Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

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 …

A traveling exhibition titled ‘Fading Lines’, featuring paintings, drawings, printings, videos, textiles and bookmaking by five Australian artists will open at National College of Arts (NCA) on Thursday (January 27). The exhibition, sponsored by the Australian embassy, has arrived from Islamabad, where it was held in Nomad Gallery. At NCA, the exhibition will be held …

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Prospects for the Textile and Clothing Industry in Pakistan to their offering. The aim is to make Pakistan one of Asia’s top five textile and clothing exporting nations. At present it ranks eighth. Pakistan’s role as one of the world’s leading cotton producers has provided the basis …

Just as the Pakistan sun rises from the east over India in the early morning’s dawn, the same can be said about the rising telecommunications industry in this very interesting representative Phoenix of the Southern Asia region. There is a growth outbreak of industry and financial resources and, along with this activity, the infrastructure of …

There was a fresh approach to the staging of a posture of life of the poignant Urdu poet, Mustafa Khan Shaifta and his lover Rumjo. During this ordeal, Shaifta was out of town and upon his return, he learns that his lover had chosen to end her life rather than endure the pain caused by …

Lahore Fort has been selected as the launch site for sports car ‘A-1 Grand Prix’, and preparations are in full swing for the event which is to be held in the second week of February, Punjab archeology department told Daily Times on Monday. The car will have the Pakistani flag painted on its door. Sources …

Norway’s telecom giant Telenor has planned to invest $1 billion by 2010 in Pakistan’s mobile phone operation relating to infrastructure development, network expansion etc. The company is also likely to hire a new workforce of 400 people in the coming years from the present 350 employees. Telenor has so far invested 60 billion krona in …

New whale fossils discovered in Pakistan in 2001, some of which have limb characteristics similar to artiodactyls, drew a more certain link between whales and artiodactyls. Boisserie and his colleagues conducted a phylogenetic analysis of new and previous hippo, whale and anthracothere fossils and were able to argue persuasively that anthracotheres are the missing link …

Pakistan’s power regulators will today break the seals on bids from investment banks and generating consultants seeking to advise on power generation contracts worth at least $1.5bn. The power station, which would provide an extra 1,500MW of capacity, marks Pakistan’s most ambitious effort in more than a decade to raise investment in its resource-starved power …

Inspiration comes in the form of Sonny, a Pakistani gentleman who runs a mini-mart in the lobby of my office building. There are probably 1,000 people working in my building, and on any given day, at least 10 percent of us complain about our jobs. And though he has more to complain about than anyone, …

The humane and brotherly feelings found vent when an extremely well-enacted Urdu play was presented to a jam-packed audience at the Azam campus. What made the event unique was the presence of around 20 Pakistanis and their Indian hosts, who applauded every scene of the play, Jis Lahore Naee Dekhya, written by Asghar Wajahat of …