Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

“After completion of my studies, I joined a private house dealing in plotter cutting, and flex sign making and designing. I concentrated on the job and after serving for about four years I opened my own business four years ago. I am very fond of visualizing objects and making designs, so I started this business …

Pakistan achieved an industrial growth rate of 18.1% during 2003-04, the prices of wheat and flour have declined by 1.2% during July 31st to August 21st, first two vessels carrying 95 thousand ton of wheat will arrive Pakistan on September16th, the government will not pass on the increased oil prices at international market to the …

For the first time, Pakistani books will find a place in Indian institutions through Indian bookstores following a distribution agreement between two private publishers from the two countries.
The agreement was inked recently between Delhi-based Foundation Books and Pakistan’s Vanguard Books. Vanguard has published many original books that no one dared to print in Pakistan in …

Hockey in Athens, tamasha back home. On Wednesday evening, India and Pakistan clash in a minor placings match in the Olympic hockey tournament that, if you go by the response of the expatriate community here, may as well be deciding the gold medal.
Pakistan finished third in group A, and India fourth in group B. The …

National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) will assign vehicle identification and tracking number and issue the same on a secure document to the applicant. This VITS will be physically transferred to the owner of the vehicle. This will be a permanent laminated document, which will only contain the particulars of the registered vehicle.
Vehicle information including …

The coastal city Gawadar will become international business and trade hub with the commissioning of deep sea port next year and its proposed link up with main railway lines network with up-country that would pave the way for cheap mode of transportation to Central Asia, Europe and Africa…
The Gawadar deep-sea port is due to complete …

A grand festival will be held in Gilgit from September 7 to promote local culture and tourism. The Silk Route Festival is a regular feature of the area which is officially celebrated in Gilgit and Skardu.
An official handout said a number of programmes have been chalked out to make the event a memorable one, as …

The telecom sector, which is undergoing a silent revolution, has placed the country’s economy on a fast track leading to progress and prosperity and Pakistanis now feel the effects of the multi-dimensional visible changes, analysts said on Monday.
The revolution has changed the way and style of business, provided thousands of jobs and opened new vistas …

“The conditions of India and Pakistan are more or less similar. Pakistan is a shade better than us as NGOs have started a movement by trying to modify the medical education to suit the community.’’ This was stated here today by Prof S M Bose who attended the two-day International Conference of Community Oriented Medical …

A sophisticated Manufacturing Technologies Development Centre (MTDC) will be established at the department of mechanical engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.
This was stated by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman, Dr Attaur Rehman, on Monday. In this regard, an amount of Rs120 million has been approved by the recently held Central Development Working Party …

E-Journalism, vital requirement of the 21st century epoch for swift dissemination of news and views, around the globe, eventually touched the zeniths of a magnificent recognition in Pakistan when PIP, the apex and strapping voice in the journalistic arena in the country held the first-ever seminar on the topic here Saturday…

LAWYERS’ fraternity of both sides being the powerful and vocal leaders can help in building an amicable environment which can help the governments of India and Pakistan to resolve their problems.
This was stated by Chaudhary Muhammad Hanif Khatana, Additional Advocate General of the Lahore High Court on his arrival at the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab …

One recent Sunday evening at midnight in a town near here, Kohsar Riaz sat down eagerly in her favorite living room chair for her weekly dose of ARY One World network’s “Drama Hour” and was instantly engrossed in the depressing tale of a hijra (cross-dresser) disowned by family and friends, desperate for acceptance and hopelessly …

The National Art Gallery is finally surfacing at a prominent place on the Constitution Avenue after a number of designs and various site relocations.
The project, costing Rs 250 million, is expected to be complete by the end of this year. The gallery’s building has been designed in a way that art collections will be displayed …