buildings to farmhouses to shopping malls. Green Palms is a flagship housing project of Rafi Group being developed to meet the upcoming housing needs of the coastal city, Gwadar. Designed in line with Gwadar Master Plan, Green Palms Housing Project is the largest private GDA-approved housing project in Gwadar situated on main Makran Coastal Highway with an area stretched over 1065 acres of land. The housing project is currently under fast-paced construction and is the best place for investment in Gwadar.
Rafi Group | Green Palms Housing Project | Event Highlights
Fogging is one of the most common issues in cars during winter. Before we move on to the defogging procedure, it is important to know why exactly does this happen.
Fogging is a result of condensation that happens when the cold air comes in contact with the heated windows and windshield leading to reduced visibility. If not dealt with properly on time, it can lead to severe consequences.
Source: magazine.northeast.aaa.com
Here is what you can do to get rid of fog when you are travelling:
Increase the inside temperature of your car. When you turn on the heater, it will absorb all extra moisture.
Now turn on the AC to absorb more moisture. Trust us this works!
It is time to turn off recirculation of air
Open your windows. The more you turn them down the faster your windows and windshield will defrost because of the dry air coming in from the outside while replacing the moist air.
When you are done with all these steps, you will notice that all the fog is gone and now you can drive in peace with better visibility.
Captain of Pakistan cricket team honoured with another achievement; he becomes the fastest batsman to score the highest overtaking Chris Gayle and Kohli.
The Pakistani cricket team always has that one person who lifts the game and makes Pakistan proud. But this time, Babar Azam’s record-breaking performances from the start of 2021 generating a remarkable image of Pakistani cricket in front of the whole world.
In April, Babar Azam became the fastest cricket player to score 2000 runs in Twenty20 international format. He achieved this milestone in just 52 innings. Now surpassed the record of 7000 scores in a national T20 cup match, during matches between Central Punjab and Southern Punjab in Rawalpindi stadium. He achieved this milestone while playing 187th innings.
Previously west indies batsman Chris Gayle held this record of scoring 7000, consuming 192 innings in T20. Babar needed three innings more to break this record when he reached 6000 runs at the start of this year. He surpassed other flamboyant players of the cricket world through this record, including Indian skipper Virat Kohli, Australian captain Aaron Finch, and David Warner.
Masood Alam, a young music producer, composer and lyricist, is creating unique music experiences through his compositions. As Masood Alam explains through his compositions, recognizing songs that we know can happen very quickly, and it happens through a “simultaneous understanding of stacked, synced and layered combinations of sounds (timbres, instruments, melodies, harmonies, rhythms) and sung or rhythmic recitation of lyrics (language and poetic forms, in songs with lyrics or words)”.
Different music genres have different sounds that we associate with them, and contemporary music often mixes these different sounds together in new ways. Certain music genres are also associated with certain cultures, and thus can symbolically represent these cultures. The mixing of these music genres (with one sound that represents a culture, and another sound that evokes another culture) is a popular form of fusion and remix in contemporary culture.
Masood Alam’s core objective is to bring recognition to those upcoming artists who share the same passion and unfathomed love for the Art of Music and believes in the paradigm shift in the music industry of Pakistan. Masood Alam dedicated his entire work of line to creating unique music from pop, rock, Sufism and instrumental. Masood Alam believes in creating a parallel universe that embodies the feel of the character.
The opening season of 123 Check is receiving a tremendous response, the unique show is all set to continue its journey to explore Pakistan’s rich musical landscape. The first season of the PTV show went on air on 27 June 2021 with the focus on showcasing diversity and innovation through thirteen episodes, with 1 producer and over 50 musicians. Staying true to the core idea of a fusion music project, 123 Check will see independent, classical, folk and popular artists combine their creative energies in a rare live performance.
While Masood Alam is the mentor for the musical productions and his compositions have been roped in for this season. 123 Check truly exemplified the melodious symphony of diverse genres of music ranging from famous Pakistani pop rhythms, traditional tunes, modern western, folk and it promises to further amplify this magical experience for music lovers.
Tuesday, a foreign Airplane Passenger plane narrowly escaped an accident after it was hit by a bird strike near the Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore. With around 350 passengers on board, the Istanbul bound plane was hit by a bird as soon as it took off from the airport. The pilot, however, managed to turn the plane around and landed it safely at the airport.
The airline accepted the passenger’s request and made arrangements for their stay in a hotel. It also promised passengers to arrange another flight to Istanbul and refunded them the money for their PCR tests.
Earlier, after the flight had been cancelled, the airline had recommended the passengers leave for their homes.
Fearing a protest by passengers, authorities had called for additional contingents of the Airport Security Force (ASF) to control the situation.
Women could still be allowed to play cricket, the chairman of Afghanistan’s Cricket Board has claimed to an Australian broadcaster in an apparent backflip on the Taliban’s hardline stance.
Azizullah Fazli said the governing body would outline how this would happen “very soon”, adding that all 25 of the women’s team remained in Afghanistan and had chosen not to leave on evacuation flights.
“We will give you our clear position on how we will allow women to play cricket,” he told SBS Radio Pashto late on Friday, the broadcaster reported on its English-language website.
“Very soon, we will give you good news on how we will proceed.”
His comments appear to contradict the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission Ahmadullah Wasiq, who told the same broadcaster on Wednesday that it was “not necessary” for women to play sport.
Those remarks saw Australia threaten to cancel a historic maiden men’s Test between the two countries, set to take place in Hobart in November.
Australian Test captain Tim Paine turned up the heat on Friday, saying he believed teams could pull out of next month’s Twenty20 World Cup in protest, or boycott playing Afghanistan.
In an overnight statement, the Afghanistan Cricket Board urged Australia not to punish its men’s team over the Taliban’s apparent ban, saying it was “powerless to change the culture and religious environment of Afghanistan”.
“Do not isolate us and avoid penalising us,” it added.
Cricket Australia said in brief comments on Saturday that it remained in regular dialogue with the Afghanistan Cricket Board and that “we made our position very clear in the statement”.
It was referring to a statement on Thursday in which it supported “the game unequivocally for women at every level”, adding that it would have “no alternative” but to cancel the Hobart Test if the Taliban banned women.
Under International Cricket Council regulations, nations with Test status must also have an active women’s team.
Afghanistan’s position as a full member was set to be discussed at the ICC’s next board meeting in November, but Australian media said the governing body had brought it forward to within the next fortnight.
Despite recent reports that many of the women’s team were in hiding in Kabul and that members of the Taliban had come looking for them, Fazli insisted they were safe.
“The women cricket coach Diana Barakzai and her players are all safe and living in their home country,” he told SBS.
“Many countries have asked them to leave Afghanistan, but they have not left Afghanistan, and at the moment, they are in their places.”
[Karachi, 6th Sept, 2021] Day five of the ongoing Young Leaders Conference (YLC) on Sunday was dedicated to let its participants know about the history and politics of the region as an essential component of their upbringing to assume leadership roles in the near future.
The day’s theme was “History and Politics-Iqtidar” and the champions of the proceedings were Shireen Naqvi and Faizan Arafat.
The day’s proceedings were conducted with the aim that the budding leaders of tomorrow should have ample knowledge about politics and history to act as responsible global citizens. The day was intended to promote political, cultural, and historical awareness among the young participants of the conference. The conference’s different sessions also explored the need for diplomacy in the present age of turmoil for promoting peace in the global environment.
Faizan Arafat’s session titled “The History of Human Struggle” highlighted the importance of history and how it was termed the black box of cause and effect because of its opaque nature. He talked about five important points in the past 500 years’ history that shaped nations and their ways of living.
Arfa Syeda Zehra’s session titled “Sach ka Samna” was an attempt to shed light on the blind spots in our history books and made the participants aware as to how these narratives come about.
She said in her talk that a large part of our identity stemmed from our history and culture that is deep within our land. It is ironic then, how history as we know it, does show us the full picture.
“Understanding the circumstances that have brought us here today are crucial for us to understand what it means to be a Pakistani,” she said.
Justice (retired) Nasira Iqbal talked about the issue of Rights Vs Responsibilities while saying that if someone was spreading negativity and hate speech in the name of freedom of speech, he or she was not taking responsibility for their actions. “If we don’t take responsibility for our actions and their impact, and continue to exploit our rights in the name of freedom, we will move towards a chaotic and dysfunctional society rather than a society where we strive for collective benefit,” she added.
Shireen Naqvi and Faizan Arafat’s joint session “Rewind & Forward” was aimed at telling the YLC participants that our current reality is shaped by a multitude of events in our history, every one of which affects our state today. “Everything that is happening today will be history one day, and everything we do today shapes what the world will look like tomorrow,” the participants were informed.
Shireen Naqvi in her session “Alliance Formation” talked about the frequent formation of alliances by different political parties in the country to come into power and to what extent this culture affects political governance in Pakistan.
Barrister Shahida Jamil conducted the Presidential Debate of the day.
Waqar Ali ended the day by uplifting the participants to face the challenges in their lives ahead.
Day four of the Young Leaders Conference (YLC) was aimed at providing the best guidance to its participants to choose a career path in their upcoming life in the backdrop of massive changes in the job market the world over due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The theme of the day was “Enterprise and Employment-AITEBAAR” with Champ Waleed Anwar as the star participant of the proceedings.
Speakers belonging to diverse professional backgrounds also taught the YLC participants about the skills and qualifications required to practice entrepreneurship or to enter the realm of start-ups in their practical life.
They also counselled about the fundamental changes in the businesses and industries due to heavy reliance on technology, computers, and the Internet to do professional work as the job market becomes extremely challenging due to the ever-shrinking requirement of human resources.
Umair Jaliawala, Trainer and founder at Torquie joined the conference for his session. Umair Jallawala said the people around the world had to face unexpected challenges and realities while fulfilling their professional commitments during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Companies had to rethink and reshape their structures, many failed or took a hit but some rose to the challenge and used this crisis as an opportunity for taking massive action,” he said.
He provided guidance to the participants in order to help them nurture the ability to identify a crisis associated with their professional lives and what skills set was required to tackle the challenging situation in the occupational surroundings.
Shahbaz Islam in his session said that many existing jobs would likely become obsolete soon due to the rapid rise of technology and automation.
He said research showed that around 40 per cent of the workforce would require re-skilling by 2025, causing great anxieties amongst the youth entering the job market in such turbulent times.
“However, we must realise that although technology has replaced many human jobs, this recent shift has made certain human skills more valuable than ever. Skills such as adaptability, creative problem solving and effective decision making-commonly called soft skills-are now so essential that employers have started to call them core skills,” he said.
Junaid Alam taught the participants about the fast-emerging world of start-ups and its relevance for the Pakistani youth.
Arsal Fahim spoke on the need to gain financial literacy to sharpen their professional skills through a very engaging and fun activity “Money matters”
Arif Pyarall shared his ideas about establishing long-lasting and successful ties with the industry.
Waqar Ali spoke on the marketing skills required for running a successful business while Faizan Arafat helped the YLC participants sharpen their business communication skills to be used in their upcoming life.
A very insightful session, YOU ARE HIRED, sponsored by IBEX. took place. In this session the participants came along with their resumes to sit down for an interview with a leading HR professional and they were getting feedback right away on their interview performances.
Kamran Z Rizvi conducted a panel discussion on the need to secure a specialization in the particular field of study of youth for becoming successful professionals.
The day ended with Extra Corp by Waqar Ali, a simulation in which team SoL aware participants about inclusion, diversity and acceptance of others. This whole simulation revolves around only one fundamental, that is, no matter what color, cast, gender you are. Everyone is equal and nobody is superior to others.
