Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

MORE than 1,000 Pakistani bachelors attended a musical and cultural programme at the Pakistan Club last night to mark their country’s 57th independence day.
Leading Pakistani artistes, specially flown in for the event, presented live entertainment to the audience…

NetSol Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTWK), a developer of proprietary software applications and provider of information technology (IT) services, today announced it has been recognized by the Pakistan government for its efforts in spearheading the country’s IT growth, part of Pakistan’s global multi-billion dollar foreign investment program.
“We are honored to be recognized by Pakistan’s government for …

The PTCL subscribers will heave a sigh of relief as the package announced by the company last month to exploit untapped potential of the telecom market would come into force fully on Friday (today).
Under the package, the PTCL domestic and commercial consumers will enjoy free-of-cost local calls during late night hours, reduced international and domestic …

Six countries will control the global cotton industry within 10 years, with Brazil rising to be the third biggest exporter, leading cotton merchant Bill Dunavant said on Thursday.
Dunavant, president of Dunavant Enterprises, the world’s biggest cotton trader, said cotton consumption and production would consolidate to China, the United States, India, Pakistan, Turkey and Brazil, with …

Farhan, Alizah, Junaid and Sonia were declared the winners of their respective categories in an art contest held among students of various institutes for handicapped children.
The contest, organized jointly by the Ida Rieu School for the Deaf and Blind and a social worker Jimmy Engineer, in connection with the independence day celebrations, was held at …