The second edition of the Xiaomi POP Run 2025 took over the Jinnah Sports Complex, uniting fitness enthusiasts, families, and the Xiaomi community for a high-energy celebration of health, innovation, and togetherness.
With over 1,300 runners and total attendance crossing 2,000 participants, the event marked one of Xiaomi’s most vibrant community experiences in Pakistan to date.
Held under the global theme “Passion Beyond Limits,” this year’s 5KM run captured the true essence of inclusivity and community spirit. Participants from all age groups from a 7-year-old to a remarkable 76-year-old joined the marathon, proving that fitness knows no boundaries. Both were honored with a Xiaomi Smart Band 10 for their inspiring efforts.
Xiaomi also set up an exclusive Product Experience Booth, showcasing its latest innovations across smartphones, AIoT devices, home appliances, wearables, and TWS products, allowing visitors to experience the brand’s technology firsthand. Attendees explored cutting-edge devices like the Xiaomi 15T Series and Redmi Note 14 lineup, further connecting fitness with innovation.
Adding a star-studded touch, popular creators Ukhano and Amna Youzasaif participated in the run, interacting with fans and sharing the experience across social media. Their presence, alongside 70+ KOLs, created significant digital buzz, generating 1,500+ attendee stories and over 300 influencer posts, amplifying the event’s online visibility across platforms.
Beyond social media, the event enjoyed strong mainstream media coverage from Hum News, GTV, The Frontier Post, Jehan Pakistan, and Daily Nayi Baat, complemented by four digital billboards displayed across Islamabad in the days leading up to the marathon.
Reflecting on the successful turnout, a Xiaomi spokesperson shared: “Bringing POP Run to Pakistan has been a goal for us, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the incredible participation this year. This event reflects Xiaomi’s commitment to the Pakistani community, uniting our shared passion for fitness, innovation, and technology.”
With an electrifying atmosphere and a seamless blend of technology and wellness, Xiaomi POP Run 2025 concluded as a resounding success — embodying the brand’s vision of a healthy, active, and connected lifestyle. The event once again reaffirmed Xiaomi’s growing bond with the Pakistani community and its ongoing mission to inspire passion beyond limits.
The competition’s top three male and female winners received cash prizes of
Along with Xiaomi Smart Band 10 for all top5 winners. Additionally, the first 800 finishers proudly wore commemorative medals, while 25 more Smart Bands were distributed through engaging on-ground activities and lucky draws, adding excitement throughout the day.
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Zong has once again emerged as the top-performing mobile network in Pakistan, according to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) independent Quality of Service (QoS) survey for the third quarter of 2025.
The survey, which covered 17 cities and two major roads, and included roughly 46,000 voice calls and SMS tests plus about 0.33 million broadband samples, placed Zong first in several critical categories, including 4G coverage, voice quality, and SMS performance, and multiple broadband throughput metrics.
Jazz was in second place overall, while Ufone and Telenor came in at 3rd and 4th, respectively. Here is a detailed breakdown of network rankings in each performance category.
Zong led the chart in mobile network coverage across 15 cities for 4G and in 11 cities for 3G, placing it first in the coverage ranking. By comparison, Jazz recorded 13 compliant 4G city results and Ufone 12, while Telenor lagged with compliance in only six cities for 4G.
In terms of voice calls, which is a composite of Network Accessibility, Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Call Connection Time (CCT), Call Completion Ratio (CCR), and Mean Opinion Score (MOS), Zong topped the standings with 86 compliant voice QoS KPIs against 9 non-compliant.
Latency results show a more nuanced performance. In the PTA’s auto-mode latency, Zong’s average was higher than the very best performers (the survey summary shows average latencies of Jazz ~68 ms, Telenor ~67 ms, Zong ~77 ms, and Ufone ~98 ms), placing Zong behind Jazz and Telenor on this specific metric. However, in 3rd-party app latency testing, Zong remained broadly compliant across almost all cities (18 compliant, 1 non-compliant), tying it with Ufone for second place in the 3rd-party latency standings.
For web page loading time, Zong trailed leaders Ufone and Jazz (Zong was compliant in 13 cities and non-compliant in 5), indicating that while Zong’s raw throughput and upload performance are ahead of others, web-page QoE still favored some competitors in a handful of locations.
Jazz remained competitive, particularly for auto-mode download throughput (leading in 11 cities), and Telenor and Ufone each led in selected non-service KPIs (latency, web page loading) across parts of the survey footprint.
This is a comparative report and does not cover all of Pakistan. A mobile network winning this survey does not mean it is a flawless performer, but simply ahead of others in the 17 cities covered in the test.
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