Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Sabiha Sumar is happy to see her Pakistani film released in North America, but even if it became a Hollywood blockbuster, that wouldn’t be as important to her as seeing it screened in the villages of her home country. In our media-jacked culture, it’s almost impossible to imagine that an entire generation of Pakistanis has, …

When Haji Abdul Qudoos first arrived in Bahrain in 1959, he earned just BD60 a month working in a bank. Now he is an established businessman, who believes the key to his success has been a combination of hard work and a commitment to the community and charitable activities. Mr Qudoos was the first …

The festival has been organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan in collaboration with the Forum of Environment Journalist Pakistan and TVE Asia Pacific. It was attended by a large number of people, especially students, who keenly watched the thought-provoking environmental films, both in English and Urdu. Based on theme “Vision of Nature” …

Malaysia plans to recruit 100,000 male Pakistanis to relieve an acute labour shortage caused by a crackdown that sent hundreds of thousands of illegal workers fleeing, reports said. The government’s decision came amid fears that the labour crunch, which led to industry losses running into hundreds of millions of dollars, could further aggravate a slowdown …