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More than 1,400 students from 175 international institutes participated in the conference, the largest such international gathering of students. This is the first time in the history of the conference that an Asian university has won the competition. An eight-member delegation from LUMS, the university representing Pakistan at the conference for the last three …

Researchers were impressed by how advanced the society was in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province. Primitive dentists drilled nearly perfect holes into live but undoubtedly unhappy patients between 5500 B.C. and 7000 B.C., an article in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature reports. Researchers carbon-dated at least nine skulls with 11 drill holes found in a Pakistan …

The festival represents the development of American cinema from silent, black-and-white movies to colour-tinted and sound versions. Film buffs have an eclectic mix of masterpieces to choose from: works by comedic genius Charlie Chaplin and master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock, the first Hollywood epic by D.W. Griffith The Birth of A Nation and the multiple-award-winning …

The letter, which may be listed as the largest card in the Guinness Book of World Records, has fast assumed the proportions of a massive campaign. The 86,400 square foot letter (360 feet by 249 feet) was first unveiled in Bangalore on January 16 and has since travelled throughout India, growing in both size and …

The DNA laboratory has been established by the National Police Bureau under its National Forensic Science Programme (NFSP) at a cost of Rs8 million. Pakistan established its first DNA test laboratory in Islamabad on Friday with the assistance of China to investigate complicated terrorism and criminal cases. The government of China provided the technology and …

Saba Khan, Nadia Gul, Mariam Khalil and Saira Batool were among 36 aviation cadets who received their wings after 3 1/2 years of intensive training, breaking into an all-male bastion of Pakistan’s armed forces. The four women are the first female pilots in the 58-year-history of the Pakistan air force. They trained in MFI-17 Super …

About 31 students from various schools, colleges and universities and 23 amateur singers enthralled performed during the session. As per the conference’s 50-year-old tradition, the first session featured students and amateurs. Lahore’s music enthusiasts saw excellent performances by talented amateurs amidst magical lights and the smell of paapars being made on red hot coal, …

The UN Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific said that the country’s GDP growth of 8.4 percent in 2005 was the highest in the last two decades due to continuity of economic policies, a robust financial sector and strong domestic demand. A United Nations economic survey released in Islamabad Thursday said that …

This is a new trend as in the past the bureaucracy used to frown on any organized gathering. The biggest city of the country, Karachi, has long been called the city of lights. However, of late, it is now truly shining with a number of events and functions taking place at the behest of different …

A new, state-of-the-art customs clearance system has recently been implemented at KICT. According to a spokesman for APL, a leading customer of the terminal: ‘This enables hassle-free customs clearance and so reduced lead time and the cost of handling shipments.’ The biggest and longest established of these is Karachi International Container Terminal, which is part …

They arrived in Lahore from Thailand and hired an auto-rickshaw to visit different places in Pakistan. They said Pakistan was a beautiful country and had many enchanting places, but the Pakistan government had not done much to promote tourism and foreigners were not aware of the good sites in Pakistan. British couple tourists, Thomas …

The country offers huge oil and gas potential and vast relatively unexplored acreage, with historical success ratio of 1:3.4. “The major portion of hydrocarbons is untapped,” says a JS Capital Markets report on “Pakistan’s gas reserves and gas fields” released on Wednesday. Based on 2004 data of remaining recoverable reserves, Pakistan with gas reserves of …

He tried his luck in the pastures of Gahirait village, some 48km from here, for two days but without success. He then used his rifle and shot the animal finally. The hunted markhore is said to be nine-years-old and measured 39 inches. A Singapore hunter who wanted to hunt a Kashmiri markhore with bow …

The Moguls’ embellishment of the Khussa made it into a trend for the ordinary as well as the privileged and the Khussa of Heera Mandi became an important part of the subcontinent’s culture. Lahore’s traditional embroidered shoe, the Khussa, is a specialty of Heera Mandi – a bazaar of great historical and cultural significance. …