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In Pakistan, in the fifties and sixties, brands such as Dalda, Lipton, Lifebuoy and Lux set the benchmark for today’s brands. They marked the start of four decades of marketing whereby ‘winning’ depended on understanding the consumer better than the competition and getting the ‘brand mix’ right. The brand mix is more than about the logo or the price. It is about the packaging, the promotions and the advertising, all of which are guided by precisely worded positioning statements or brand keys.

Clarified butter (ghee) had been the favoured cooking medium across the subcontinent. However, in certain urban centres in India, given shortages and adulteration, banaspati had gradually emerged as a favoured cooking medium. This was not the case in the area that now constituted Pakistan.

Whilst this was fantastic at the time, and may still work well today, it is the very least level of sophistication we need to be aiming for locally. Our current times allow us to up the ante to a different level and move towards integrating content and making it part of the storytelling narrative.

This unique electric screwdriver is compact enough for one hand operation even in confined spaces. It is operated not by flipping a switch or pulling a trigger, but rather by twisting the unit as you naturally would if you were using a traditional manual screwdriver.

In 2008, the multinational companies began to wake up to the opportunity and did the smart thing – they asked their advertising agencies to develop their websites or at the least, design them so that the software houses could build a better user experience.

Since Pakistan is typically late in adopting and complying with international best practices, it was almost a given that the ad women to whom the question of compensation inequities would be posed would reaffirm Minwalla’s views.

The most common design challenge on the threaded end of a bolted joint is determining the required thread engagement when using tapped holes. As with nuts, the objective is to ensure that the failure mode in the event of overtightening is by bolt fracture rather than thread strip. This mode is preferable, because it is more obvious (stripped threads don’t generate a loose bolt) and repair is generally less expensive and more dependable.

In reality, they’ll end up making more money off whatever big whitebox maker picks their low-end business class cards for their cheap desktops than their cutting edge products.

The last episode’s photograph was of Mr Jinnah reading Dawn on his 71st birthday; the detailed caption below it included the lines: “Never in his career has Mr Jinnah ever endorsed what today we would consider to be a ‘product’ or ‘brand’. And yet, at the behest of his colleagues, he picks up the copy of Dawn at his side and agrees to be photographed reading it…”

Ideal for wood-to-wood and metal-to-wood connections, the MiTek Hex Head fasteners come in a variety of lengths from 1-1/2″ to 8″. For framing applications, these fasteners can substitute traditional lag screws where hex head fasteners would be the preferable option.

When a listener asks what measures he should take to keep cellulose from falling through his exhaust fan when insulating and air-sealing his attic, the Fine Homebuilding editors wonder if he should get rid of the fan altogether.

Each piece of corrugated sheet or sheathing should be removed whole and kept wet to prevent asbestos dust from getting into the air, and all materials should be disposed of according to the laws of each state. As a general rule, the EPA recommends all asbestos-containing materials be abated by licensed professionals.