Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

A partially sighted student from Pakistan studying at the University of Bristol has been crowned ‘International Student of the Year 2005’ by the British Council. Muzzamil Lakhani, 22, was selected from twelve finalists to receive the top Gold Award and £2,000 in prize money. His severe visual impairment meant he was unable to walk …

Karachi is probably the youngest of its kind on the world’s cosmopolitan map with a history of not more than 200 years, but it has its own myths although its cultural and ethnic configuration has entirely changed. A sizable part of the two localities that begins from Sarrafa Bazaar (jewellery market) in the east and …