Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Uzma Aslam Khan’s novel “Trespassing” bills itself as a love story, a tale of forbidden lust a la the Capulets and Montagues. But in tackling culture clash, war and international relations, the book strives to be more than a tale of dangerous love.
The relationship between Daanish and Dia is the story around which all others …

The deregulation of Pakistan’s telecom industry is fast gaining momentum with dozens more communications providers and millions of customers entering both the fixed line and mobile markets.
Before the government announced the opening of its fixed line telephone sector to private investors in July last year, the landline penetration rate was just 2.5 percent of Pakistan’s …