Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

In what some Pakistanis are calling the greatest display of national unity in their country’s 58-year-history, thousands of volunteers from across the country spontaneously collected vast amounts of food, clothing and medicine and rushed it to northern Pakistan after the severe earthquake of Oct. 8. The piles are the product of an impromptu grass-roots relief …

The Greek Teachers Association (GTA) has constructed a cultural complex in Kalash valley in Chitral. The centre comprises a health centre, a museum and an educational centre. Kalash is a beautiful area where an ethnic group, called Kafirs of the Hindu Kush, lives in Bamboret, Ramboor and Birir valleys. Bamboret is a big valley while …

In a race which witnessed three safety car periods and the retirement of A1 Team Mexico, Indonesia, South Africa, Malaysia, Germany, Netherlands and Canada, A1 Team Pakistan and Adam Khan came from the back of the grid to finish 15th. The Team Pakistan car ran throughout this weekend, the third round of the World Cup …

Fifteen calligraphers and 30 of these fine and utterly intricate ink-and-paint pieces were exhibited. Most of the calligraphy featured were the works of Pakistani contemporary calligraphers. Some pieces were decorated with gold leaf and featured traditional motifs and used beautiful turquoises, blues and cobalts to counter the severity of black inked lines in varying thicknesses. …