Gulf Air opens new sales offices in North Pakistan

Source: Gulf Air.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has officially opened four new sales offices in the north Pakistani cities of Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Sialkot. 

Gulf Air operates direct flights between Bahrain and the Pakistani cities of Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Sialkot with 23 flights a week in total. Flights to and from Pakistan can be booked either online at gulfair.com, through the airline’s 24 hour Worldwide Contact Centre on +973 1737 3737, through any Gulf Air sales office or at approved travel agencies.

The new offices will manage passengers’ ticketing and sales requirements and respond to any general enquiries. The new Gulf Air offices in Pakistan can be found at:

Gulf Air, Islamabad
Unit 1-A, Shahid Plaza, 

Blue Area Jinnah Avenue F-6/4, 

Islamabad.
Tel: +92 512 8100 2832

Gulf Air, Karachi
1st Floor, Kashif Centre, 

Shahrah-e-Faisal, 

Karachi.
Tel: +92 21 5675 2316

Gulf Air, Lahore
Lufthansa House 5-G/2, 

Block H, Gulberg II, 

Lahore.
Tel: +92 423 5763 4569

Gulf Air, Peshawar
UG-46, Deans Trade Centre, 

Peshawar Cantt
Tel: +92 9 1556 0778

Gulf Air, Sialkot
10 Ground Floor, 

Abdullah Trade Centre, Kutchery Road, 

Sialkot.
Tel: +92 524 2684 2831

Buy at Home Centre during Ramadhan and save with vouchers

Source: Home Centre website.

Home Centre is offering Ramadhan gift vouchers* with a minimum sum spent on purchases.

The Ramadan Gift Voucher Promotion in the UAE involves getting a voucher worth AED1,000 for every AED3,000 spent. The offer is valid in Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Al Ain, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah, and expires 15 August.

In Bahrain, BHD10 vouchers will be given out for every BHD35 spent, while in Oman RO10 vouchers are gifted for every RO35 spent. The Kuwait arrangement is similar, with KD10 vouchers offered for every KD35 spent. The Bahrain offer is honoured at the Manama and Riffa outlets, while the Omani branches in Muscat, Sohar and Salalah are running the voucher promotion. In Kuwait, the promotion is running in Al Rai, Fahaheel, Kuwait City and Shuwaikh. Vouchers expire 18 July.

Source: Home Centre website.
The offer for UAE.

For Jordan, the vouchers of JD10 are handed out for every JD50 spent. The offer is valid in Amman, and vouchers also expire 18 July.

Home Centre has also launched its Ramadan Catalog 2015**.

Interested?

View the Ramadan Catalog 2015 in Bahrain

View the Ramadan Catalog 2015 in KSA

View the Ramadan Catalog 2015 in Kuwait

View the Ramadan Catalog 2015 in Oman

View the Ramadan Catalog 2015 in Qatar

View the Ramadan Catalog 2015 in UAE

*KSA does not have a voucher promotion for Ramadhan

**Jordan does not have a Ramadan Catalog.

Qatar Digital Library makes archive freely available online

The Qatar Digital Library (QDL) is making a vast archive featuring the cultural and historical heritage of the Gulf and the wider region freely available online, for the first time. 

Source: Qatar Digital Library website.

The aim is to transform the study of Gulf history, improve understanding of the Islamic world, Arabic cultural heritage and the modern history of the Gulf, states the website. 

The QDL includes rich media including digital versions of archives, maps, manuscripts, sound recordings, and photographs complete with contextualised explanatory notes and links in both English and Arabic.

Half a million images are expected to be available on the QDL by end-2014. Current highlights include:

• India Office Records that span the period 1763–1951, comprising files from the Bushire Political Residency Records and the Bahrain Agency Records 
• J. G. Lorimer’s Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (1908, 1915), a classic introduction to the history of the Gulf 
• Five hundred maps, charts and plans of the Persian Gulf and the wider region 
• The Private Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf between 1862 and 1872 
• Arabic Scientific Manuscripts from the British Library’s Manuscripts Collections, covering topics such as medicine, mathematics, astronomy and engineering 
• A selection of photographs, postcards and other printed objects as well as sketches, drawings and watercolours; etchings, engravings and illustrations 
• A selection of audio collection materials including 200 shellac discs recorded in Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq between 1920 and 1940 

Explore the QDL by curated topics here.