Sunday, August 1, 2004
Pakistani, Indian artists join up to showcase Punjab
With a smile on their faces and a warm welcome from their hosts, a 25-member delegation from the National College of Arts in Lahore crossed the Wagah checkpost earlier this week to play their bit in strengthening ties with India.
“Artistes usually keep away from disharmony. Discussions, meetings and such visits, can help in bringing …
A Pakistan-born star on the British literary horizon
There is a new star on the literary horizon in Britain: Gujranwala-born Nadeem Aslam, whose second novel that took more than 10 years to write, has received rave reviews.
The author moved with his family from Pakistan to England, settling in Huddersfield, Yorkshire when he was only 14. His father, he says, was a communist who …
Once in a blue moon in Karachi!
People gather at Karachi’s Clifton Beach on Saturday evening to witness a rare blue moon, which was last observed in Pakistan in 2001. adnan ali
Continue reading »Engineering parks planned in three cities
The federal government is planning to set up engineering parks at Karachi, Faisalabad and Sialkot to facilitate industrialists about international developments taking place in the field of machinery especially in the textile sector…
Continue reading »Shehzad Roy wins Viewers Choice Award
Shehzad Roy won the Viewers’ Choice Award for the highly-contested best male singer category in a ceremony held on 24th of June in Lahore. Beating heavyweights Ali Azmat (Junoon), Ali Zafar, Najam Shiraz, and Fakhir - each a tough rival in his own right - Shehzad Roy bagged the award on this pleasant summer evening.
The …
Postage stamp on K-2
The Pakistan Post Office will on Saturday issue commemorative stamps of Rs5 denomination about the golden jubilee of the first ascent of K-2, says a press release.
A press release says that Pakistan has some of the richest mountain ranges, the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush and the Karakorum, converging in the Northern Areas, capped with …
Solar-drying technology for Northern Areas soon
A project to introduce solar-drying technology for preservation of apricots will soon be launched in Northern Areas by the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) in collaboration with the Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET).
Apricot is one of the fruits abundantly produced in all of the Northern Areas, a spokesman for the PSF said. While it …
