Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Manganhaar artists enthral Karachiites with mystic performance
Folk musicians and singers from Thar’s Manganhaar community enthralled audiences with their traditional performance at the Manganhaar Music Festival here on Tuesday and impressed upon them that folk music and mystic poetry impact people and communities from within their soul. The festival was kicked off with a performance by Chanesar who played ‘Khamach’, an indigenous …
Continue reading »A Pakistani director’s film in India
Very rarely do you come across a film that reflects the moods of the years gone by. KHAMOSH PANI [’Silent Waters’], directed by Sabiha Sumar, is one such film. The thought-provoking film transports you to Pakistan during 1979, with frequent flashes of 1947 injected in the narrative.
KHAMOSH PANI is an intelligent film, slightly similar to …
Pakistani private TV takes up Pak-India ventures
With peace talks between India and Pakistan gathering momentum, it looks like Indo-Pak theme will be more than just a flavour of the season.
Geo TV, the satellite television venture from the Pakistan-based Jung Group, has canned quite a few episodes of its soon-to-be launched show based on the partition theme. What is interesting is that …
India’s ’science on wheels’ may roll to Pakistan
A science exhibit that has been rolling around India for nearly nine months may soon be allowed to find its way to both Bangladesh and Pakistan, where some hope it will act as a ‘peace train’. Speaking in parliament, Kapil Sibal, India’s Minister of Science and Technology, has said that, pending security clearance from the …
Continue reading »Pakistani motorcycle makers’ price war benefits consumers
The Japanese bike-makers have begun slashing the prices of their products to attract more buyers. The move is aimed at improving market share and customer base at a place overjoyed over entry of the Chinese bikes (local and imported).
Following a cut of Rs2,000 in the CG-125 and Rs4,000 in the CD-70 prices by the Atlas …
TU recognises Pakistan’s progress in Telecom
Recognising Pakistan for its innovative and highly successful policies aimed at increasing tele-density and reducing costs, ITU this year invited Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, Federal Minister for Information Technology, to be a keynote speaker at the plenary session of the Conference.
Only six Ministers were given this significant honour, with Leghari being the only politician in …
Ericsson gets Pakistan GSM/GPRS network order
Ericsson further strengthens its industry leadership in managed services by the signing of a services contract with Warid Telecommunications Pvt. Limited (Warid Telecom) in Pakistan. The contract with Warid Telecom covers the first phase of its nationwide GSM/GPRS network, covering 28 major cities.
Under the contract, Ericsson will provide turnkey network design, deployment and integration of …
