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Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) laboratories of Hyderabad have come up with solar dehydrators for increasing dates production, especially in district Khairpur, officials said on Monday. Sindh’s district Khairpur is considered as one of the largest date growing area in Pakistan but the growers have failed to fully utilise the potential of …

“They would laugh at my suggestions until the Kabul exhibition was all sold out,” says a confident Arji, a Kabul-based Pakistani ceramist, of her proteges. Arjumand Karim, popularly known as Arji,did her foundation programme in ceramics from St.Martins College of Art in London and went on to graduate from Hunerkada, Islamabad, with a major …

FORMER Pakistan international goalkeeper Shahid Ali Khan will arrive on March 6 for a one-month stint with the national juniors. Shahid, who was one of the heroes for Pakistan when they won the gold medal in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, will act as the goalkeepers’ coach for the team who are preparing for the …

Out of 162,100 aspirants 27 students were selected for the national rounds after district and city rounds held at Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad on different dates. The contest helped the aspirants to develop the habit of reading and ability to retain things as well as seriousness required towards studies. Students were given general rounds and …