Monday, August 23, 2004
Playground for blind girls opens in Lahore
The Caritas Pakistan, a non-governmental organisation, has built a playground for blind girls in Youhanabad. Abdul Rauf Rohilla, district governor of the Rotary Club Midtown, inaugurated the playground on Sunday. He praised Caritas Pakistan for helping the blind and pledged that the Rotary Club was always ready to cooperate with Caritas…
Continue reading »Work on Karachi desalination plant begins
With the inauguration of a $100 million cogeneration plant designed to generate 94 megawatts of electricity and three million gallons of desalinated water a day by the Defence Housing Authority , work on a long-awaited project has finally got under way.
According to a document issued by the DHA detailing the salient features of the plant, …
The cut-throat cell phone competition in Pakistan
Smelling a cut-throat competition after the advent of two more cellular phone companies, the existing operators have geared their efforts up for an improved market share.
After free roaming incentive and a host of other offers - the state-owned Ufone, on the eve of Pakistan’s Independence Day, made ripples in the telecommunication market by providing free …
Pakistani’s cartoons included in US university books
An American university has included illustrations of the first Pakistani female cartoonist, Nigar Nazar, in its two books, a press release here Saturday said.
The Career Center of the University of Oregon, USA, in a letter have expressed their appreciation and gratitude to Nigar Nazar of Gogi fame, for her valuable contribution in illustrating their two …
Sunday, August 22, 2004
Picnic with a Pakistani flavour in New York
A two-day event called “Food Street” in Lahore, Pakistan last summer drew over 6,000 people looking to sample food from four different provinces.
A year later, that curiosity was shared halfway around the world on Staten Island — albeit on a smaller scale — when some 200 people packed a Pakistani picnic held last month at …
Riyadh’s “Islamabad” Is Typically Pakistani Too
Expatriate communities make the Kingdom a home away from home for a comfortable and peaceful living. There are several places which are better known for their expatriate concentration and therefore by their nicknames.
One such place is a typical Pakistani city in the heart of Riyadh. The place, popularly known as “Islamabadâ€, is centrally located in …
India outclassed by Pakistan
Indian cricket took a leaf out of their Olympic colleagues. Flat, uninspiring and hopelessly outclassed, they lost the opening Videocon Cup game to Pakistan by a mile.
India bowled like misers for 30 overs and like millionaires for three overs. Then they batted like millionaires for three overs and miserably for the rest. It was a …
Pakistan’s resurgence, and the barn door
Do not underestimate the importance of this match. Assuming that India and Pakistan don’t meet again in the final of this event, the next time they take each other on will be on September 19, in what will virtually be the quarter-final of the ICC Champions Trophy. Inzamam will then go into that game with …
Continue reading »Indian publishers join hands with Pakistani firms
Close on the heels of the bus and train service, the Indian publishing sector is now establishing links with Pakistan.
Vanguard Books, Pakistan’s leading publishing house run by editor-publisher Najam Sethi, enters distribution agreement with Foundation Books of India.
For the first time, books from Pakistan will find place in Indian educational institutions through Indian bookstores following …
Lahore to have IMAX, theme park
The Punjab Chief Minister has announced the construction of an IMAX Theater and a theme park covering a 92-kanal area opposite Gaddafi Stadium to provide better recreational facilities to the people.
The CM was presiding over a meeting held to review IMAX Theatre and other recreational projects on Saturday …
First court hearing through video link in Pakistan
A district and sessions court heard a bail application through a video linkup with Lahore Camp Jail for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday.
The defence and prosecution lawyers argued from the jail while District and Sessions Judge Abdus Salam Khawar watched them in his courtroom. Video cameras, television sets and modems were installed in …
Night shows planned at Fort, Shalimar Gardens in Lahore
The Punjab Archaeology Department (PAD) has planned night cultural shows at Shalamar Gardens and the Lahore Fort and these two heritage buildings will now remain illuminated throughout the night, PAD Director General Farzana Qureshi told Daily Times on Friday.
She said floodlights were being put up for security reasons also. The PAD director general said watercourses …
Lahore to have helicopter service for the injured
Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that a helicopter service will be introduced in the Lahore region for transporting people injured during natural calamities and other accidents.
He made the announcement at a meeting in the Mayo Hospital here on Saturday…
First degree college for special children in Lahore
The federal government, she said, had decided that special children were eligible to appear in civil services competitions whereas two per cent quota had already been reserved for them…
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