Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

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. …

A 19-year old Pakistani student, Owais M Idris, has been declared the youngest-ever graduate of the University of Michigan Flint, USA. Owais Idris who hails from Karachi, was prominent among 476 fellow graduates at a graduation ceremony held at Perani Arena. Idris was born in Pakistan and later moved to Canada before his father, Mohammad …

Mehro Abbas and Zile Huma started their job last week and are serving on route number 33 of the bus service. Four more girls are under training and will soon begin working. The company plans on recruiting a total of 60 girls. Abbas and Huma, both aged 20, are not only confident about the job, …

The provost and executive vice president at Oregon State serves as the chief academic officer for the university, stands in for the president during his absence, and is responsible for the continuing development and implementation for the strategic plan. Sabah Randhawa was named to the full post at the conclusion of a national search. Randhawa …

Banker-turned-Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz plans to transform his nation into Pakistan Inc, rebuilding the South Asian country and its brand by exorcising the problems that have plagued it for decades. “Six years ago, I was sitting in my office at 399 Park Avenue (in New York) looking at the traffic going by and my secretary …

This week’s chance discovery of new historical treasures near Harappa in Pakistan’s Punjab province comes as a powerful reminder of the country’s prospects for revisiting what some consider its rich historical legacy. While Pakistan may be just 57 years old, its history dates back to an era much before that. And yet, the country chooses …

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) academy has been all-male for more than 55 years - but now it is going through major change. Women are now allowed to enrol on its aerospace engineering and fighter pilot programmes and are doing rather well. Male cadets are having to come to terms with the fact that …

This was about two famous singers from India and Pakistan, two countries that have been at war for close to six decades, coming together to enthrall a crowd full of Indians and Pakistanis for a concert called Sada-e-ghazal — music beyond borders. Talat Aziz and Ghulam Ali, the Indian and Pakistani ghazal singers — ghazal …

Pakistan, which has been seeking high technology aircraft for the last two decades, said yesterday it hoped to start joint production with China from 2007 of multirole fighter jets. The first four JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft are expected to be introduced into the air force some time in 2006, said Air Vice Marshal Shahid Latif, …

In a chic downtown lobby across the street from the Old Executive Office Building, Saadia Musa answers phones, orders sandwiches and lets in the FedEx guy. And she does it all from Karachi, Pakistan. Saadia Musa, on a big screen in the District, works from Pakistan as a receptionist for the Resource Group, a call-center …

Pakistani kurta pyjamas are a craze among the well-to-do Kashmiris. Upper middle classes and the affluent wear them on special occasions where the ‘Made in Pakistan’ labels are displayed with pride. On sale at the stall are Onyx marble products for which Pakistani craftsmen are well known. These include marble vases, telephones, mementos, ashtrays and …

The project, to be developed on a build, operate, own and transfer basis, will be transferred to the Pakistani government at the end of the 25-year power purchase agreement. Hydropower makes up a third of Pakistan’s 19,000MW of installed capacity. The New Bong Escape hydroelectric project, which produces 500 million kilowatt hours annually, …

The long wait for Pakistani movie buffs to watch Mughal-e-Azam, one of the greatest of Indian films, is finally over. The film, released in 1960 in India, went on to become an all-time classic and catapulted its director, K. Asif, into the all-time greats of Bollywood. Pakistan president General Musharraf has given his approval for …