Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Pakistan’s economy during the current financial year has shown impressive growth of 8.4 percent, the fastest pace in two decades, according to Pakistan Economic Survey 2004-2005, released on Saturday. This is much higher than the original target of 6.6 percent and 6.4 percent last year.
Economic Survey, a pre-budget document, shows that the Gross National Product …

Karachi got its second major hospital for cardiovascular diseases with the formal inauguration of Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (KIHD) here Friday. The first phase of the project having 20-bed cardiac emergency, 20-bed Coronary Care Unit and 80-bed Indoor facility, has been completed at a cost of Rs185 million. It has 20-bed each male wards …