Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Pakistan became the second team to complete a clean sweep of an international cricket series in the Caribbean when they won the third and final one-day international against West Indies by 22 runs. Pakistan also won the first ODI last Wednesday at Arnos Vale by 59 runs, and the second by 40 runs on Saturday …

The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has been awarded gold medal by the International Association of Ports and Harbour (IAPH) for its commitment to promote the use of Information Technology (IT) in port operation and allied facilities. On the occasion of 50th anniversary the IAPH has launched the IT Award 2005 as a reward to those …

The children have Swatch watches, branded sports shoes and other symbols of affluence. In obvious contrast, their mother and paternal grandparents, with whom they live, still dress in the simple cotton clothes of poverty. She regards the refrigerator, flat-screen television set and air-conditioner in their house with a wariness akin to suspicion. Regular remittances …

After running a tutoring business in Pakistan for more than 30 years, Anwar Khan said he decided to develop a similar center here. More than 15,000 students, he says, have gone through his Pakistan tutoring center. Mariyam has worked about five years for Kumon, a well-known tutoring business in the area; Thomas has tutored independently …

US department store operator JC Penney says it will double its readymade garments and home textiles imports from Pakistan over a two-year period. JC Penney’s Tom Gorski said that the amount of textile exports from Pakistan would grow by PKR8 billion as a result of the deal. Gorski said that the sale of Pakistani-produced …

Karachi is among the 12 cities in Asia after Tokyo, Mumbai, Beijing, Metro Manila and Seoul, where development has sprawled into the surrounding countryside. According to a study, these are greater than cities plus suburbs, for almost all development has sprawled into the surrounding countryside, enveloping villages, towns, and small and medium-size cities, creating “extended …

Pakistan Telecommunication, Indosat of Indonesia and True of Thailand are the best performers among Asian phone shares this month as investors bet on expansion in nations with the fastest growth in subscribers. Investors are following Singapore Telecommunications and Norway’s Telenor, which have bought stakes in cellphone operators in South Asia and Southeast Asia to benefit …

Pakistan’s big textile sector, which grew more than 24 per cent, led the rise in large-scale manufacturing. Textile investors are estimated to have poured up to $6bn (€4.7bn, £3.3bn) into the sector in the five years to the end of 2004. The Karachi stock exchange’s 100 share index closed 1.6 per cent higher, spurred …

When it comes to Pakistan, the image belies the reality, and seeing is believing. From the shadows of a misplaced image has emerged an innovative strategy that seems to do the trick. This might just be the right kind of break the country’s software industry needs from its rather lackluster past. Pakistan is fast becoming …

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…

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 …