The Great Rate Race
As originally published in Synergyzer Annual 2019
Pakistan’s powerful media industry is in a state that can be best described as evolutionary. As different stakeholders have put it, the industry is ailing from a number...
OUTDOOR MEDIA INDUSTRY: Getting Creative With OOH Media
As originally published in Synergyzer Issue 4, 2017 – ‘A Better Tomorrow’
Till the 1st quarter of 2016, Karachi was home to around 30% of total out-of-home (OOH) conventional media across Pakistan. Although advertisers had...
Fatima Abbas on Evolving Technological Trends in Media Consumption
As originally published in Synergyzer Issue 2, 2019
The rapidity with which digitalization and technology are embedding into our lifestyles can sometimes be overwhelming. The line between using technology for professional or personal purposes is...
ADVERTISING: THE EVOLUTION OF AN ARTFORM
We have been listening to and engaged in the debate for years about advertising; whether it should be considered an Art form or a field of Science or both. However, irrespective of the side...
Discovering the new Pakistani Consumer
By Ali Raza Merchant
There is a major shift in consumer spending in the urban retail environment, in recent times. The question that comes to mind is that, where have all these new consumers come...
CULTURE VULTURE: IN VISIBLE LANGUAGE
By Omair Faizullah
“The spectacle grasped in its totality is both the result and the project of the existing mode of production. It is not a supplement to the real world, an additional decoration. It...
PAKISTAN: The Tale of a Land of Promise
In the 60’s, Pakistan was an Asian Tiger which was more progressive than Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and India. Our textiles were the best in Asia and competing with highly industrialized nations. Karachi was such...
THE IRONY OF IMAGERY
That is what Magritte said when talking about his painting, "Ceci n'est pas une pipe.”, French for "This is not a pipe."
It is not easy to put images into words and equally difficult vice...
The Advertising Connection
Amin Rammal, Director - The Brand Crew, Firebolt63 and APR, talks about Pakistan’s advertising landscape and how it needs to make itself more noticeable as an industry.
Synergyzer: How has the ongoing fiscal year of...
Executive Doodle – Globetrotting Travel Alchemist
Pakistan's potential as a global tourism powerhouse is currently drowned in a sea of incompetence and neglect. As the shadows of mismanagement loom large,...
Tower Sports Secures Satellite Rights for ICC Cricket Events in Pakistan...
In a ground-breaking move set to redefine cricket broadcasting in Pakistan, Tower Sports, under the umbrella of HUM Network Limited (HNL), has secured the...
