2004 August

More than 2.2 million Afghans have returned home so far from Pakistan since the voluntary repatriation programme of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) started …

Pakistan and South Africa are busy mending relations, damaged by Pakistan’s suspension from the Commonwealth and its arrest of two South Africans on suspicion of involvement in international terrorism.
The two …

Iran will provide technical assistance of experts to Pakistan in the exploration, expansion and modernization of steel production plants at Pakistan Steel, Karachi.
The above proposal was agreed in a meeting …

Pakistan’s economy is set to grow more than 6 percent this fiscal year, despite the threat of inflation, a weakening currency and pressure on its balance of payments, a World …

The European Union (EU) may lift anti-dumping duty on Pakistan’s bedlinen, as it planned to review the decision. A leading exporter from Faisalabad said that the EU had started the …

The rains deprived cricket-lovers of a crackerjack series. The three teams that participated in the tournament have a massive following not just in their countries, but all over the world, …

Life assumes very inspiring and unique shapes in the works of three energetic young artists, Fauzia Khan, Saleem Bhopali, and Syed Baqar Raza Shamim. These works were displayed at the …

Hot Chappal Kabab from NWFP, mouth-watering Paye from Punjab, delicious Saji from Balochistan and the incomparable Aab Gosht from Kashmir are just some of the food items that are drawing …

“A coffee?” asks chief executive Minoo Bhandara, reaching across his desk. “Or would you prefer a beer?”
Mr Bhandara can afford such audacity because he runs Murree Brewery, Pakistan’s lone beer …

Keeping the petrol flowing to Pakistani drivers is providing Palmerston North-based company Integration Technologies with its biggest ever deal.
It has won a contract worth about $5 million to outfit more …