Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

The Sindh Women Development Department has established the Women Crisis Centre, first of its kind in the country, to provide assistance to the women exposed to domestic and other sorts of violence of serious nature.
The centre was formally inaugurated here on Tuesday. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the …

There is a great similarity between and Lahore, both the cities being centres of art and learning. This was the impression of a scholar and expert in public relations from Lucknow, Hasan Ali Khan, on a visit here to see friends and relatives.
Talking to Dawn, he said both the cities have much in common. …

An inauguration ceremony was on Tuesday to name the bridge “Youyi” to commemorate Chinese and Pakistani workers who devoted their life to the construction of the bridge between 1966 and 1978. The bridge across Indus River is located in Thakolt, the end of Sino-Pakistan Karakorum Highway.

Tens of thousands of Pakistanis endured hours of stifling heat this week to accept an offer of free mobile phone connections, a sign of the pent-up demand in a country where cell phone usage has remained low.
But that may soon change. While only about 4.5 million of Pakistan’s 150 million people currently have mobile …

Hop-on.com, Inc. (OTC: HPON - News) today announced that it has shipped an initial order of its tri-band (900/1800/1900 MHz) Model 1806 GSM handsets to a distributor in Karachi, Pakistan. Located in Southern Asia between India on the east, Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north, Pakistan is a country of …

Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry has started preparations for organising Pakistan’s Solo Exhibition in Colombo, Sri Lanka in next three months. Sri Lanka Tea Association’s trade delegation will visit Pakistan next month to meet the local businessmen for exploring trade potential available here.
This was announced in a meeting of Consul General of …

AKD Trade.Com, Pakistan’s first stock trading website, has introduced AKD Research, said a press release issued by Aqeel Karim Dhedhi Securities (Pvt) Ltd, on Wednesday…

Three Pakistan cricketers are among the 29 players who have been nominated for Cricket Oscar awards.
Openers Imran Farhat and Yasir Hameed and fast bowler Umar Gul have joined six Australians, five Indians and four West Indians in the list of players contending for the awards.
A five-man ICC Awards selection panel comprising Richie Benaud (chairman), Ian …

What was billed as a press conference turned out to be a film launch that descended into pure farce here on Wednesday night
Reporters received invites for a ‘Meet the Press’ for film Koi Pyar Na Karey, but the function was anything but a press briefing. The official opening of the film project took place …