Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Overseas Pakistanis remitted over one billion dollars in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2005-06, strengthening the government’s hope of receiving over $4 billion by the end of the year. The country received $1.002 billion during July-September 2005 against $983.15 million it received during the corresponding period last year, which is 1.98 per cent …

A Bangladeshi company, Beximco, will open a chain of stores named Yellow in a number of cities in Pakistan. BEXIMCO is the single largest company quoted at Dhaka Stock Exchange and largest supplier to leading fashion apparel brands such as Zara, Van Huesen, Calvin Klein and DKNY. It is also the largest supplier of …

Perhaps Sindh Madressatul Islam, the Alma Mater of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is the only school that has teachers of the language, the business community, mostly Gujarati speaking, had played a vital role and even after the creation of the country, they had made tremendous efforts to establish the new country along sound financial lines. …