Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

More than 4.7 million subscribers of (PTCL) would avail a messaging service, launched recently by the company countrywide, and now they can send and receive SMS to other landline and U-Fone users. The PTCL messaging service is being provided to fixed phone line to other similar lines, U-Fone to PTCL landline and vice versa, they …

Arfa Karim, who was actually nine at the time of the honour, was last week awarded a medal in a special category for distinction in science and technology by General Pervez Musharraf. Significantly, the next day, she landed the coveted annual President’s Pride of Performance Award as well. But Maria Toorpakai Wazir has found the …

Titled Pehlee Dharkan (first heartbeat), the film festival intends to inform audiences and the wider community on what film-making in Pakistan really has to offer. The festival will screen contemporary films from the budding independent cinema movement; have a retrospective of classic Pakistani films; show short films and documentaries on political, environmental and health issues …

At the core of the exhibition is a series of collaboratively-produced paintings initiated as a creative experiment by Muhammad Imran Qureshi in 2003. He contacted the five other Pakistani painters, all alumni of the miniature department at the National College of Arts in Lahore, but now living in different cities around the world, with the …

WWF had reached a yearlong agreement with the zoo authorities for the shop which would open in a week. He said that the revenue from the shop would be spent on the conservation of nature in Pakistan because the zoo authorities were as concerned about the conservation of nature as WWF.

A resilient Pakistan came from behind to beat Olympic champions Australia 4-3 in a pulsating summit clash to claim the Rabo Trophy here today. Trailing 2-3 at the break, Pakistan outwitted the favourites with a display of aggression backed by a solid defence, where goalkeeper Salman Akbar emerged as the hero.

At the age of 11, Maria Toorpakai Wazir would often engage in brawls with boys her age in the streets of South Waziristan, a tribal region more known to the world these days for being a notorious hideout for pro-Al Qaeda militants. Nearly three years later, she has become Pakistan’s national women’s squash champion. Maria …

Time has now come to promote search and enquiry, he said and added that Ashfaque Saleem had come up with the same findings in his unique book on philosophy. This indeed was the reasoning of the writer, who said certain established philosophers were not essentially philosophers but either theologians (present on the scene since ancient …

Indian designers watch out! Pakistanis are now eying the Indian bridal wear market with their ethnic lehngas, sarees and embroidered suits. The Pakistanis may not be as bold as our desi designers in creating the outfits but their bridal creations are very much in demand in India… Also, crafstmanship holds lot of importance in Pakistani …

The Morgah Biodiversity Park, the first of its kind in Pakistan, is a brainchild of United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia and Pacific costing $1,55,000. Initially, the basic concept behind the establishment of the park, covering 28 acres of land, was conservation of flora and fauna in natural habitat of the Potohar …

Office manager Zaman Kazmi for using his skills as accountant, computer technician, engineer, electrician and salesman to keep the bureau functioning during turbulent times so the news always gets out. Founded in 1848, The Associated Press is the world’s oldest and largest newsgathering organization, providing content to more than 15,000 news outlets with a daily …

A dozen independent television channels have sprung up, from general networks to specialised news, fashion and music stations. Combined with a boom in advertising, increasing economic growth and rapid cable and satellite penetration, these outlets are fuelling not only a new industry, but also a new culture - one not limited to a narrow Westernised …

PIA took off at 10:00 am and soon entered the land of mega mountains where high peaks including the world’s second highest peak K2, lakes, meadows, valleys and glaciers … The sky was clear and snow-capped peaks were glittering in the August sun. Five of the world’s 14 tallest mountains (over 8000 meters) are situated …

Andrea Meadows is swapping her Yorkshire tones for Urdu on her first single which she hopes will eventually bring together artists from all over the world. Thanks to dad Cliff Jenkyns she was invited to perform for 8,000 people … “My dad phoned me at work and said ‘can you take next week off? You’re …