Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

What happens when the cultures of two countries like Pakistan and America collide? A marriage. The movie, which Zee claims is the first made by a Pakistani-American, centers on arranged marriages, a common practice in South Asia, in which parents pick the wedding partners of their children. In doing so, Zee takes a serious topic, …

Gleaming glass and steel mobile phone company offices have sprung up beside run-down tenements in the major cities. A new smart set splashes out its growing income in swanky restaurants and boutiques. The boom is helping to expand the middle class, who are buying cars, houses, refrigerators and air-conditioners through liberalized consumer financing, extended at …

The next but not the least was the agreement on establishing a “Confucius Institute” between National University of Modern Languages (NUML) and China’s National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOTCFL). Under the agreement Chinese language will be taught in this Institute using a variety of methods including multimedia and the Internet. Teachers …

The blustering bonhomie on both sides of the Radcliff line notwithstanding the friendly hand being extended by Ms Huma Parveen, a Pakistani national, to her Indian jail inmates in learning cutting and tailoring has never caught the attention of media. Though women barracks are crowded, the jail authorities have accommodated all 125 women convicts and …

The Mekran Coastal Highway, which zigzags from Karachi up to Gwadar along the Arabian Sea and through the hinterland of southern Balochistan, has opened vast vistas of tourism, business and economy in the future economic haven of the country, tour operators said on Saturday. Regarding the surge in number of commuters on Karachi Gwadar …

The General Presidency of Youth Welfare has fielded a Pakistani expatriate in the war against terrorism. His style of spreading the message is simple. He moves around in military fatigues to symbolize his campaign against terror. Armed with messages of support from top government officials and escorted by police, Bakhsh becomes an instant draw wherever …

The three girl musicians in the ensemble were coincidentally trained at the same Hachettepe University in Ankara. Although, the piano placed at the auditorium had recently arrived, Sanem played it with masterly interpretation of Chopin’s ballad that was a reflection of the ‘groans, sufferance and outpouring of despair and shock’, reverberating to the great musician’s …

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 …

The history of Jashn-E-Qaqlasht dates back to the time immemorial. However some local historians believe that the festival is almost three thousand years old. This event used to be organized by the Rais rulers of Chitral and was continued by the succeeding Katoor family. After Chitral’s merger in the federation of Pakistan, holding of the …

Dutch Company Royal Ten Cate has entered into collaboration with a Pakistani firm Nayyar Carpets. The joint venture is for production of artificial grass for hockey fields in Pakistan. Pakistan will have its own artificial grass production if the test run is successful, as Pakistan will also have a new product for export that would …

How can the identity and development of the top 100 name brands in Pakistan be helped by the government and private forces? While the challenges of building a finer image of Pakistan is on the forefront, the first question is, can a nation be branded? A country can pick and choose certain dynamic activities and …

Twenty foreign and local companies have shown interest in a windfarm project in Sindh (province of Pakistan). Initially, Mirpur Sakro and Keti Bandar had been marked the best for this purpose. This project would be further expanded by installation of more windpower generators on the coastal belt - onshore and offshore. The electricity produced …