Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Soon after Dr. Jamil Ahmed stood before TV cameras two weeks ago and told how his brain-injured patient had snapped out of a stupor lasting almost 10 years, the telephone calls and e-mails started pouring in. Everybody wants a word with Ahmed, 43, who’s just three years removed from his residency training in Boston …

Pakistan’s privatisation commission embarked on the most ambitious month in its history when it opened the seals on bids at the weekend for the privatisation of Pak Arab Fertilizer company, the largest fertiliser complex in the country. This marked the start of a hectic period in which Pakistan hopes to raise Rps100bn ($1.68bn, €1.33bn, £910m) …

Lahore will shortly have a sprawling new town to be developed by an Abu Dhabi based construction firm across the river Ravi in the northwest of the city… a freshwater lake would also be part of the project, the model of which was being prepared at the Nandipur research centre…