Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

The book, edited by James Spain, is packed with some interesting historical facts and the authors struggle to help his countrymen attain a respectable position among the comity of free nations by dispelling their conviction that their “fate on earth is predestined to commonplace existence”. He writes: “Nowadays, the Quaid-i-Azam has been raised to …

The exhibition has been organised by the British Council in collaboration with Kodak Ltd. The aim of the workshop is to introduce digital photography to photojournalists in the process of learning the art of digital photography. A total of 41 images selected to from the digital photography exhibition were put on display at the …

Why all the attention for the 27-year-old British-born Pakistani comic? The answer is obvious once you meet her. The world’s premier Muslim comedienne, Britain’s Shazia Mirza, is making her Berkshire debut performing her stand-up act “The Last Temptation of Mirza,” which highlights her unique experience as an observant Muslim woman and comic. Presented by …

Pakistan has been made a full member - 87th - of the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) and invited to attend its next world conference scheduled to be held on July 5 at Merida, Mexico. Six students of O and A levels and FA/FSc selected from about 1,000 students from all over the country will …

The World Organisation of Martial Arts (WOMA)-Pakistan executive council organised a two-day martial arts training seminar here last week, in collaboration with the Pakistan Nagamin Martial Arts Organisation and Pakistan Taekwondo Council. Grand Master Zahoor Baig Rehmani, 10th Dan Soke, explained and demonstrated the core concept of inhaling and exhaling of breathing and yelling techniques …

Karachi has had its taste of classical music recently. The beginning of February was marred with music performances in the city. The 2nd All Pakistan Music Conference just ended with giant classic figures from across the country performing for three days at a stretch. Then concerts by both pop and classical singers have been more …

The European Union is the largest trading partner of Pakistan and the overall trade between the two is 5.1 billion euros. This was stated by Likka Uusitalo, ambassador of the European Union to Pakistan. The envoy pointed out that volume of trade for Pakistan if the export and import both are taken then the European …

The first signs of hype surrounding the India-Pakistan series were visible at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday. Sitting two rows behind the Indian national selectors was a man being greeted by everyone around him. He was a Pakistani but he wasn’t here to spy on the Indian cricketers nor to inspect the stadiums; Hasan Jalil …

They both will jointly utilise their expertise and technical know-how to design and construct a coal-washing plant at Lakhra in Sindh. The project activities will be initiated in March 2005. The plant will be the first of its kind in the country, being established in the private sector. The project will have a capital of …

Expectations of a record cotton crop in Pakistan have lifted prospects for the country’s textile sector, just as it faces the challenge of the global quota-free trade regime that came in to effect last month.Pakistan is expected to produce at least 13.7m bales (of 375lbs each) in the year ending June, up from a target …

Pakistan badminton team won two bronze medals, one in singles and other in doubles event, in two international badminton tournaments held in Tehran from January 26-29.“Pakistan’s first success came in the singles event of the first Women Islamic Tournament in which national number one Ayesha Akram reached the semi-finals after defeating Parraneh Bahrami of the …

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 …