06. Around Town...

One party at a time!

42. It’s a Wonderful World

Jahanara celebrates womanhood in their latest Spring Summer 2016 collection.

48. W’s Roving Eye

This week’s hottest looks! Who made the style A- list?

50. Wedding planning with QYT

Plan the perfect wedding event with Qasim Yar Tiwana.

54. The Makeup Edit

All the beauty products by Maybelline that you need.

58. The Recipe

How to make the perfect pancake.

62. Easy on the Judgement

Sana Shah returns with her sage wisdom.

66. Hum Bridal Couture Week

Fashion Report from Bridal Couture Week 2016 Gold Edition.

68. Hot Date

Up close and personal with the boys at BMG Travels.

72. Travel & Cake

Discover Edinburgh with Eimaan Jawwad.

78. Love Struck

Weekend’s editors’ picks!

Chairperson/Publishing Editor: Rameeza Majid Nizami Editor The Nation: Salim Bokhari Editor-at-Large: Amal Khan

Managing Editor: Shazay Salahuddin Features Editor: Foha Raza & Nur Zehra Qadri Contributing Editor: Minahil Batool Shirazi Sub Editor: Rana Faizan Hussain Karachi Correspondent: Farah Vayani Fashion Correspondent: Fatima Ameer

Creative Head: Faiz-ur-Rehman Creative Team: Faisal Fazal, Talat Mahfooz, Zeeshan Arif, Shoaib Qadir Photographer: M. Basharat Irshad

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may 15, 2016

Hey Weekenders!We are back from the Bridal Couture Week 2016 Gold Edition that took place this weekend in Karachi. It was a glamorous affair with many hits and misses but surely got us all hyped up for the upcoming wedding season. In this issue we have lots of exciting features in store for you, including all the festive looks spotted at BCW Gold 2016, a Hot Date with the boys behind BmG, a new-age agency that offers customized travel services. Speaking of which, in Travel and Cake we explore the mythical lands of Edinburgh with Eimaan Jawwad, in the beauty edit our resident expert, minahil Sherazi, shares the best products maybelline has to offer. In The Recipe we have arooba Rizwan of The Cakery Bakery who teases our palates with a special step by step guide to making the perfect pancakes with salted caramel drizzle. The list of course does not end here; we have much more events and entertainment packed in these pages! Happy reading, beautiful people!

Sincerely,Team Weekend.

Amna, Dr Shahida with friend

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Mahgul & Hassan

Step Into SummerMAHGUL exhibited the brand’s latest line of accessible luxury, prêt and formal wear, ORO, in Lahore at The Mahgul Studio. The PR of the event was handled by Lotus Client Management and Public Relations.

Natasha & Salina

Zahra Khan

Sobia & Sarah

Nura & MinaalNaila & Fauzia

Attiya Noon

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Aniqa BashirAyesha Noon

Mahnoor

Asma ChishtiFareeze Durrani

Iqra Mansha

Sobia & ZunairaSalinaHajra & Ziman

Momina Sabtain

Aqsa & Mehreen

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Elham & Zahra

Luncheon Ammara Ahmad hosted a private lunch for her close friends at Cosa Nostra in Lahore.

Fatima Kasuri & Tehreem

Fatima & Mariam

Mariam & Sana

Huma & ZehraRaksha & Rafia

Ammara

Mahwish Faisal & Fatima Ameer

Aleena, Awais & Warda

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Adil & Natasha Adil

Retail TherapyThe SEFAM Group launched Polo Ralph Lauren Store in Islamabad. PR of the event was handled by Rezz PR and Events.

Amna & Rabeya

Nadia Tahir & Rina Saeed

Aamir & Hamza

Kanwal & ShuaabHasan & Asad

Haider & Mishaal Bilour

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Saara , Iffat & Neeli Mustaeen Shah, Kiran Ahmed & Wajahat Ali

Rezz Aly Shah & Juju HaiderSamya & Saara AamirSteve & Sheila

Zubair Orakzai & Tahani Khan Mariam SheikhLaila & Belal Shahid

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Emaan Khan, Iqra Riaz & Abiha Raza Nosheen & Sadia Khawaja

Saira & Fahadullah KhanRizwan & Saira Natasha Kazmi & Alamdar Khan

Amirah & Mariam ShahZaeina HyderKiran Butt & Kanwal Ilyaas

Omar Ali Arbab

Dr Shehla Javed & Dr Javed Akram

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Saad Javed & Aymen Hikmat

Birthday BlastSaad Javed Akram and Aymen Hikmat celebrated their birthday together at their residence in Lahore among close family and friends.

Saad Kureshi & Saad Javed

Anum Javed

Aymen Hikmat, Eimaan Jawwad & Amjad Bhatti

JahanzaibZona Shaham

Ammara Hikmat

Shaham Babar Nimrah Khokar

Ahsan Raza & Zara Gul

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Allison Stewart & Anusheh Asad

Cup Of JoeSecond Cup Coffee Company celebrated a successful launch of their new branch in Lahore. The PR of the event was managed by Amjad Bhatti.

Hina Salman

Sehyr Anis

Sehar Khosa

MehrunissaMehreen Amin Khan

Alyzeh Rahim Shirazi

Saira Rizwan

Zahra Naveed Iqbal & Shanzay Sheikh

Farooq, Salar, Adeela, Junaid, Farhan & Hunbal

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Art Of ColorL’Oréal Paris Excellence Crème celebrated their latest ‘Ambassador of Fashion’ collaboration with Kamiar Rokni through an intimate Soirée at the Lahore Social. Event management was done by J&S Events with public relations by Lotus.

Amna Babar & Ali Xeeshan

Asma Chishty & Attiya Noon

Musharaf Hai & Kamiar Rokni

Aabroo Hashmi & Maram AzmatMomina Sibtain & Ayesha Noon

Ammar Zaeem & Maliha

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Romana, Haris & Mahbina Fatima Fazli Erum Alam

Shazia DeenShanzay SheikhSehyr AnisRedah Misbah

Fahad Rehman & Aleena Naqvi Zara Peerzada Sara Tanvir & Hassan Ibrahim

Sam Ali Dada & Mom

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Anum, Ghzala, Zara & Rizwana

I Nido YouNido hosted a special event in celebration of Mother’s Day at Royal Palm Lahore.

Emmad & Mariam

Juggun Kazim

Mr & Mrs Rana Noman

Almira & MusaratFaryaal & Fiza Ali

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Sana, Rameen, Tehreem & Rabia Jabraiyl, Munib, Jahanara & Rabia

Shazil & JavariaNattyZara RafiHajra Hayat

Jahanzeb, Rameena, Saira & KomailRehan & AdenNabeel Shukat Ali

Sabeen, Kiran, Novera & Shazia

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New In TownGN Foods launched an American brand, ‘O My Buns’ in Pakistan. The event was managed by HTK Events & PR.

Harry, Carlos & Airaa

Owais & Mina

Salman, Khalid, Owais & Bilal

Sana, Henna, Fahad Panni with friend

Ali Moeen, Imtiaz Rafi, Suleman with friend

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Areesha Rafi with friends

Dinner TimeImtiaz Rafi Butt, Chairman Rafi Group, hosted a dinner at his residence in Lahore.

Mr. & Mrs. Sheheryar Rafi

Mr. & Mrs. Pervaiz Butt

Mallu Tiwana, Ayesha Butt, Semi Asad & Nina Akbar

Mr. & Mrs. Pervaiz Malik, Aad Ehsan with Pir Ijaz Hashmi

Girls at the event

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Picture PerfectDu’vi Stockholm hosted its first ever Live Beauty Event in Pakistan at The Mall of Lahore. The event involved product consultations, contests and giveaways.

Ramsha, Rubab & Rida

Zara Peerzada & Durre Shahwar

Fahema, Sabine & Zara

Faryal, Zara & SamanMaryam Mamdot

Khalid Ali

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Xoya, Aisha, Maryam & Alishba

All That ShinesKeepsakes by Reem launched their new jewellery brand. The event was hosted by Ayesha Sana. Event was managed by Harry Majid.

Mahnoor & Mehreen

Carlos with model

Harry & Naina

Saira Bano, Kiran, Shazia, Samina & Novera

Ayesha Sana

Iffat & Reem

It’s a Wonderful

WorldJahanara’s latest Spring/Summer collection draws

inspiration from the rich cultural diversity and heritage of the world. Her pieces celebrate the individuality and unique spirit of every woman represented in the form

of glorious colours of nature.

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Black is always

the classic and most

glamorous choice for a night out!

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This Mahgul kurta is so

easy on the eyes, and

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amidst an onslaught of lawn prints this season.

Bonus points for the belted

waist and flowy sleeves.

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The pale blue button-down paired with patchwork

jeans, takes the casual chic look a

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W’s ROVING eye Well, what’s the use of a pair of good eyes that never rove? Weekend’s

been going through our fashion files for the week and these are the people who caught our fancy for either their style, their courage or their star power. Well played!

sHaHzad malik

Nothing says dapper like a man in a suit! The blue tie

really ties well with the all black look.

maHgul abid

Blue seems to be the colour of the week,

and we’re not complaining. We love the

refreshing cut of this kurta by Mahgul and those

strappy black slides!

miNaHil qasim

Minahil looks like the

perfect per-sonification

of the vibrant Spring/Sum-mer season!

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The most interesting days of the week are always when I'm design-ing a wedding event and I give my hundred percent to it.I love pro-ducing beautiful weddings where a lot of thoughts, creativity & ef-fort go into every detail.

This week I'm going to take you on a behind the scenes journey of my events. Taking the whole team and traveling to Islamabad is always fun and adventurous.

Two days and nights of hard work are involved to create something what my client wants.

I do my work myself and I love it, I don't leave it on my team to complete it. I always stay the whole day at the venue of the main event to give it my best and to maintain standards and quality. My mission is to create the ultimate luxuri-ous experience for my clients. Without compromising on the quality we source high end vendors and the freshest picked flowers; combing these elements in the most classy and elegant way possible. This is how we deliver a truly luxuri-ous experience.

I love Gold. Even though this event was a garden theme but I always intro-duce a touch of gold to give a rich and formal look. Whatever you decide make sure that your wedding event should look timeless. You will not want to look back and regret the decisions you made and have a "what was I thinking mo-ment" later.

To design something exceptional your mindset must be focused on the smallest detail. A wedding is not a wedding if there are no flowers and acces-sories should always be used to compliment your decor and do remember, the difference between something good and something great is attention to detail. I often get asked which of our weddings is your favorite? The truth is I really can't pick one. All of the weddings we arrange are very special and close to my heart.

Wedding planning

With QYt

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When it comes to contouring, there are not many drugstore brands

that have highlighting and contouring products. Maybelline has the Master Sculpt duo with which you can sculpt, define and reshape with the cool toned contour powder and highlight with the slightly shimmer powder. The contour powder is aimed at contouring, not bronzing. Some brands try to sell a more orange based bronzer as a contour powder but orange is not the colour of the natural shadow underneath our cheekbones. The Master Sculpt is perfect as an affordable contouring and highlighting duo and it comes with a small brush that makes the product really easy to apply.

When it comes to eye products, Maybelline has all our bases covered. Let’s start with the Color Tattoo Cream Gel Shadow/Creamy Mattes. These little round pots contain a cream eye shadow which alone

is super pigmented and provides a vibrant colour. You can use alone as a eyeshadow but they also make a superb base for eyeshadow to go on top. I would liken the matte ones to MAC’s Paint Pots which we all know are excellent eye-priming bases but can be expensive. These are at a fraction of the price and practically do the same thing. Like the name suggests they have up to 24hr staying power and the formula feels light on the lids and is also fade-resistant. The range has up to 12 colours ranging from neutrals to more vibrant shades.

Moving on to eyeshadow, my favourite by far is the Nude Palette which is an affordable dupe for the more expensive and extremely popular Naked Palette by Urban Decay. The

small and lightweight palette has 12 colours that are shimmer and matte colours making the palette convenient to travel with. The black shade in the palette is more pigmented than some of the black shades included in expensive, higher end palettes. Maybelline has also come up with its Blushed Nudes palette also which is of course a dupe for Urban Decay’s Naked 3 palette and the Rock Nudes palette you guessed it, is a dupe for Urban Decay’s Naked Smoky one. You could get these three palettes by Maybelline for less than the price of one Urban Decay Naked palettes. And as a bonus, the Maybelline eyeshadows have little to no fallout compared to the chunky, glitter mess that the Urban Decay eyeshadows leave behind. I just wish Maybelline had come out with these at the same time as Urban Decay so I wouldn’t spend all my money on those!

A staple in my makeup bag and that of almost every girl I imagine, is a liquid eyeliner. I have been wearing eyeliner for years but even now, on some days perfecting the feline flick can take me up to 15 minutes. You draw, you smudge, you clean, you draw again, you overdraw and soon enough it’s been an hour

and you’re wondering is this where the precious years of my life have gone? So naturally, I’m always on the lookout for a product that makes the job of applying eyeliner less arduous. There’s a criteria I go by when looking for the perfect eyeliner; it should be super pigmented, budge-proof so it doesn’t transfer on the lids and easy to apply of course. Herein comes the Maybelline Master Precise Liquid Eyeliner. Anytime anyone asks me what eyeliner I’m wearing, I always tell them it’s the Master Precise and they refuse to believe me (seriously, why would anyone lie about eyeliner?) because it’s hard to believe that an affordable product from a drugstore brand would be the perfect eyeliner. The product has a felt tip which makes it that much easier to work with, it doesn’t dry (I use one pen for at least 6-9 months and I hear you, shouldn’t use any eye product for that long but hey, if it ain’t broke…) and it is pigmented enough to provide a deep black colour but not overly matte or shiny. And like its name, the felt tip provides a very precise line. And from time to time I like to change up my staples and go for something new, but I always come back to the Master Precise because others on the market just aren’t good enough.

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The Cakery Bakery

The Cakery Bakery is currently run by the talented chef Arooba Riz-wan. The Cakery Bakery began as a small humble venture initiated by Arooba’s sister 8 years back who is a self taught baker herself. When the venture began, there were hardly any other home-based bakers as such so their clientele developed very fast. However, because of Arooba’s passion for baking, she partnered up with her sister and began relentlessly working for the Cakery. According to Arooba, “I’ve seen our business only flourish and grow in these past 8 years and boy, it’s been the best roller coaster ride of my life. I’ve learned and experienced countless things managing The Cakery Bakery and I wouldn’t have it any other way”

This week, we got together with Arooba to give you the exclusive insight on how to make Pancakes with Salted Caramel Drizzle!

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Pancakes with salted caramel drizzle

Method

Pancakes• Preheat a non-stick girdle or large skillet over medium heat. • Combine all the dry ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk with a

fork to combine.• Mix in eggs, oil and milk together in a separate bowl until well

combined.• Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and mix with fork.• Lightly butter the preheated girdle and pour the batter by 1/4 cup

scoop onto the girdle.• Cook 3 to 4 minutes or until there are bubbles throughout the top of

the pancake. • Flip and cook for another minute.• Pour the Salted Caramel Drizzle on top!

salted caraMel drizzle• Put the sugar and water in a saucepan and heat till caramel begins

to form then remove from heat.• Add cream and return to heat and cook for about 1-2 minutes more. • Remove from heat and mix in butter and salt.

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ingredientsdrizzlePancakes

Prep: Cook: Serves: 10 mins 15 mins 20 pancakes

• 2CupsFlour• 5tspbakingpowder• 4tspsugar• 1tspsalt• 2eggs• 1/2cupoil• 2cupsmilk

• 11/2CupSugar• 1/4cupwater• 1/2CupHeavyCream• 5Tbspunsaltedbutter• 1TSPsalt

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I have realized recently that mothers are a very opinionated, and at times judgmental, lot. Now this may seem odd coming from someone who occasionally blogs about being a mother, but let me get one thing straight: the reason I decided to write a blog about motherhood, amongst other things, was to share my experience as a mom.

Not because I’m a perfect mother or I have all the answers, but because I, like most mothers, am pretty much winging it. As such, I wanted other mothers who read my blog to know that it’s okay you’re not alone! You’re not the only one thoroughly confused about which car seat to buy, or the only one who has struggled folding your er in the middle of heavy traffic, or the only one who has been on the receiving end of glares from fellow travellers, who has questioned her ability to be a mother, and a good one almost every other day. And so, if you find that at any point I am sounding too sanctimonious and “judgyjudgy” as a mother on the blog, do me a favour and whack me on the head with a dirty diaper.

So as most of you know, I have been travelling for the majority of the last two months. I was in Pakistan for about a month and then as soon as I came back from there, we left for New York for about 9 days. And so I was exposed to two sets of opinions. In Pakistan,

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mothers think that I am too hands on and involved with my baby. I was even told by someone that my daughter just wanted to get away from me. If I ran after her because she was about to smash somebody’s very beautiful and expensive china into smithereens, I was told to let her be and to let her do her thing (which let me reiterate in this case was to break a rather fetching tea seat). To the point that I started wondering, have I really become a helicopter parent? Have Mr. M’s allegations of me being too laissez faire as a parent, finally had their effect? Am I obsessed with my kid? I almost started feeling a little ashamed and conscious of my parenting style. Am I being too paranoid if I’m following her up those narrow stairs? Should I just let her climb the glass coffee table? However, my insecurities don’t end there.

Fast-forward and we are in New York. This time I am the “dheela” (relaxed) parent, who shocks everybody by letting her kid take a sip of her tea. Apparently, letting her take a sip of my tea is equivalent to filling her bottle with coca cola and handing it to her. Jeez. Now I get that kids are not supposed to have caffeine. But are coke and tea really equal? My daughter is not going to become a caffeine fiend if on the rare occasion that I myself am having tea she comes and takes a sip. In fact if I dig a little deeper I’m sure I’ll find that Chinese parents let their kids have tea all the time. Okay, fine so I am not proud of it. She loves to sip on most drinks that adults are having and yes it started in Pakistan where the tea tradition runs strong, so she would come by insisting on tasting whatever was in my cup. But it’s not as though everyday at tea-time I fill her sippy cup with a strong cup of Tetley and hand her a cigarette with it. People just need to ease up on the opinions and the judgment. I have noticed that it is mostly people whose kids have grown up or passed your child’s stage that feel the need to share their opinions with such authority. They conveniently forget how things were for them back in the day. For example, the friend who told me my daughter just wanted to get away

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from me, for the first two to three years of her child’s life could not stick to a maid because she insisted on doing everything herself. On the face of it, that sounds pretty clingy to me, but hey, I never said it, nor did I judge her for it.

I have realized that there is no perfect mom. Nobody is an expert at being a mother. Because being a mother is not a job. It’s not like being the best lawyer in the city, or the best accountant. It is too variable. Just because something worked for your child does not mean that it will work for mine. Just because you raised your children a certain way, doesn’t make it the right way for everybody, it was just the right way for you. Everybody’s values, preferences, choices in life differ and all these differences are reflected in our parenting style. Most importantly, everybody’s child is different and you have to follow your own child’s cues. So yes, you may have five kids and know all there is to know about them, but that still doesn’t make you an expert on my child.

As mothers I think we need each other’s support. There is nothing I enjoy more than sitting with my friends over a cup of tea and exchanging our stories—our trials and tribulations, our insecurities, and our highs and lows. And in such moments all you want is for somebody to listen to you, offer advice yes, but more importantly listen and empathize. Not to judge, or berate, or make you feel like you’re doing a lousy job (mostly unintentionally, but it still hurts!). Not to establish their own superiority. Just to listen. I think we need to practice this more, and who knows it might even make us better mothers, if not just better friends to one another.

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GOLD EDITION

WInnIng LOOKs

tena durrani ayesha ibrahim

bibi London

erum Khan

tabassum mughaL

Fahad hussayn

grand coutrieis

aisha imraneLan

emran rajput

rang janicKie nina

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Foha Raza (FR): Who, in a nutshell, are you?Shams Barry (SB): That is a difficult question where one has to describe themselves when one is still figuring that out!Sachal Ghani (SG): I would say I am a very laid back person who likes to be creative in living life.

(FR): Favourite childhood memory? (SB): It was fun. I was that mysterious kid. I locked up my teacher once! She

was being mean to me so I locked her out. (SG): I come from a very liberal background so I had a very different childhood from you would normally expect from a Pakistani family. I had a lot of fun in my childhood. My favorite memory would be going to NCA with my dad I was five years old so it was a pretty great experience. I went into the class where my dad was teaching.

FR: Tell us a little bit about your family.

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We arrived at the BMG office and met with two of the three boys behind the venture; ShamS Barry, Sachal Ghani and awaiS malik! Shams Barry and Sachal Ghani talked to us about their friendship,

life goals and most importantly their passion of their work! Here is what we talked about!

In ConversatIon wIthBMG travels

Where: BMG office

What We Ate: Mango Juice,

Feta Salad

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(SB): I have two brothers and I am the middle one. I have a sister who is younger. Both younger ones are studying. My brother runs his own business and my mom is a teacher. We come from a landlord background. (SG): My dad and my mom are teachers. My dad used to teach in NCA, like I mentioned. He has retired now. He is working in COMSATS as a consultant. My mom teaches in Learning Alliance. I have an elder sister and an elder brother. My elder brother is an architect and my sister is a journalist for Express Tribune. I am the youngest one!

FR: How did you guys come together? SG: Do you want the actual story? [Laughs]

FR: Yes, please!SB: Okay so we have known each other a long time. It was 2011 when we met at the YLES conference. At that time we had just a little chit chat. We also had a lot of mutual friends. I joined the University of London external programs where Sachal was also

enrolled. We both were carrying the same BBA folder. He saw me and said hi. I said hi, you are now my best friend. Since then, we haven’t looked back.

FR: What about Awais? SB: Awais recently got married and he is primarily in the construction business. We met him through a friend. He is our numbers guy!

FR: Tell us a little bit about the company. SG: BMG travel consultants is like a one-stop shop for all things pertaining to travelling. I think most of the conventional travel agencies stop at booking a flight and/or a hotel. We go that one step further to create an experience. We tell you exactly what you want and give you an entire package that is an experience. We custom tailor according to your needs. SB: We are also providing corporate services like no other company. We are basically planning something that hasn’t been done before which is creating travel

BMG travel consultants is like a one-

stop shop for all things pertaining

to travelling. I think

most of the conventional

travel agencies stop at booking a

flight and/or a hotel.

I would

choose

playing

football over

anything

else.

Car: Shelby 1956 CobraMusic: Michael JacksonFood: ChineseRestaurant: YUMMovie: Star WarsTV Series: House Books: Don’t read muchCity: ManchesterStyle Icon: (Laughs) Amir Liaquat! Kidding.

Won’t Compromise On:

BusinessWill Always Take Out Time For: My girlfriend Will Never Regret: The choices I have made in my life Favorite Item From Your Wardrobe: My batman shirt!Words to Live By: Do what you want!

Car: Ford MustangMusic: Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanFood: ChineseRestaurant: PF ChangMovie: The Lion KingTV Series: Alpha Bravo CharlieBooks: Adam Bryant, The Corner Office City: IbizaStyle Icon: Imran Khan

Won’t Compromise On: Commitment Will Always Take Out Time For: Family Will Never Regret: Choices I have made in lifeFavorite Item From Your Wardrobe: JeansWords to Live By: Learn to respond not to react

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desks in different companies on our own expenditure to offer consultancy services to MNCs. This will help save time and provide the company with round the clock consultancy services.

FR: Something that no one knows about you.SB: I like to cook!SG: I would choose playing football over anything else.

FR: Craziest thing you have ever done!SB: We are in Thailand last summer and we were at a place where there were five levels of dance floors about 15 ft high. There was this girl who pushed me and I fell off the ramps. Thank god there was beach sand. I could have died! This is was one crazy experience although not something I would ever want to do again! SG: Me and Shams travelled to Thailand and we were at a resort on the beach. There was a patio 25 feet high where

we were having breakfast. Most of the people were diving with their equipment, snorkelling. I just felt like I had to jump as well and without my equipment! I just ran like crazy and dived into the ocean.

FR: One person you love beyond words?SB: My mom!SG: My mom!

FR: Three things on your bucket list?SB: TravellingOpening up my own airline! To help people!SG: Travel the world- like each and every country Working for Manchester United Owning a Ferrari

FR: Three words to describe yourself?SB: Ambitious. Energetic. Diligent SG: Honest. Fun to Hang Out With. Lazy

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Being in Edin-burgh feels like one has en-tered a magical

realm with old myths and legends spoken off, that live on to this day.

A city of hills, nestled between seven hills, Cal-ton Hill was my favourite by far. Getting to the top isn’t as easy as it looks as you walk up Waterloo

Place. It is connected to the main shopping street of the ‘Burgh’, Princes Street, and is a slightly up-hill route. On the way to this scenic location, there is the Old Calton Burial Ground which is an iconic graveyard, with prominent figures from Scotland’s past includ-ing David Hume. P.S: I totally enjoyed a slightly

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there, I got the chance to explore and experience the diverse culture of the city, so here’s my scoop!

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nerdy and enlightening moment considering my education background while walking through this burial ground.

Trekking up a wind-ing path, with the most massively aggravating steps, the liberating feel-ing upon reaching the top has no comparison when facing the view. Standing at the summit there’s a different view to observe and take in from every angle. From one side you see the hustle and bustle of the city centre with the Ed-inburgh Castle perched atop Castle Rock, move to another point and the North Sea is visible, circle around and there is a breathtaking view

of Old Town - the begin-nings of the city and the ever so busy Waverley Train Station. It is truly a magnificent sight.

There are a few historical monuments upon that hill including the infamous Scottish National Monument a.k.a Scotland’s Disgrace. However, I’d say it’s the most relaxing feeling once you’ve climbed up that monument is just sitting cross-legged and breathing in the beauty

of the place. I’d highly recommend

going there during the summer or even better – spending the New Year Eve. Every year, accord-ing to tradition, on the 30th of December there is a torch light proces-sion from the Royal Mile all the way up to Calton Hill, a highly magical and memorable experience that I will bet you can never forget!

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International Mother’s Day was celebrated at the PC Lahore Hotel on Sunday. The event was attended by people from all walks of life. Mothers were treated with a complimentary chocolates, gift vouchers

by Metro and gifts sponsored by Haier, Khas Fashion & Home, Pareesa by Chen one, Zeniya lawn Oriflamme vouchers, Saman Salon discounts for all mothers present on the occasion.

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