2004 December - 7

Over 2,000 residential units would be established for labourers, workers and fishermen in the proposed “Labour City” in the Gwadar district of Balochistan, and the federal government would grant Rs 3 billion for the project from the Workers Welfare Fund (WWF). This was stated at a meeting here on Monday held under the chairmanship of [...]

The KSE 100-share index on Monday finished at an all-time high of 5,633.13 amid heavy buying boosted by the perception of more close ties with the US after the president’s visit. More than one positive developments, the president’s meeting with Bush and year-end considerations seem to have triggered buy stops on selected counters, although negative [...]

Amid a thaw in relations between Pakistan and India, two leading Indian movie stars on Saturday said actors and directors from the two countries should jointly produce films. Indian films are immensely popular in Pakistan, and “Dhoop” – starring Om Puri – was screened Friday night at the opening of the 10-day Kara Film Festival [...]

The two-day conference on Pak-Iran joint co-operation in the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) sector has provided a chance to market Pakistani manufactured CNG buses in Iran owing to its exceptionally low cost. This was stated by Hilal A Raza, Director General Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (HDIP), at the conclusion of the conference on Friday. [...]

Siemens Communications Mobile Networks has won a $ 32 million contract with Pakistan’s U-Fone, to provide mobile telephone services in Pakistan. The deal between U-Fone, a subsidiary of Pakistan Telecom Mobile, and Siemens enables Pakistan’s second largest mobile operator to increase its subscriber base by 500,000 from its present 1.3 million subscribers. The project will [...]

WORLD-record goalscorer Sohail Abbas continued his amazing run as hosts Pakistan came from behind to down New Zealand for a second consecutive win in the men’s Champions Trophy hockey today. The Netherlands and Spain also recorded their second wins on day two of the elite six-nation tournament to set up a three-way tie at the [...]

A visually impaired person from Switzerland, Martin Naef is exploring Pakistan, not to enjoy its marvellous tourists’ attraction sites but to interact with different social groups. Martin Naef, who also a Ph.D in education, entered Pakistan via Turkey and Iran, extensively travelling in public transport to come across the people belonging to different walks of [...]

Wide roads like the magnificent Lahore-Islamabad motorway, broad avenues like the ones in Islamabad and modern houses with state-of-the-art furnishings as at Mirpur showed Pakistan in a good light. The encounter opened my eyes to the misconceptions Pakistanis and Indians had about each other, though they had many things in common. When I narrated this [...]

It has long been a source of debate why there are so few Asian players in English football and none at the top level — until now. Zesh Rehman, whose parents are from Pakistan, is the first British Asian to command a regular place in the top flight. The Fulham defender broke into Chris Coleman’s [...]

The fourth Kara Film Festival opens on Friday with feature films, documentaries and short films lined up for showing at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs Auditorium. A number of delegates and international film-makers are in town to attend the 10-day festival that was formally initiated with Thursday’s opening ceremony at the Hindu Gymkhana with [...]