People - 25

Insiyah Nomanbhoy, 17, a Pakistani-American teenager studying at Castilleja Girl’s High School (A-levels), in Palo Alto, CA, USA, was recently chosen by her school and Save The Children, an International Charitable Organization, to be a teen representative on their ’2004 Women’s Delegation to Ethiopia and Uganda.’ In March 2004, Insiyah and her fellow students at [...]

Penalty corner expert Sohail Abbas reached a world record of 268 goals in international play Friday, leading Pakistan to a 2-1 field hockey victory over India and an unassailable 4-1 lead in their eight-Test series. The spectators overflowing the 5,000 seats in the Guru Hargobind Stadium in northern India’s Punjab state jumped for joy as [...]

Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy presented his documentary “Crossing the Lines: Kashmir, India, and Pakistan” to a diverse group of about 70 undergraduates, graduates, and faculty Monday evening in the Cabot Auditorium. The film is about the India-Pakistan conflict as it relates to issues of Kashmiri control. History professor Ayesha Jalal described Hoodbhoy as “a household name [...]

Last century, a charismatic Pakistani scientist had to make a terrible decision: choose between a potentially brilliant career abroad, or remain at home in relative poverty and obscurity. At that time Pakistan offered no scope for postgraduate work. So Abdus Salam joined the brain drain, went to England, and eventually shared the 1979 Nobel Prize [...]

How Karachi scores over Mumbai: The airport is better, the roads are pothole-free, and the people are warm, gracious and more polite, say the Vaziranis. ”We want to share (with you all) just how warm the people of Pakistan are,” gushes Mala Vazirani (47) who along with husband Suresh runs Transasia Bio-Medical, a Saki Naka-based [...]

A delegation of [Indian] scientists led by Dr Darshan Singh visited University of Agriculture in Faisalabad, Pakistan, from September 21-26 to attend the international conference on Entomological Sciences and International Workshop on Cotton. The other delegates included Dr G S Deol, head, Department of Entomology; Dr Amrik Singh Sohi, Dr V K Dilawari, Dr Gursharan [...]

Love triumphed over diplomatic rivalry yesterday as Pakistan granted citizenship to an Indian woman so she could live with her Pakistani husband. The announcement to grant citizenship to Hafsa Khan came as President Pervaiz Musharraf met Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, in New York. “Despite legal limitations, this was done in the best interests [...]

Sunday in leafy Edgbaston was less tranquil than usual yesterday. The first rays of the September sun were barely filtering through the trees when the bugles and whistles, drums and airhorns, which day long were to fill the air with the noise of a million bees, began. By the end, as Pakistan steered their way [...]

Pakistan Saturday staged its first ever women’s soccer match to mark the FIFA (International Football Federation) Fair Play Day which officials said would help boost women’s sports in this Muslim country. The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) organised the match and coach Tariq Lutfi told AFP it would go a long way in promoting women’s sports [...]

Beenish Tariq, Lottery Winner: “What anyone would feel like. Excited, I guess? Surprised?” She is only 20 and she has her future all set. The college senior from Flushing just came forward to claim her prize. It was a scratch-off ticket that only cost $10 that her dad bought her over Christmas. Now, she is [...]