Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Lahori Pays 4 Lakh for Prized Number Plate
Usman Sarfraz, a resident of Lahore has gone ahead and done just that. He has purchased a car registration number, LZL-1, for Rs 400,000 at an auction organised by the Excise and Taxation Department. The department auctioned popular car registration numbers, 1 to 9, 10 to 99, 100, 111, 222, 333, 444, 555, 666, …
Continue reading »Pakistani Couple’s Curry House in US - A Cultural Reminder
So when friends and family lavished him with compliments about his culinary skills and suggested he and wife Rukshana open up a restaurant, the Pakistan-born Corona resident decided he would do just that. The couple married 21 years ago in Pakistan, a union arranged by family, as was the custom. Khalid was born in …
Continue reading »IT Giant Computer Associates to Set Up Pakistan Business
Computer Associates (CA), an international management software company on Tuesday announced its plan to set up business in Pakistan as part of its regional expansion strategy. Country manager of CA for Pakistan Saeid Marashi, addressing a press conference at local hotel said that the CA would establish a liaison office for its operations in Pakistan. …
Continue reading »Pakistani Director Set to Release Feature Film in US
A 34-year old Pakistani living in San Francisco has just completed a feature film that is now ready for release. Hassan Zee, who is 34 years old and an optometrist by profession, will become the first Pakistani to have completed and released a full-length feature film in America when his Night of Henna comes to …
Continue reading »New Sikh and Chinese Sections at Lahore Museum Soon
The Lahore Museum will borrow artefacts from the Lahore Fort to display at its new Sikh section. The donations include miniature paintings from the Sikh period, featuring the Guler, Kangra and Pahari schools of thoughts and a Quran presented by Raja Ranjeet Singh to one of his ministers. A large collection of coins has also …
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