Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

With its velvety sofas and soft lighting, Pakistan’s first bar looks and feels like it could be in any western city, with prices to match. But instead of glasses of wine or pints of creamy beer, the counter is lined with tubes that dispense a tipple more befitting a good Muslim country: pure oxygen. The …

The first biodiversity park of its kind in the world was officially launched on Monday by representatives of united Nations Economic and Social commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP), the government and the private sector in Morgah, Rawalpindi. The project was completed to the tune of 155,000 dollars. The Morgah Biodiversity Park Project is …

The large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector has registered a phenomenal growth of 27.81 per cent in November 2004, while the overall LSM indices for first five months of the fiscal have also depicted a robust increase of 15.54 per cent. The period of industrial growth in the country has coincided with a rampant growth in the …

The National Engineering and Scientific Commission (Nescom) is developing a science city in the capital by establishing six centres of excellences in different disciplines for post-doctoral research. A National Centre for Physics is also being planned as another step towards providing younger physicists a chance to prepare for future challenges, he said. The machines …

Work on ferry service between Karachi and Muscat is in progress and the service will be started in the near future. He said Karachi-Mumbai ferry service could be started with the help of private sector after the success of the ongoing dialogue between India and Pakistan. “We can launch Karachi-Muscat ferry service till the …

The Punjab cabinet has approved the setting up of a world level commercial complex in collaboration with the international investors in Lahore. The complex with a covered area of 12 acres will be the first project of its nature in Pakistan costing Rs 3 billion.

A large number of Saudi businessmen are expected to participate in Expo Pakistan 2005, a mega trade event slated for Feb. 2 to 5 in Karachi. Expo Pakistan 2005 would be the largest ever international commercial event in Pakistan in which five to six hundred exhibitors of Pakistani goods and services will display their …

An exhibition of Iranian stamps and postcards is currently underway at the Iranian Cultural House in Karachi, Pakistan. Over 1200 Iranian stamps depicting cultural, political, and social issues as well as 300 Pakistani stamps are on display. Several types of Iranian handicrafts, posters of the beautiful tourist attractions of Iran, and calligraphy works are …