Sunday, August 8, 2004
Dubai Jobs Company Launches Operation in Pakistan
Recruitment leader, Bayt.com (www.bayt.com), is set to aggressively extend its operations with the launch of its new distributorship, Bayt Certified Marketing Partner Program (CMP), whereby approved agents will market and sell recruiting packages on behalf of the company in markets outside the GCC. The program debuts in Pakistan with Surview (Pvt.) Ltd., part of the …
Continue reading »New York park feels like home for Indo Pakistani cricket players
On the lawn, the bowler, or pitcher, got a running start and hurled the ball overhead so it soared over a 66-foot-long burlap mat. Nine players gathered around the mat and watched the batsman swing as the small red ball bounced upward.
On the street, drivers slowed to look, and teenagers walking toward the basketball courts …
Pakistan’s only female Olympic track athlete has humble ambitions
The only woman in Pakistan’s Olympic track and field team for Athens has ruled out targeting a medal and has instead set herself the humble ambition of not finishing last.
“I know the star-studded line-up in the 1,500 meters leaves me nowhere in the medal race but for me the main thing is that I don’t …
A cross-border marriage that was even televised!
A town in Punjab, which borders both India and Pakistan, has become an example of communal harmony with its heterogeneous demography.
It also witnessed a historic wedding that was even televised live. The couple overcame political differences to be together.
Malerkotla town lies in the prosperous north Indian state of Punjab.
After Pakistan separated from India in …
British Pakistani Policeman honoured in UK
A British Pakistani Police Officer Tarique Ghaffur has been awarded CBE Award for services to policing in UK in the 2004 Queen’s birthday honours list.
Tarique Ghaffur is currently serving as Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police. Mr. Ghaffur was honoured in recognition of his position as a positive role model to all communities, as …
Pakistan honors Indian leader
Pakistan will turn the birthplace of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into a model village as an act of goodwill, the government said Thursday.
Singh, 71, was born into a poor Sikh family in Gah, Pakistan, a rural backwater about 50 miles southwest of Islamabad in Punjab province. He completed his primary school education there in …
Pakistan Boy Scouts net-linked with rest of the world Scouts
The National Headquarters of Pakistan Boy Scouts Association (PBSA) has arranged net pal link with rest of the world Boy Scouts on the occasion of the first Asia Pacific Regional Internet Scout Jamboree from Aug 7-8.
The Boy Scouts can be seen working on the computers strengthening the bonds of fraternity with the boy scouts of …
