Monday, September 6, 2004
CNBC Pakistan to launch soon
Broadcasting from state of the art studios and production facilities in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore, CNBC Pakistan will transmit live programming in both Urdu and in English from a Pakistani perspective, 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. ‘CNBC Pakistan will be a notable addition to the Pakistani media landscape’, remarked Mr. Siddiqi, ‘and will …
Continue reading »First Pakistan-India TV drama set to shoot
Shooting for the first Indo-Pak television drama series, Muhabat Ka Sehar, will start on October 12 in Switzerland.
The 19-epsiode series is written by Asghar Nadeem Saeed and will be directed by Ravi Roy. The cast includes Indian actors Moona Singh and Nandani and Pakistan actors Muammar Rana, Nirma and Sonia Falak…
Long live Pakistan, hail mother India
As Indian and Pakistani diplomats meet to push forward peace, their border guards play out a jingoistic ritual of confrontation to the delight of thousands of onlookers from both sides.
The carefully choreographed display of hostility takes place every evening at a flag-lowering ceremony on both sides of the rivals’ only border crossing.
Loudspeakers blare out patriotic …
Islamabad animals to move to nicer homes
The management of the Islamabad Zoo has devised a plan to provide animals with an environment as close to their natural habitat as possible, Forest Department Deputy Director Aurangzeb Awan said. The plan is aimed at attracting more visitors, he said.
Mr Awan said that the zoo administration would improve the cages of leopards, wolfs, bears …
Emirates’ firm to launch telecom services in Pakistan next year
New licence cell-phone company WARID telecom will start its operation in Pakistan from the beginning of year 2005, said Chairman Warid Telecom and UAE Minister Shiekh Nahayan Mubarak Al-Nayhayan, says a news report.
Sheikh Al-Nayhayan, who is also the chairman United Bank Limited, Bank Alflah and the minister for higher technology of the UAE was speaking …
Pakistanis for the love of cricket - in a New York town
The sound of Pakistani music was punctuated by the crack of a bat and the cheers of the players on the field. The men in green were on the Brass City Cricket Club out of Waterbury, Conn., while the men in the red, black and white uniforms were the Spring Valley Cricket Club.
The teams gathered …
