Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Who would want to watch a programme about Luton and particularly about Luton’s Pakistani community? Poor unloved Luton was recently voted “Britain’s crappiest town” and its media image veers from cheap ‘n’ cheerful Luton Airport to reports of police raids. So when writer and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor was commissioned to make a documentary film about …

A new telecom operator - Redtone Pakistan - on Friday announced provision of services at 50 per cent less than the existing market rates, following the launch of its operations in the country from April this year. Initially, the company plans to introduce services for corporate customers while services for the general consumers would be …

Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi, whose good looks and cavalier style has won him many female fans in his country, was mobbed by fair sex in this sleepy Indian holiday resort as well. For about 30 minutes, Pakistani heart-throb had to endure mock chiding from his Indian female fans who had come to watch him at …

The event would be a major source of inspiration to the architects, engineers, designers, contractors, financiers, housewives, professionals and all related to the field as well as general public. Techobuild has established its name as the biggest and most prestigious exhibition on architecture, construction, interiors, gardens, household and home comforts.

Indian officials expect more than 8000 Pakistani fans to cross the border to watch the first test and Musharraf told the Pakistan Observer newspaper he was also interested in taking in some of the tour of India, which will run to three five-day tests and six one-day games. A tour of Pakistan by India’s …