Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

The News staffer and young journalist Zulfiqar Shah has won European Commission’s prestigious ‘Lorenzo Natali Prize’ for the year 2004. His feature story on honour killings ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ published in November 2003 has been ranked one of the best three articles of Asia Pacific region by a Paris-based Grand Jury. The Prize …

Leading humour poets focussed on the uniform issue of President Pervez Musharraf at a mushaira organized by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company on Saturday night in a local hotel. The mushaira was called “Mizah eleven”. Prof Inayat Ali Khan Tonki’s verses on the subject made the audience break into peals of uncontrollable laughter. His other verses …

For Zen Allah Khan from Pakistan, winning two Lexus vehicles still remains a shock, despite his participation six to seven times a year. “I have participated in the DSF raffles since its inception in 1996, but somehow never really expected to win. It was quite a wonderful experience, and one of the best things that …

Lok Virsa has launched the first volume of the ‘Cultural Encyclopaedia of Pakistan’ focusing on the country’s heritage, ethnology and folklore, said Uxi Mufti, executive director of Lok Virsa, on Sunday. The first volume ‘Northern Areas - Karakurrum, Himalayas and Hindukush’ written in Urdu was the maiden step towards the 12-volume, the rest of which …

Pakistan’s largest sea festival will be held on the Clifton beach from Jan 7 to 9. It said that the theme of the Sindh Sea Festival will be “Save the Environment”. The festival is a project of the government of Sindh in collaboration with the Pakistan Navy. A grand firework would also be the part …

The ‘Joint Indo-Pak Peace and Goodwill’ delegation submitted a petition to the government demanding the construction of memorials at both the Pakistan and India borders to honour the people killed during the partition. According to the petition, millions of people suffered losses on both sides of the border during the partition. Thousands of Hindu, …

Diversified KUB Malaysia Bhd, through its joint venture company, Progas Pakistan Limited, Monday announced the inauguration of the first phase of its US$40 million Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) project and the commencement of the construction of Progas’ fully integrated LPG Terminal in Port Qasim, Karachi. Progas is a fully integrated LPG company in Pakistan …

Procter & Gamble Co. said Thursday that total shipments of its Karachi water-purification product to survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami would eclipse the combined total provided in half a dozen worldwide disasters in the past 12 months. A packet, which contains iron sulfate and chlorine as its active ingredients, is dumped into 10 liters …

The Rawalpindi Arts Council is the only arts institution catering to the talented youth of the Potohar region. Since its inception in 1975, the institution has honed the talents of hundreds of students. The council offers 32 different courses related to arts and culture including painting and music. While there maybe heated discussion on …

Two teams were awarded walk-overs while all but one of the remaining six matches were decided in straight games on the opening day of 40th National Volleyball Championship at Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex, on Friday. olice downed Pakistan Air Force in straight games 25-15, 25-18, 25-22 in the day’s last match played after the …