Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

A new three part mini-series to hit British newsagents last Tuesday, features Ali as a trendy teenager with Sofia, his bride-to-be, as a partner in crime. As a British Asian, Ali finds in difficult to relate to his families traditions and customs. However he feels much better when he finds that Sofia, who he is …

Mansoora’s ongoing conceptual photographic video projects, ‘The Black Burqa: 9/11’, ‘Afghan Burqa: Begging for Peace’ and ‘Bound/Unbound’ depict the current global landscape. The artist uses the projects to take apart stereotypes. These are not comfortable works and are fraught with unanswered questions, said Saleema Hashmi, a former National College of Arts principal. Mansoora, who was …

Outsourcing business in the country through IT-enabled services has crossed over $10 million mark with rapid growth of call centres and operators are optimistic to touch $20 million figures by the fiscal end. Country’s IT industry made comeback last year - first time after 9/11 incident - when the software export touched $32.22 million, which …