Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Pakistan is to sell five Super Mashak aircraft to a private company of South Africa and the signing ceremony in this regard will be one of the salient features of the Ideas 2004 defence equipment exhibition opening here on Sept 13.
Delivery of the 20 Super Mashaks, produced at the PAC Kamra, will commence soon. Kamra …

In an exclusive interview with The News, [Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority] said the cell phone charges which were currently Rs 3 to Rs 5 per minute would come down to Rs 1.50 to Rs 2 per minute. The PTA chairman said that in the next two years, number of mobile connections would be enhanced from …

It is difficult to start an independent cinema industry in Pakistan because there aren’t even enough viewers for commercial cinema, film star Shan said at the opening ceremony of documentary film White Blood, Red Soil at Depilex Men.
Shan said that parallel cinema could not be initiated until and unless the commercial film industry was encouraged …

A budding artist, Gulzar of Umerkot, won the first position in a singing competition, part of the Maganhaar Music Show, organized on the concluding day of a cultural festival held at a local hotel late Tuesday night. The second position was secured by Sabira Sultana of Ranipur whereas a young duo, Long Khan and his …

South Korea would train 30 Pakistani experts in broadband internet and e-government areas as part of enhancing cooperation between the two countries. The offer was made by Minister for Information and Communication of Korea, Daeje Chin during a meeting held in Busan, Korea, with Minister for Information Technology, Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Wednesday.
Leghari, who …

After more than seven years in Pakistan’s Lahore Central Jail, Ghulam Rabbani Sarkar, whose family had almost given him up for dead, returned home this Monday. In March this year, the 33-year-old was first allowed by the jailers to write home. It was this letter that his father took to Union water resources minister and …

Bob Woolmer enters the Champions Trophy in remarkably buoyant mood. He will tell anyone who listens that his Pakistan players are “absolute gentlemen” and the day that he can utter the phrase without any sniggering at the back is the day that he will have turned them into the finest team in the world.
The Champions …