Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Dispelling a common perception that women in Pakistan are not professionally employed and are restricted by their religious beliefs, a Pakistan-based lawyer today said more and more women are active in various fields. Nearly 40,000 women are working across Pakistan as councillors alone and there are women in every field including law and banking with …

Bhatti oversees a residential program to help recently released prisoners adjust to life outside prison. The program lasts 10 months and currently has 13 residents, but over the last four years it’s had about 190 participants, all of them male. During the first five months in the program, residents promise not to take jobs, but …

This would be a unique opportunity of interaction for talented students and young scientists of the country with 40 Nobel laureates and about 600 fellow participants from over 30 countries in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Medicine. The facility would be provided only to Pakistani nationals, studying or working in public and private …

An exhibition of sculptures titled ‘Ordinary Souls’ by Karachi based artist Abdul Jabbar Gul opened at Ijaz Gallery on Monday. More than a hundred art pieces were put on display, with prices ranging from Rs 5,000 to 0.2 million. The artist said that using takhtis was his way of recollecting childhood memories by highlighting political …

The first major change to the domestic programme is that the regional teams have been given new nametags —Karachi Whites is now Karachi Dolphins, Karachi Blues is Karachi Zebras, Multan is Multan Tigers, Lahore Lions, Faisalabad Falcons, Sialkot Stallions, Hyderabad Hawks etc. “The sponsorship will extend to a lot of things like TV coverage, prize …