2004 December - 8

Khamosh Pani, a Pakistani film based on partition, will be released in eight cities in India Friday making it the first film from the neighboring country to bescreened here, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Thursday. The film has been screened 41 times through mobile screening inboth rural and urban Pakistan and was currently [...]

The president of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Syed Ali Raza, has confirmed that the bank will open a branch in India. “The trade volume between the two countries would definitely grow with the opening of our branch in India,” he said Talking to journalists after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with another [...]

Spain’s men’s field hockey team shunned the offer of air travel to instead cross the picturesque Wagah border between India and Pakistan and enjoy a cup of tea with the commanding officer of the Pakistan Rangers frontier guards. Spain coach Maurits Hendricks, whose team had just completed two matches against India and was traveling to [...]

All the rooms and pavilions of the Mohatta Palace Museum buzzed with activity as a major exhibition showcasing the history of Karachi got under way on Wednesday. Organized by the Mohatta Palace Museum in collaboration with the Dawn Group of Newspapers, the 90-day exhibition is titled Jewel in the crown: Karachi under the Raj 1843-1947. [...]

NetSol will design, develop and implement a fully-integrated MTMIS solution, facilitating business processes, enabling information sharing, and streamlining all inter and intra-department communications. The MTMIS will be managed by the Vehicle Registration Authority, along with the local police and constituent districts, including local and provincial police, environmental protection authorities, Highway Safety and Penalty System Management, [...]

Indian and Pakistani youth pitted their debating skills against each other here Thursday with the growing camaraderie between their countries reflected in the cross-current of ideas and verbal exchanges that were without rancour. The Pakistani team, comprising three students from different colleges, beat the Indians in the first India-Pakistan Seminar Debate organised by Miranda House [...]

AMIR Khan glanced at his dad and then his manager as he sought the right words for the answer to the question that could shape the rest of his life. Four years from now he could be an Olympic gold medallist or a multi-millionaire. Which would he prefer? We were sitting in a suite at [...]

THERE’S a first time for everything as singer Khadija Hayder proved with her debut album ‘My First Time’. The singer has already featured the The Secret Service album, D-Classified, and the compilation album Love Is… But now Khadija has surpassed herself with the release of her debut album. My First Time has been released by [...]

Viisage, a Billerica-based provider of identity systems and software, has been chosen by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), an independent corporate organization in Pakistan, to integrate the company’s face recognition technology into Pakistan’s smart passport and national ID program. The new program, headed by NADRA and sponsored by the Pakistani government, is designed [...]

Stores may turn up some unusual finds – a beaded sari, chunky silver ankle bracelets or traditional handmade, embroidered shoes from Pakistan. Next to the row of typical housewares and children’s rompers, is a carousel of brightly colored shalwar kameez, a South Asian type of dress with a long, flowing tunic, pants and scarf. The [...]