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Four years ago Aliya Ashid made her way from Pakistan to Bhopal. Her journey across the border was stemmed in a single objective - her passion for music. For this visually challenged girl Dhrupad music was the only guiding light and her hosts, a Jain family, became her guides in the journey. For this girl …

The ladies, who work on a volunteer basis for Rah-e-Amal, organised a celebration to commemorate the completion of seven years of a school that had small beginnings but now has two hundred children studying here so that they may improve the quality of life for themselves and their families. Music and song; dance and drama …

Ukraine will set up 300 MW coal-fired power plant in Pakistan’s Sindh region at a cost of $600 million. The Sindh Coal Development Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ukraine’s Ukrinterenergo, The News daily reported Thursday. Under the MoU, the state-owned Ukrinterenergo will transfer technology to Fateh Group of Pakistan to set …