Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Pakistan continued the trend for one-sided matches in the opening week of the ICC Champions’ Trophy by completing an emphatic victory over unfancied Kenya between the showers here.
Underlining their claims as potential champions, Pakistan completed a quickfire seven-wicket victory after dismissing Kenya for a lowly 94 - the fifth lowest total in the brief history …

The federal archaeology department claims to have discovered rock-art sites near the Siachen Glacier, between the villages of Domsum and Gulshan-i-Kabin on the left bank of Saltoro river in the Lower Sheyole (Khaplu) valley.
Khaplu is located in eastern Baltistan, some 103km away from Skardu. The engravings depicting animal and human figures and inscriptions on boulders …

An Internet Media City would be set up in Karachi on the pattern of one that exists in Dubai. Sindh Minister for Information Technology said this while talking to media here on Tuesday.
He pointed out that the government of Pakistan has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the setting up of …

The gasoline called Premier XL, the supply of pre-additized gasoline across the network of stations has already completed and motorists throughout the country can now notice the “clean” driving difference this gasoline makes.
The new product Premium XL enhances fuel economy, which leads to better engine clean up and corrosion control of fuel tanks and piping …

The Pakistan Calligraphic Artists Guild will hold an international calligraphy exhibition at the Alhamra Centre next month. A children’s festival and a workshop by foreign artists will also be arranged simultaneously, PCAG Senior Vice President told Daily Times on Tuesday.
He said the PCAG had demanded the government set up a full-fledged calligraphy academy because Pakistan …

All arrangements including installation of equipment and setting of required procedures have been finalised and the Authority will start processing MRP applications under the pilot project from today, they said. Initially, the project is being launched from Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore, which would be extended to all passport offices across the country, the sources added. …

Pakistan diplomatic mission is planning to organize “Anarkali” stage show on Broadway in New York on September 21st, which is expected to draw huge money, Pakistan State Minister has said here. Addressing a news conference in Pakistan consulate after his arrival in New York [he] said President Musharraf will be the chief guest the historic …

A group of traditional ‘Manganhaar’ singers from Thar and Cholistan gave a captivating performance at the NIC building auditorium in Islamabad on Sunday evening.
The singers from remote deserts of Thar and Cholistan, accompanied by their own set of musicians, seemed confident and eager to present their talent to the maximum on their maiden appearance in …

The ‘golden mile’ in the country’s financial capital glitters Pakistan’s economy, says one top officials of the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) about the road, which also houses the country’s most popular electronic media, the GEO TV, and the biggest publishing house, the Jang Group of Newspapers.
“Some 90 per cent of financial and business deals …

New cellular and fixed-line telephone companies, which are likely to begin operations by December following the deregulation of the telecom sector, are expected to create over 8,000 direct and indirect job opportunities in the country.
Pakistan’s official unemployment rate stands at 8.27 percent, but economists estimate the real rate to be much higher.
Telecom authorities and stakeholders …

Foreign direct investment has doubled during the past three years, which is approaching $1 billion this year. Pakistan’s Minister for Privatization and Investment stated this during a meeting with the visiting US delegation led by US Under Secretary of State, who called on him here on Monday.
According to a press release issued here by the …

With the last round of the English County Cricket Championship coming up on Thursday (September 16), and Warwickshire already having been declared the 2004 summer’s winners, Pakistan’s veteran leg-break and googly bowler Mushtaq Ahmed leads the table of top wicket-takers in first-class matches during the current season. His tally from 16 appearances is 81 wickets, …

Pakistan is likely to become the most accessible international trade route to Central Asia, Iran and China as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered to provide $2 billion to improve and rehabilitate the Pakistan Railways (PR) network.
Official sources told Online on Sunday that the grant would likely to be provided primarily for the rehabilitation …

The machine-readable passports (MRPs) will be issued from October instead of September because installation of the equipment at a newly established passport office here has been delayed. Official sources said that earlier it was planned that the machine-readable passports would be issued from September, 2004 from Islamabad and Peshawar.
The installation of machinery at the Peshawar …