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Farrukh Ashraf repaired the shoes with 2½-inch heels worn by the precision dance troupe, which finished a 37-performance run of “Radio City Christmas Spectacular” here last week. “The work was not that hard; it’s just so many of them at one time,” Ashraf said recently while gluing rubber-sole protectors to 24 pairs of T-strap leather …

Pakistan and India are likely to establish an optic fiber phone link soon to improve telecommunications between the two countries, a Pakistani news channel reported Tuesday.
Management control of the company will also be transferred to the buyer of the stake. In the past, Singapore’s SingTel, Egypt’s Orascom Telecom and other Middle Eastern telecom operators have …

Business Software Alliance (BSA) Wednesday announced a national article writing competition for journalists on the ills of software piracy, offering Rs. 90,000 cash awards. The winner would get the Rs. 40,000 bumper prize, while the two runners up would be awarded Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 20,000 each respectively.
The competition is open to all the …