Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Tom Slone sees the South Asian nation of Pakistan as a virtually untapped opportunity, not a risky place to locate his fledgling Fort Worth company’s only outsourcing call center, which he quietly did last summer.
“Pakistan is a hidden gem, a hidden jewel,” enthused Slone, 62, chairman of Touchstone Communications, which he co-founded after working 33 …

Even though no new ground was broken on the festering Jammu and Kashmir dispute, India and Pakistan took some steps on Monday to inject confidence in each other and resolved to take the peace process forward “in an atmosphere free from terrorism and violence’’.
The confidence-building measures included immediate restoration of the strengths of their …

Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer is given a free hand by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), he believes his team will acquire the status of world-beaters in next to no time.
Talking to reporters here a day after Pakistan defeated India by 60 runs, Woolmer was quite emphatic in saying that had it not been …

It’s not quite as high as Mount Everest, but it’s been about three times as dangerous to conquer. And on Monday, an Italian marked the 50th anniversary of his grandfather’s first successful climb of K-2 by summiting the mountain.
Italians Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni first scaled K-2, the world’s second-highest mountain, on July 31, …

It may be a first for the city of Jersey. A Pakistani was sworn in as the area’s deputy mayor on Monday.
Agha Afzal, who was sworn in at the city hall, took his oath of office on the Holy Quran…

JUST when talks about increasing cultural exchange between India and Pakistan is picking up pace, a Vadodara girl visited the neighbouring country to take part in a week-long leadership interaction meet with the youths of Karachi. And the sparkle in Nausheen Rahimi’s eyes, as she talks about the visit, assures she will not forget the …

The invasion of Alexander the Great of the territories, which now constitute Pakistan , was an event of great sagnificant not only because of the extraordinary nature of the military expenditure undertaken by one of the worlds greatest conquerors;but also because it was the first time that direct contacts were established between Europe & South …

“The high-speed train will travel up to 140 km per hour, compared with a top speed of 100 km ph now reached by other trains. The high-speed trains will cut nearly one and a half hour off the typical five-hour Rawalpindi-to-Lahore trip”, he said this in news conference at Railway Headquarters here on Sunday.”

On her first day of school in America, Subeia Ahmed sat front and center in the Framingham High School classroom, armed with an English dictionary and a neat row of freshly sharpened pencils.
The 15-year-old was determined to succeed, but faced a far more difficult transition than most freshmen.
She, along with her mother and two siblings, …

The Punjab cabinet has approved drafts of the Protection of Consumer Rights (PCR) bill and the Punjab Heritage Foundation (PHF) bill and also awarded the charter to the University of South Asia on Saturday. These bills would be tabled in the Punjab Assembly in its next session.

Under the agreements, more than 20 staff members of Comsats Institute of Information Technology will be sent to China every year for PhDs in different disciplines. This programme will start from September this year and will cover other areas of mutual interests, including faculty exchange programme, collaboration in research and participation in seminars and conferences.

Pakistan has progressed from the previous 6th to 4th place in the Test cricket’s rankings, largely due to “extraneous” circumstances.
Although Pakistan was beaten 2-1 by India in a three Test series earlier this year, these are the only two matches it has lost in the last 12 months.
Pakistan’s rating has also been helped …

Pakistan and India are reportedly in talks to establish a dedicated optic fibre link between the two countries.
Pakistan’s IT and Telecom Minister Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari was quoted by the Daily Times as saying that Islamabad and New Delhi were in touch to initiate the project, and that certain issues were yet to be …

The Capital Development Authority seems to have woken up to the need to make Islamabad a child-friendly city. The city has just one park for children called Japanese Park. Now the CDA has planned to construct playgrounds and tennis, volleyball and basketball courts at 17 different locations, a CDA official told Daily Times on Tuesday.