Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

The students at the National College of Arts’ (NCA) Film and TV Department have made short documentaries on noted personalities of the Walled City as their first assignment at the new department. The department, the only one of its kind in Pakistan, was established in January this year and enrolled 16 students selected from all …

Pakistani bombshell Meera says she’s improved Indo-Pak ties. Meera, who says she’s 23, regards herself as a ‘‘token of love, friendship and peace between the two countries.’’ India, has given her so much love that ‘‘I cried for three hours in Kanpur recently where they gave me the Aman-e-Carvan award,’’ she says. Declaring herself …

Korah Baghat, a 27-year-old resident of a remote village in Cholistan, describes Lahore as a ‘wonderland’. “The folks of this city are wonderful people. They shook hands with me, embraced me, sat with me on the ground, shared food and water with me in one pot,” “The people don’t buy vegetables from us. They prefer …

The path to Pakistan’s full dialogue partnership with Asean is beginning to clear up with four member countries visited by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz the past week expressing support to the bid. Asean also has dialogue partners that include China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, the United States, Australia, Canada, the European Union, India, New Zealand. …