Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

World-renowned artists, poets, writers, scholars and researchers of Urdu language would participate in an International Urdu Conference scheduled to be held in the federal capital from March 9. A unique Mehfil-e-Mushaira will be held at Daman-e-Koh where well-known poets will recite works of legendary poets. An epic presentation of the evolution of Urdu language will …

FOR a Karachi-born nuclear physicist, Pervez Hoodbhoy (54) fits no stereotype. Not surprising, therefore, that Hoodbhoy told Newsline he has no time to take in Bollywood movies. The professor from the Quaid-e-Azam University at Islamabad has spent the last two years bent over his laptop, editing precious footage on Kashmir for a 45-minute documentary titled …

Pakistani journalists have until February 28 to enter a competition for the best gender-sensitive reporting. The Pakistani Press Foundation and UNESCO in Islamabad are organizing the third annual Gender in Journalism Awards. There are two awards in the competition. The first, open to both men and women, honors excellence in gender-sensitive reporting and coverage of …

Pakistani music and especially ghazals are quite popular in Jammu. A Pakistani cultural troupe is slated to present a play in Jammu and Kashmir next week on Baba Bulle Shah, a 17th century Sufi saint who was revered by both Hindus and Muslims in his time. The troupe of 20 artistes, comprising qawwals and actors …

A Tsunami forecast centre would be established in Pakistan. The centre will be established in Karachi, while two backup warning systems would be setup in Islamabad and Quetta. Tsunami waves created by 8.3 intensity earthquake had hit coastal town of Pasni in 1945 killing about 4000 people.