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Friday, December 24, 2004
Lahore Painter Turns Bleak into Beauty
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By night, Iqbal Hussain moves shyly among the crowds of customers who flock to his restaurant to dine in the shadow of the magnificent sandstone minarets of Lahore’s Badshahi Mosque. By day, Hussain takes his pencils and paintbrushes into the narrow, filthy streets of the Heera Mandi, Lahore’s red light district. It is on the …
Continue reading »Pakistan Set for Record Cotton Output
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Pakistan’s cotton production and consumption are expected to hit historic highs this year as it aggressively prepares to meet global competition.
Pakistan is the fourth largest cotton producer in the world and poses a serious challenge to India in Western markets. Many experts believe Pakistan’s low cost of production will allow it to come out …







