Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Pakistani music has certainly proved to be the food of love - and so it plays on. And India is now the place to be. Bollywood music apart, the conspicuous lack of an independent music scene across the border has spawned endless possibilities for Pakistani artists. Nearly all Pakistan’s major artists have engaged in joint …

Companies from as far away as Norway have been tempted by Pakistan and its population of 140 million. Since July, 2003, regulators have handed out more than 200 fixed, mobile, and long-distance licenses to some 50 companies. Although there will surely be a shakeout with so many new entrants, officials believe operators will pour as …

Student Irum Mahmood came to the U.S. from Pakistan as a teenager in 1998. She shows off one of her designs, “This is one of the jackets I made, it’s called Princess Kimono, and this is a wool plaid. When I first started here I didn’t even know how to thread a needle, so I …

Abdul Qudoos Arif, commonly known as AQ Arif, a Karachi-based artist comes back to the capital in less than a year’s time but with a different style. Arif seems to have a passion for painting historical buildings and sites of the country. His earlier paintings were realistic and were clear in view like Badshahi Mosque …

Finnish energy business Wärtsilä is to convert a captive power plant in Lahore, Pakistan, to dual-fuel (DF) operation. The conversion is scheduled for completion in the early part of 2005. The power plant is owned by Century Power Generation of Pakistan. The demand for gas and dual-fuel engines is booming in Pakistan. This trend towards …

Multiple organs donation from a brain-dead girl has extended much-required lease of life to four renal-failure and cataract patients, making their Eid unforgettable, doctors said on Tuesday. Two blind people can see the light of day through the donated corneas and two young men can lead a normal life due to the kidneys gifted by …

Foreign investors especially from Middle East and European countries have shown keen interest in participating in the auction of diamonds and jewellery to be held in the city on January 27. 362 diamonds of different shape, size and weight, five pieces of diamond-studded jewellery, two plain gold jewellery items and one Rolex watch will be …

At Asia’s oldest salt mine, the march of technology stopped generations ago. Bare-chested laborers use hand-cranked drills and gunpowder to blast away the pink and orange-colored rock crystal, lucky if they earn a couple of dollars a day. The mineral wealth of Pakistan’s craggy Salt Range has been exploited for centuries by rulers from Alexander …

United Arab Emirates is among top order lists of countries who are pouring net inflow of direct or private investment worth millions of dollars in Pakistan to explore the investment possibilities in power generation, automobile, housing, construction, cement, food processing and dairy sectors of Pakistan. The total FDI from UAE stood at $12 million while …