Previously the LBC offers were being offered by Ufone, Mobilink and Zong and now Warid introduces LBC offer for the customers in following cities:

• Multan

• Gujranwala

• Faisalabad

How to Activate:

• If you in any of the above mentioned cities, you can activate LBC package by sending SMS ‘ON’ to 4337
• Sending SMS to 4337 costs Re. 1 plus tax

Daily Charges:

• Offer has a daily line rent of Rs. 5 plus tax

Offer Details:

• With LBC offer, All On-net call charges will be 10 paisas plus tax per min
• Calls to other network and SMS/MMS will be charged as per package plan

Note:

• This LBC offer is available for all prepaid customers
• Offer is available for both new and existing Warid customers
• This is a limited time offer

While commenting on Warid’s participation in the event Mr. Muneer Farooqui, Chief Executive Officer Warid Telecom said “Our participation in Earth Hour this year shows our commitment towards a great concern about the health of the living resources on which we all depend. Earth hour is a way to renew our commitment to living a more sustainable lifestyle and bring local attention to this important global issue.”

The green company, Warid Telecom has taken multiple IT/Engineering green initiatives in the past to play its role for environment friendly greener planet. Warid commenced a project of implementing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution based on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R-2 Hyper-V. With this project, Warid Telecom taken a leap forward in carbon emissions, honoring its part in keeping the planet greener thus takes another initiative for environment friendly green technology. Total Power Consumption is reduced by 180% with annual saving of 215,280 KW/Y from power and Total Air Conditioning Saving per Year: 160,030 KW/Y, also Carbon Emission Saving per Year: of 581730 Pound.

To protect environment by introducing the environment friendly or green energy for mobile in Pakistan, Warid is also the first cellular company to introduce/deploy solar powered BTS in the country. The non-hybrid site is 100% powered on solar energy thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions and noise pollution, both of which are unfriendly to the environment. The solution also reduces pressure on Pakistan’s overall energy supply which further benefits the environment.

When and What To Do?

• Switch off/dimm your Home/Office lights at 8:30 – 9:30pm (Pakistan Standard Time) on 26th March 2011. When you turn off your lights please take your time out to think as how you can contribute to keep this planet green.

Earth Hour is the world’s largest global climate change initiative. It’s a global commitment led by (WWF) World Wide Fund for Nature for energy conservation, climate change and global warming. Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. Only a year later Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with millions people across the world.

The rising Pakistan is one of the 128 countries to observe Earth Hour 2011. Warid Telecom in collaboration with WWF Pakistan and its business partner Singtel (Singapore Telecom, Asia’s telecom industry giant) is celebrating EH 2011 with great enthusiasm and commitment.

We all have a stake in the future of our planet and we must learn to operate in ways that don’t deplete our world’s limited natural resources. Considering our heavy reliance on fossil based energy supplies, credible economic modeling indicates we have just five years to initiate a low carbon industrial revolution before runaway climate change becomes almost inevitable. So now’s the time to take a stand and give our leaders the mandate they need to make the right climate deal.

By just being focused and taking Little Echo Steps in routine life we can make the difference, such as at home we can ensure to turn off unnecessary lights and specially unplugging the equipment that drains energy when not in use (i.e. cell phone chargers, batteries, microwave ovens, printers etc) We can also use natural lighting/daylighting when feasible and can turn off lights near windows. During summer we can close or adjust window blinds to block direct sunlight to reduce cooling needs and there can be many more green acts one can do in its everyday life to control energy wastage and reduce our carbon footprint.

You can support Earth Hour by:

1. Turn off your non essential lights and appliances at 8:30PM-9:30PM on March 26th (PST)
2. Light a candle and see your world in a whole new light.
3. Show your support adding yourself to our world map.
4. Add Earth Hour widgets, logos and banners to your blog or website to help us spread the word. You could even be our Earth Hour Online Supporter of the Day.
5. Talk about Earth Hour in your social network by updating your Facebook status and more
6. Get together with your friends and family, by hosting an Earth Hour party or holding your own candlelit affair.
7. Rally your local council or community group to run an Earth Hour event for your community.
8. Encourage your employer and workmates to take part in Earth Hour and make energy savings every day.
9. Make an Earth Hour Lantern as a symbol of hope for the future.
10. Be creative! Find a new way to mark Earth Hour and let us know all about it. (wwfpak.org)

No change is possible without individual participation, and every individual has the power to effect change. Lets SPREAD THE WORD FOR EARTH HOUR 2011 and show the world what can be done.

For details visit:

• www.wwfpak.org
• www.waridtel.com
• www.earthhour.org

How to Get Free Minutes and SMS:

• Once your Warid SIM is activated and you recharge, you will get free minutes or SMS equivalent to 10% of recharge amount.
• To activate your expired/inactive SIM dial 321 or visit your nearest franchise or business center to get a free duplicate SIM incase it has been lost/stolen.

How to Check Free Minutes and SMS

• Bonus minutes and SMS can be checked by *200*1#.
  

Terms and conditions:

• Free minutes or SMS are given on every recharge done during the campaign period.  They will be valid for 3 days.
  
• Your free minutes and SMS can be used for making calls or sending SMS to any network i.e. Warid to Warid and any other mobile network.
• This offer is available for recharge through scratch card and Warid Ezeeload. It is not available through Warid balance share.
• You can be eligible for Bol Anmol bonus minutes once this promotion ends.
• In case you change your package, free minutes and SMS will be cancelled.
• If you have existing free minutes or SMS in your account, then upon recharge the new free minutes or SMS will be transferred and accumulated in the previous one.
• This is a limited time offer.
• This offer is for Prepaid subscribers only.

Following is the new TVC of Warid SIM Jagao Offer

It has been designed for use in the iPhone4, iPad 1 & iPad 2 and all other Micro SIM compatible devices. Sims are available in Warid Business centers Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Islamabad, Peshawar, Karachi and Hyderabad.

You can play Fantasy Cricket with your friends as well. This means that all the friends invited by you on the service will be added automatically to your Fantasy group and hence will keep you updated with your friend’s team’s score. You can constantly keep a track of your friend’s team and strive to beat them for the prizes.

Fantasy points are awarded based on how well your players perform in each of several statistical categories mentioned in the chart below. All real life statistics have associated points value, and each player’s points are summed to produce your team cumulative points.

How To Start:

• Simply dial 1200 to access Warid Fantasy Cricket

Charges:

• Rs 5+tax/min

How to Make your Team:

• Select 14 players for your fantasy cricket team. Playing 11 & 3 Substitutes, you can drop or add new players to your team anytime; however in order to add new player you have to pay the price for that player.
• Price for any new player is the number of points for the existing player that is being dropped out of the team. Dropping a player from the team will deduct that player’s points from your total team score.

• There are no restrictions on player types, but your choice will affect your team’s performance & points.

How to play?

• Your player’s scores and bowling figures are updated after every live cricket match into your very own, fantasy cricket scorecard.

• The fantasy cricket scorecard will use the playing 11 players that you have selected before any LIVE match & your decisions will have a huge impact on the overall team standing of your team.

• The higher your players perform, more points your team will get. The team with the highest score at the end of the tournament will win the Fantasy league & be eligible for the prize.

Bonus Points:

1. You can earn bonus points by inviting your friends on to the fantasy league. For every invite your team will get 3 points & for every successful invitation (If the invitee calls on the service) your team will get 5 points.
2. Another way to earn bonus points is to play the competition & test your cricket knowledge. For every successful entry your team will earn 10 points.

Scoring Chart:

The scoring chart on batting, bowling and fielding is mentioned below:

Batting

Bowling

Fielding

Also, an interesting IVR based service called ‘Fantasy Cricket’ will be available that can be accessed by calling 1200. This service allows customers to set up their team and receive regular updates/reminders on the performance of their selected players. The top 3 winners will be given exciting cash prizes.

Other products being promoted during the World Cup include:

• 2MB Mobile Internet @ Rs.3.99/day
• 10 MB mobile Internet Bucket @ Rs.30/bucket
• 1000 SMS @ Rs.7.99/week
• Glow Raat-Din package in which customers can talk to their 10 Glow Gang friends at Rs.2.99/hour during the night and Rs.1.99/30 minutes during daytime.

To connect youth with cricket, GLOW is also organizing ‘All Pakistan Kricket Tournament 2011’ in which over 200 colleges from both government and private will participate from all over the country.

Constantly exploring the best ways to meet the dynamic needs of active youth who always desire more from their connection, Warid Glow proves to be a brand full of energy that is matchless and smartly positioned to best serve the communication needs of young leaders.

Warid BlackBerry services include BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server Plus) for corporate clients and BIS (BlackBerry Internet Services) for individual customers.

With the dedicated 24/7 BlackBerry helpline Warid is offering one of the largest international roaming data network in 102 countries with 158 operators worldwide.

The Torch features

• BlackBerry 6 operating system,
• 5 MP camera
• WiFi
• GPS
• brilliant color display
• long lasting battery
• Memory:4GB eMMC + 4GB media card , expandable up to 32 GB with a microSD card.

Second chukker two goals struck by Manual Crespo, one field goal and second by a forty yards penalty short. Warid Polo team lead and the score remained 4.5 to 0 in Second chukkar. In third chukker, three goals scored by Al Khan, goals were scored by Hamza and two by Fernando Quinto.

Score at the end of third chukker remained 3 to 4.5. Fourth chukker, Warid team scored two more goals by Manual Crespo and secured 3rd position in the Punjab polo tournament.

Yes, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Warid has lowered its IDD Rates for these three countries during this worldcup.

The new calling rates are as follows

The participating teams are Warid Polo Team, Hataff , Ciro’s Pomodoro/Al Khan, PICIC Insurance, Guard Group/Diamond Paints, Army/Adam Jee Insurance and Master Paints.

Warid POLO team includes Mr. Ahmed Zubair Butt who is rated at 2 goals, he had the opportunity to play and learn polo in Argentina, Mr. Mannual Crespo from Argentina, rated at 7 goals winner of Camara de Diputados Cup, the most prestigious tournament of Argentina. Mr. Rabnawaz Tiwana who is rated at 1 goal, belongs to a family which is known for horse related activities in Pakistan specially Polo, he has twice represented Pakistan in Jordan and England and Mr. Haseeb Minhas rated at 3 goals, he also represent Pakistan at different arenas.

While commenting on Warid POLO team, Mr. Ahmed Zubair Butt said

‘Warid endorsing a polo team in the current economic situation is a step towards encouraging the game of Kings and it is not just the matter of resources being allocated but it certainly proves that Warid is the King in its sector. We have a very competitive and balanced team with one of the best polo ponies available in the country. Team members are much focused towards achieving their goal”.

High Goal Polo Tournament (10 – 14 Goals) will be played for four weeks that includes 14 Goal Aibak Polo Cup,14 Goal Punjab Cup, 14 Goal Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup, National Open Polo Champion Ship. There are a total of 8 foreign players participating in this tournament. The National Polo Championship this year has eight polo teams where the lower limit of the tournament is 10 goals and the upper limit is 14 goals. The first match will b e played between PICIC Insurance & Guard Group/Diamond Paints. This tournament will be played on American/knockout system and according to HPA rules.

Dhabi Groups, Bank Alfalah has been sponsoring the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup for the last 5 years and this is their 6th year of sponsorship. The Bank has also been sponsoring a polo team for the last five years. Besides, they have also sponsored the riding school for the last two years which is nursery for future polo players.

Warid POLO TEAM

Ahmed Zubair

Age : 24

Handicap : 2 goals

Ahmed is a professional POLO player who reached the handicap of 2 goals in a short span of time. He had the opportunity to play and learn polo in Argentina. In 2006 he was selected as a reserve for the Pakistan National Team to play the world cup in New Zealand. He also played number of tournaments in USA, Jordan and Dubai.

He holds the 4th position in the national open out of 10 teams with Lidth Chocolate. He had been the runners up of the 6 goals PPA tournaments in Rawalpindi and he also won Lahore Open Polo Championship this year.

Manuel Alberto Crespo

Age: 27

Handicap: 7

Manuel is a professional POLO player who played in USA, Chili, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Germany, Belgium, Spain, England, Pakistan, Malaysia and Thailand. He won number of tournaments like Camara de Diputados, in Argentina, Campaña Del Desierto, Presidente Metro Mediano, Metropolitano Alto, Meptropolitano Bajo, Abierto de la Canada, Charro Mejicano and many others. In Spain he won 3 times the Domeck tournament. He also won Conde Waki in Belgium Scapa sports, diamond stick both 2 times and also won number of tournaments in Colombia.

Maj Rabnawaz Tiwana

Age: 31

Handicap: 1

Major Tiwana played numerous polo tournaments in Pakistan and abroad. He represented Pakistan Army POLO Team Twice in United Kingdom and Jordan. In Pakistan he won Chief of The Army Staff Polo Tournament, Army Polo Championship, Trades Cup, Pearl Continental Polo cup, Murree Breuri Polo Cup, Trades Cup and President of Turkey Polo Cup. During the current polo season at Rawalpindi he won all the scheduled tournaments.

Haseeb Minhas

Age : 36

Handicap : 3 goals

Haseeb is a professional POLO player rated at 3 goals. He represented Pakistan in Singapore, Jordan and Dubai. He also represented Pakistan in the World Cup played in France in 2004.

Being a consumer-centric company Warid ensures to serve its valuable customers with delighting customer care, exceptional network quality and innovative products and services.

While commenting on the achievement Mr. Muneer Farooqui, CEO Warid Telecom said

“PTA has been very conducive and progressive since its inception. The mobile sector growth has been extraordinary and this sector has become a model for other countries across the world. Telecom Industry has largely benefited from the initiatives taken by PTA such as the deregulation of international gateways and mobile number portability which helped grow teledensity. I am very optimistic about Telecom industry of Pakistan and wish PTA and all the industry stakeholders a great success in future”.

With the end of 2010 Warid completes its five and half years of successful business operations in Pakistan. The company sets the highest standards of business excellence and secured over 17 million satisfied subscribers with a market share of about 17% and a network coverage in 6800 destinations, servicing 550 cities including Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas of Pakistan. With the substantial market share, a strong brand repute, loyal subscriber base and the recognition as the most trusted cellular service, Warid Telecom continues to set excellence benchmarks in the telecom Industry of Pakistan.

Directed by Shah Sharabeel, it is an adaptation of the original one in accordance with the local scenario. The play beautifully hints at the identity issues confronting human beings.

GLOW and Center Stage Productions staged an array of successful plays over the years in the cities of Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi including; The Phantom of the Opera’, Tom, Dick and Harry, Home Is Where Your Cloths Are, You Only Marry Twice, Moulin Rouge and Bombay Dreams. These are the largest plays of this magnitude in the region and believed to be the most expensive stage shows in Pakistan.

The long association between Warid and CSP has not only set a precedent of quality stage for dramatic presentations in Pakistan but has also groomed the audience which comes to appreciate quality theater. Center Stage Productions is the most recognisable figure in Pakistan theater that is rewriting the rules of commercial theater for our entertainment starved society for over 10 years. Back in 2010, Sharabeel brought ‘Moulin’ Rouge’ to Karachi with this promise that he will return to Karachi again in 2011 to stage Bombay Dreams.

Commenting on Warid’s backing of the play Mr. Suhail Jan, General Manager Commercial, Warid Telecom said‚ “We greatly support theater in the country because it is a way for us to foster the local talent of Pakistan and help our young leaders to pursue passion and also cultivate enthusiasm for arts and entertainment in the community. These plays are the biggest showcase of performing arts in Pakistan. In a country where talent is in abundance but finances can be a hurdle‚ Warid is proud to be a leader in promoting arts in the country.”

Director of the play Shah Sharahbeel said, “On behalf of Centre Stage Productions, I am deeply grateful to Warid Telecom and its team for supporting Center Stage Productions. I am sure we as a Nation have all the guts and the talent to become a truly progressive Nation. We don’t just do plays but we are building a norm, driven by our philosophy of being faithful to our talents. We demonstrate our best and that’s what makes Center Stage Productions the finest and the most disciplined theatre production company in the country. Once again I am extremely grateful to Warid Telecom for all their generous support”

“The play is known for its rhythmic tones composed by A R Rahman and will definitely cheer the audience of Karachi” added Shah Sharabeel the director of the play.

“As Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Group, it is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Mr. Zouhair A. Khaliq who will serve as Executive Director and represent the Group on the boards of Warid Telecom, Wateen and WinCom, while Mr. Naeem Zamindar will hold the position as the CEO of Wateen and Mr. Muneer Farooqui will continue as CEO at Warid Telecom.

Both Mr. Zouhair A. Khaliq and Mr. Naeem Zamindar are visionary and competent executives and are highly qualified. Each will continue our Group’s strong commitment to the Pakistani market and the people of Pakistan. They lead our efforts to enhance our operations and improve our organizational effectiveness. For us at the Abu Dhabi Group these new Business Leaders represent the next generation of senior executives whose focus will be on setting corporate strategies and policies, providing exceptional service to our customers and creating value for our shareholders in times of constant change.

Their leadership will move our companies boldly into the future as an important part of the Pakistani economy.

I take this opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to all my investments, the employees and all customers in Pakistan to make all Group companies among the finest institutions. Let me reaffirm as well that there is no intention to merge or to sell Bank Alfalah at this time.

In this new year of 2011, our goal is to continue to improve our businesses in Pakistan, in order to strengthen and broaden our ability to serve our customers and compete successfully in the market place.

Our Group is committed to providing the resources necessary for the highest quality of operations. By these appointments today we renew our commitment to the people of Pakistan that we will honor their trust with continued hard work and dedication.

The Abu Dhabi Group and I have been doing business in Pakistan for many years and we look forward to being here for many years to come. We value greatly the excellent cooperation we have from our Pakistani brothers and sisters. We are inspired by the warmth, good will, and collaboration we receive at every level. We are proud of our accomplishments and for the reputation we have earned.

We will also continue with our active participation in the important educational, cultural and social initiatives in the communities we serve. We are proud of our relationship with the people of Pakistan and are committed to being a model of responsible corporate behavior in this wonderful country.

The appointment of these new businesses leaders today further express great confidence in our vision, in our strategies, and in our plans for the near future of our participation in the Pakistani economy. We are confident in our ability, God willing, to make this intended future reality.

I conclude by extending my thanks and appreciation to all our customers for their trust and support and to all our employees for their outstanding work and their loyalty. I am confident that all of us will continue to work together to realize the great potential of our companies in the service of the people of Pakistan”