Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

As the ban on trade of used mobile phone is being lifted from January 1, 2005 (tomorrow), the police and Karachi Electronic Dealers Association (KEDA) have devised a joint strategy to counter the menace of mobile phone snatching in the metropolis. Police and the KEDA would formally introduce a web-based computerised mobile phone tracking system …

The Network Microfinance Bank (NMB) was launched at a simple ceremony on Tuesday. The NMB is sponsored by the Network Leasing Corporation and Jahangir Siddiqui & Co and would be the first Microfinance institution to be listed at a stock exchange (the Karachi Stock Exchange). The bank would provide a full range of banking services …

World’s leading goal scorer and ace drag-flicker Sohail Abbas, and Waseem Ahmed of Pakistan, have confirmed their participation in the Premier Hockey League, adding glamour to the much-awaited competition. The presence of these two players is likely to give a further boost to the PHL, which is set to begin in Hyderabad on January 13. …

The Provincial Science Olympiad opened on Wednesday in Lahore. One hundred research-based projects in the fields of biology, chemistry, computer sciences, mathematics and physics are being displayed at the Olympiad. Intel Pakistan Corporation and the Punjab Education Department’s second science education project are jointly organising the Olympiad in which students will be selected for the …

TeleSpectrum Worldwide, once a top U.S. teleservices provider, has become the subsidiary of a Pakistani firm in a case of an offshore company buying a domestic call center outsourcer.
The Resource Group, a teleservices conglomerate based in Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan, bought TeleSpectrum in October. Financial details were not disclosed. However, The Resource Group said that …

Members of a delegation of Indian Sindhi writers visited their ancestral towns of Daro and Chuhar Jamali on Monday. In Daro, they attended the launching ceremony of Adab ja Sarchashma (Resources of literature) by critic Yousuf Sindhi, Aalami Ajaibat (Wonders of the world) by travel writer Abdul Hayee Palijo and a periodical Jati. The ceremony …

The Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, will introduce three master’s level programmes from the new session, commencing in 2005. An IBA official said that the new MS programme is being introduced in Computer Science/Information Technology, Accounting, Marketing and Economics. Each programme of two-year duration is planned for which 50 admissions will be offered …

I was born in Rawalpindi. After getting my FSc certificate, I could not continue education any more. There was not any specific reason for discontinuation of my studies. But, it happened and this I cannot explain. We together started this business and with Allah’s blessings our decision proved to be a good one keeping …

The people of Lahore will witness quality theatre during the 12-day Ibsen National Drama Festival (INDS) jointly organised by the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA), the Norwegian embassy and the Lahore and Punjab Arts Councils at Alhamra Art Centre.
The festival opened on Monday with a PNCA production ‘Tota Ram’. The festival will feature …

The proposed project, commonly known as ‘Corridor No 1′, envisages introduction of a magnetic train on 17.5 kilometre double and single elevated tracks to be laid between Sohrab Goth and Tower.
The CDGK had earlier signed a preliminary implementation agreement with a Chinese firm, China National Machinery and Equipment Group (CNMEG), following an agreement signed …

China and Pakistan are poised to widen the silk road between them by building a free trade area (FTA). For Pakistanis, it is mainly a “cotton road.'’ Currently, 70 per cent of Pakistani exports to China are cotton yarn and cotton fabric. However, the country is also keen to promote its other products ranging from …

Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has announced to start e-ticketing facility and has thus became the first airline of the country providing the facility. Using this facility, now tickets can be booked at PIA’ s website through credit cards also. Talking to a private TV channel, PIA Chairman Ahmed Saeed on Saturday said PIA …

At the end of November 2004, all local and foreign banks working in Pakistan had $3 billion fresh foreign currency deposits i.e. those generated afresh after the freezing of $11 billion deposits in May 1998 when the country had gone nuclear. Data released by the State Bank show that the stock of fresh foreign …

Renowned Pakistani restaurants set up in the Global Village 2005 will offer a variety of traditional and international cuisine to the visitors of the approaching Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) 2005. Among the restaurants, Ravi Restaurant, Barbeque Delight, Al Ibrahimi Palace and Bundu Khan will represent Pakistan in the food court. The four restaurants, the largest …