Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

German rock group ‘Ikarus’ and French rock band ‘Lunatic Age’ are currently in town to participate in a Mega Rock Festival marking International Music Day. Members of both rock groups shared their feelings and experiences with ‘The News’ Tuesday. ‘Lunatic Age,’ the French rock band, finds its visit “exciting and exotic”. For ‘Ikarus,’ the …

Pakistan’s National Committee for the World Summit Award announces the launch of nation wide WSA Pakistan competition to recognize and award the best e-Content practices in Pakistan … first of its kind in the country, which emphasizes the importance of Content in bridging the digital divide. The main aim and purpose of organizing this competition …

Spadework has started to bring up a new city, to be named as ‘New Dubai’ along the Northern Bypass, to make one of the world’s most modern cities. This city will be separate from Karachi and the North (Balochistan) - it will have four towns - China Town, Maktoum Town, Mahatir Town and Faisal Town …

Pakistan is planning to introduce low noise, low emission environment friendly four-stroke CNG powered rickshaws initially in the country’s largest city Karachi and later on across Pakistan. “In the first phase, about 3,000 CNG rickshaws will be introduced in city.” Tempo Bajaj Group is operating CNG rickshaws and buses in Delhi. “About 75% of air …

A formal cricket match is played with proper wickets, often on manicured grass fields, with men sporting pristine white attire. However in Downtown Manhattan, since there are so few grass fields, a group of young men from Pakistan, who are high-powered investment bankers during the week, settle for city garbage cans in lieu of proper …

An expanding industry in the west and evolving still in our part of the world, digital art has found a promising proponent in Pakistan in the shape of Syed Hassan Masood Pasha — a find of Alliance Francaise, which launched the computer wizard in the artists’ community of Islamabad by holding the first-ever solo exhibition …

The Discovery Times Channel’s Sharmeen Obaid, 27, was awarded the prize for international reporting for “Reinventing the Taliban,” a 46-minute documentary about the MMA, a Pakistan-based group similar to the Taliban whose power is growing. The $10,000 prizes go to journalists under the age of 35 and are the largest all-media general-reporting awards in the …

Kashi, The ancient city in Xinjiang province on the Old Silk Road yesterday established a border trade market with Pakistan to facilitate business activities between the two sides. The market, covering an area of 1,700 square metres, is located on the Hunqrap Pass near the China-Pakistan border. In partnership with Pakistan, the border trade …

“The only things I knew about Pakistan before I came here were bombing and shooting,'’ said Japanese tourist Aya Tsutatani over a sumptuous dinner of local delicacies. Their perceptions changed after they joined a group of 11 Japanese tourists visiting the country’s breathtaking northern areas, where four mountain ranges including the Himalaya collide. The …

Pakistan has increased by 80 per cent the funds it gives the Ministry of Science and Technology each year to spend within the framework of the country’s Public Sector Development Programme. Another US$18.5 million will be used to fund 24 new projects. The plans include setting up laboratories to monitor water quality in 117 districts, …

Hycarbex American Energy Inc (Hycarbex Inc), operator of Yasin Block No 2768-7, has made a significant gas discovery just 9 km from Shikarpur in Sindh. Haseeb Well No 1 was drilled to a depth of 1507 metres and, as a result of testing, substantial quality of gas flowed from Sui Main Limestone formation of Eocene …

While most college-bound students reach out to their university of choice, for Nomeeta Zaheer of Malden, the University of Massachusetts came to her - with a hefty cash prize in tow. “I got a call one day, and they told me that since I was the top-ranked student at Bunker Hill Community College, I was …

Local authorities in Karachi city have started updating records of old buildings and bungalows of Karachi in order to help visitors from neighbouring India to locate their houses which they had abandoned during the partition in 1947. This was revealed by officials in the city district government of Karachi. The idea found root after …

Pakistan’s hottest rock act Junoon will be part of the musical efforts at relieving the poorest countries of the yoke of debts. A huge musical rally ‘Live 8’ has been planned prior to that on July 2 to convince world leaders to end poverty in Africa. Artistes such as Madonna, Mariah Carey and U2 …