Pakistani News for the Rest of Us

Designed, developed and illustrated with a meticulous care, the software enables every one to read and understand Shah’s poetry accurately. Two young sisters — Nusrat Khowaja and Naveed Khowaja — have designed and developed first ever illustrated software on Shah Latif’s poetry. The software provides a single platform for reading and translation of Shah’s magnum …

Domestic tourists have always been able to enjoy the spectacular scenery and hospitality of the people of Pakistani Kashmir. A string of guest houses, most run by state agencies, grew up for the trickle of visitors from the lowlands but most were destroyed in the quake. The earthquake not only opened the region up to …

Standard & Poor’s revised its foreign currency credit rating on Pakistan to positive from stable on December 28, citing improvements in external debt indicators. The ratings agency affirmed its current ‘B+’ foreign currency and ‘BB’ local currency long-term and its ‘B’ short-term sovereign ratings assigned to Pakistan. “Sharp declines in the government’s external debt indicators …