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Visually Impaired Lahore Girl Masters Classical Music

Four years ago Aliya Ashid made her way from Pakistan to Bhopal. Her journey across the border was stemmed in a single objective – her passion for music. For this visually challenged girl Dhrupad music was the only guiding light and her hosts, a Jain family, became her guides in the journey. For this girl [...]

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Karachi Underprivileged School Celebrates 7 Successful Years

The ladies, who work on a volunteer basis for Rah-e-Amal, organised a celebration to commemorate the completion of seven years of a school that had small beginnings but now has two hundred children studying here so that they may improve the quality of life for themselves and their families. Music and song; dance and drama [...]

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US Campus Celebrates Pakistan Kite Festival

Bright sun, gusty wind and colorfully decorated kites dominated the Saturday afternoon sky as students and families from throughout the area gathered in traditional clothing to celebrate the Basant Festival on campus. The festival is the first of its kind at NT. The association hopes to make Basant an annual event. Haider said the association [...]

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Pakistan Private Airline Takes Kids on a Free Joy Ride

Air blue under its Child Enrichment Programme took the students of four different private and NGO schools of the City to Nawabshah on a short trip to give them chance to enjoy the air journey. The students mainly belonged to middle class families and were very happy and enjoyed this short travel. Air blue has [...]

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Pakistanis Donate $100,000 for Jinnah Scholarship in Canada

Pakistani community in Canada will donate additional $25,000 to raise the amount of Quaid-I-Azam Muhammad Ali Jnnah scholarship at the York University to $100,000. Ghalib Iqbal handed over cheques to winners of the Jinnah essay contest of York University students. Khalid H. Khan, a Canadian of Pakistani origin, was declared the winner and was given [...]

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Pakistan University to be Set Up in Dubai

The Pakistani Ambassador to the UAE Syed Qaiser Hussain recently attended a signing ceremony for the establishment of the USD54m National University of Pakistan in Dubai which will be located at the Dubai Academic City. Within five years the campus expects to house 3,500 students, reported Gulf News.

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American Hill Bikers Raise Money for Pakistani Schools

The rally was held to raise money for students in Pakistan. When Col. Joe Sokol, 75th Air Base Wing vice commander, who recently returned from a deployment there, learned about their education problems, he knew who he could turn to get the students the help they needed. “The students were very happy,” he said. “The [...]

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Nine Year Old Girl Becomes Youngest Microsoft Professional in Pakistan

Arfa Karim of Multan has made the nation proud by becoming the youngest ‘Microsoft Certified Professional’ (MCP) in the country, at the age of nine years, and one of only a few certified professionals in the world who are below the age of ten years. The talented child was recently honoured for her proud achievements [...]

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MS Level French Classes at Karachi University Soon

French educational and scientific Attache Dr Sonia Darack called on Karachi University vice-chancellor Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui on Monday and discussed prospects and procedures for KU students to study at French educational institutions. She termed HEC scholarship scheme as the best and unique opportunity for Pakistani students seeking higher education in France. Dr Darack [...]

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Pakistan Cultural Night Paints Henna at U.S. Campus

The evening’s most popular attraction was one that nearly every woman, and even some men, lined up and waited the better part of an hour to participate in. The henna demonstration booth, set up in the ballroom’s northwest corner, attracted children, not yet old enough to walk, as well as grandparents who marveled at the [...]

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