Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Villagers watched in amazement as Pakistani and Indian officers shared jokes, tea and snacks while they worked to open a road over a heavily-fortified border in divided Kashmir. The work on the road crossing the de facto border between the two countries in the Himalayan state of Kashmir follows decades of sniper and artillery fire …

The Water and Power Development Authority’s “Vision 2025″ programme is aimed at developing 65 million acre feet (MAF) of additional water storage capacity in the Indus Basin and adding 27,000 megawatts (MW) of hydro and thermal electricity-generation capacity to the national grid to meet the country’s growing water and power needs. At current prices, the …

Telenor won a Pakistani mobile network license in April 2004 with a bid of US$291 million (euro217 million), and plans to invest an estimated US$1 billion (euro750 million) through the next six to eight years in the country. The Norwegian company said its subsidiary, Telenor Pakistan, hopes to be able to provide cell phone …

Nadia Aziz is slated to create a history in Pakistan by refereeing in a squash match during the National Women’s Championship to be held in Wah on March 16. Former squash player Nadia would be the first Pakistani women squash referee and would oversee the league matches of the championship.