Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Bajwa returns to the operating room today at Wilson to implant the artificial disc, known as Charite, in a fourth patient who traveled around the world for the procedure. The patient is a native of Bajwa’s homeland, Pakistan. There, the Southern New York Neurosurgical Group physician has become somewhat of a medical celebrity. After a …

The Jeffrey International Group of UK has announced commercial air operation for Pakistan. The first maiden flight of Global Spirit Airlines will land in Islamabad on July 6, 2005. Global Spirit Airlines will be one of two western airlines to Pakistan and the first ever-British Pakistani airline created, he said. It will also be the …

A three-year bull run in the Pakistani stock market has encouraged local asset managers to launch the first batch of capital guaranteed mutual funds to draw retail investors. United Asset Management Co., a unit of United Bank Ltd., the country’s fourth biggest bank, plans to launch a closed-end three-year fund in the first half of …

Pakistan entered into a new phase of modern telecommunication technology with the operation of wireless local loop telephone service (WLL) in the private sector. He said that with the introduction of WLL service, the disparity between the Urban and Rural areas will no more be there and fade out in the next 2-3 years. However, …

Over 1300 competitors including some world-class athletes from abroad have been registered to participate in the Standard Chartered Lahore Marathon to be held here on January 30. The marathon, duly recognised and supported by AIMS (the international body of marathons), is to become an annual event in the historic city of Lahore. “The marathon will …

Pakistan is organising the first ever mega event to showcase Pakistani products for global markets from February 2-5 in Karachi. The Expo Pakistan-2005 will be the largest-ever international commercial event in Pakistan with the goal to exhibit products of five to six hundred exporters of Pakistani goods and services. Over one thousand exporters, importers, investors, …

Work on building five multi-purpose, international-standard indoor gymnasiums, each especially designed for boxing, is now almost simultaneously in progress across the country after the ground- breaking of last such project in Karachi on Monday. Brig Arif Mahmud Siddiqui, Director General, Pakistan Sports Board, performed the ground-breaking of Indoor Gymnasium at PSB Coaching Centre, Karachi. The …

The vision is lofty - to make domestic cricket a popular spectator sport in Pakistan. Plenty of right noises were made at the press conference: mission statements, re-branding, and consumer-reaction models were bandied about with the same liberal abandon Pakistani bowlers display towards no-balls. Regional teams have been renamed - Peshawar become the Panthers, Hyderabad …