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Plans to expand the Lahore Museum over an 11-kanal-area, construct several new galleries, establish a research department, install the latest security, temperature-control and ticketing systems were announced by the museum director, Gulzar Mashhadi, on Wednesday.
The new galleries in the museum will include a section called the City Museum, to portray cultural items from Lahore, another …

There were smiles all around as Tabassum Warsi dished out a treat to music lovers in Oman at ‘Sham-e-Ghazal’ at Al Falaj Hotel last weekend.
Smiles (tabassum in Urdu) of acceptance, acknowledgement and appreciation all backed up by a continued round of applause accompanied her performance like a reward from a receptive audience. How ghazal has …

Music is the universal language of love, peace and friendship, said Taz, the lead singer for Stereo Nation, after signing a promotion agreement for Pakistan, Japan and the United Arab Emirates with Star Light Promotions and Ideas Workshop on Wednesday.
According to the new agreement, Star Lights Promotions will have exclusive promotion rights, arrange concerts and …

Australia’s Tethyan Copper Co Ltd said on Wednesday it will spend its A$10 million ($7 million) cash reserve on completing a feasibility study into developing the first stage of a copper and gold mine in Pakistan.
The lode is contained within the larger Reko Diq project and would initially produce about 40,000 tonnes of copper a …

An 18-member Indian hockey team received a warm welcome here from banner waving fans today when it arrived in Pakistan for the first series in the rival country in five years.
The players will take part in a four-match series starting later this month. Some 200 policemen were deployed to maintain security at the airport, in …