Kashmir Festival Brings Pakistan India Border Guards Together
In the searing heat of 45 degrees Celsius, Indian and Pakistani border guards are preparing for a festival in the memory of Chamlayal Baba, a revered figure on both sides of the border near Jammu and Kashmir’s winter capital Jammu. Thousands of devotees from both sides of the border join the annual festival on the [...]
Continue reading »Pakistan Foreign Investment Crosses $1 Billion
The foreign direct investment in Pakistan crossed $1 billion mark during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, showing an increase of 14 per cent over the same period last year. Financial business emerged as the leading sector to attract direct investment from abroad with $214 million, followed by oil and gas $189.6 [...]
Continue reading »German Firm to Build Plasma Screen TV Sets in Pakistan
G-Hanz Germany Chief Executive Officer (CEO) U K Ghosh has said Synergy Corporation Pvt limited, in collaboration with their German partners G-Hanz, have planned to invest Rs 350 million for the manufacturing of plasma television sets in Pakistan. “The group had been the first in the country for coming up locally in assembling vacuum tube [...]
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47 New Pakistan Radio Stations Soon
The government has planned to set up 47 radio stations in various areas of the country to create awareness among the masses about socio-economic issues and their solutions including promotion of literacy …
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Islamabad Too Hot for French, German Rock Bands
German rock group ‘Ikarus’ and French rock band ‘Lunatic Age’ are currently in town to participate in a Mega Rock Festival marking International Music Day. Members of both rock groups shared their feelings and experiences with ‘The News’ Tuesday. ‘Lunatic Age,’ the French rock band, finds its visit “exciting and exotic”. For ‘Ikarus,’ the German [...]
Continue reading »Pakistan Launches E-Content Awards
Pakistan’s National Committee for the World Summit Award announces the launch of nation wide WSA Pakistan competition to recognize and award the best e-Content practices in Pakistan … first of its kind in the country, which emphasizes the importance of Content in bridging the digital divide. The main aim and purpose of organizing this competition [...]
Continue reading »Work on Pakistani ‘New Dubai’ Begins Near Karachi
Spadework has started to bring up a new city, to be named as ‘New Dubai’ along the Northern Bypass, to make one of the world’s most modern cities. This city will be separate from Karachi and the North (Balochistan) – it will have four towns – China Town, Maktoum Town, Mahatir Town and Faisal Town [...]
Continue reading »Karachi to Get 3000 CNG Powered Indian Rickshaws
Pakistan is planning to introduce low noise, low emission environment friendly four-stroke CNG powered rickshaws initially in the country’s largest city Karachi and later on across Pakistan. ‘In the first phase, about 3,000 CNG rickshaws will be introduced in city.” Tempo Bajaj Group is operating CNG rickshaws and buses in Delhi. ‘About 75% of air [...]
Continue reading »‘Tape Ball’ Cricket Satisfies New York’s Pakistani Bankers
A formal cricket match is played with proper wickets, often on manicured grass fields, with men sporting pristine white attire. However in Downtown Manhattan, since there are so few grass fields, a group of young men from Pakistan, who are high-powered investment bankers during the week, settle for city garbage cans in lieu of proper [...]
Continue reading »First Solo Digital Art Exhibition Opens in Islamabad
An expanding industry in the west and evolving still in our part of the world, digital art has found a promising proponent in Pakistan in the shape of Syed Hassan Masood Pasha, a find of Alliance Francaise, which launched the computer wizard in the artists’ community of Islamabad by holding the first-ever solo exhibition of [...]
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