Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

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. …

These men are the helicopter pilots of Pakistan’s armed forces - perhaps the only group of people in the sordid drama that have delivered more than was ever expected of them. While those in cities and towns - helped mostly by road transport - have perhaps not even noticed their presence beyond the deafening hum …

Most couples only have to convince their in-laws and friends their love is true. The Ahmads have to prove their commitment to the U.S. government. These records and more, soon to be mailed to a Des Moines immigration office, are an attempt to prove Malik Ahmad, 32, a Pakistani citizen, and Amy, 26, a Washburn …

The media in the West has been carrying negative propaganda when it comes to foreigners’ safety in Pakistan, but people here are really friendly, said Ewan Clayton, a calligrapher and a professor of art, design, media and culture. “I burst into tears of joy when I saw the great Islamic structure, Badshahi Mosque”, he said. …

PAKISTAN have turned to Steve Kean, Fulham’s assistant manager, to fulfil their ambition of reaching the World Cup finals in 2010. Their football association, based in Lahore, have offered the Scot a pivotal role in a multi-million pound restructuring plan designed to drag them out of the lower reaches of the FIFA world rankings and …

Five days after an earthquake hit northern Pakistan, cars and people loaded with relief goods continue to stream into collection centres all over the country in an unprecedented outpouring of giving. In the southern financial centre of Karachi, Pakistanis waited in the heat and sun for their turn to unload the goods at the largest …

It’s probably not all that remarkable that a young American went to Pakistan and found fascinating the traditions that define daily life there, from the calls to prayer to the garishly decorated transport trucks. This was the experience of Chiara Angela Kovarik, a Mendota Heights teenager who with her parents spent a month in Pakistan …

NINE years ago, Huddersfield singer Naveed Yasin began a study of music that has taken him all over the world. Now, his hard work has paid off and he’s landed a record deal with Manchester-based bhangra label Supreme Dream Records. Then, when he was 13 he moved to New York for a year to be …

Pakistan’s arch-rivals India along with Sri Lanka and possibly Bangladesh will take part in the tournament in Karachi from December 26 to January 4. Cricket has been drawing a growing female fan base in India, while across the border the women’s sport got a shot in the arm earlier this year when it was placed …

Pakistan has been declared a visa-free country for a week for members of all relief and rescue teams coming to Pakistan to help the earthquake victims. Officials here said persons planning to come to Pakistan to take part in the relief operation in any form need not worry about visa. The facility is available both …

Pakistan’s efforts to recover from the worst natural disaster in its 69-year history is expected to eventually boost its slowing economy and support its currency and stocks. Pakistan’s economic infrastructure of ports, airports, dams, factories, telecommunications, financial system, power plants and refineries has largely been spared, Financial markets were quick to recover from an …

The Rotary Club of Bukit Bintang has come up with a novel way to raise money for The Star South Asia Quake Fund – giving the public an opportunity to take pictures of several reigning national beauty queens. Miss Malaysia Chinatown International 2005 Winnie Chan and second runner-up April Yong will kick off the fund-raising …

A one-day event moderated by historian Ayesha Jalal and entitled ‘Creative voices from Pakistan: a political context’ is it to take place today (Monday) in New York. The event is part of a three panel series, jointly held in association with Aldrich Museum and Yale University. Informed and inspired by the current exhibition, ‘Karkhana,’ which …