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The sale of mineral water has registered on average 200 percent annual growth in the past five years in Pakistan, where the middle class is also in a rush to join the corporate style of living which still provides 60 percent revenue to water selling companies and encourages them to maximise commercialisation of drinking water. [...]

A distillery in Pakistan is canvassing suggestions for a name for the Islamic country’s first 18-year-old single malt whisky. Staff at the Murree brewery and distillery in Rawalpindi insist the spirit will be “very smooth and very palatable”. “We already produce malts that are three, eight and 12 years old, and are confident that this [...]

The Indus Valley is arguably the world’s foremost area for growing dates. Cultivation from this region is traced as far back as the 6th century B.C. Indus Valley date is rich in vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates, plus it has no cholesterol or fat. It could very well be earth’s perfect food.” The new alliance provides [...]

The road on which Koocha-i-Saqafat was held was divided into three parts. Those who came from the Arts Council roundabout first entered the art centre where paintings, specimen of calligraphy and sculptures were on display. The second section of Koocha-i-Saqafat comprised a book bazaar where a few booksellers offered huge discounts – up to 33 [...]

The construction work on the ‘Floating Kitchen’ project, which will also be called ‘Majestic Ship’, is in full swing on the shore of Sea View in Defence Housing Authority. It is officially learnt that the ‘Floating Kitchen’ is envisaged to be the world’s first stationary ship that will look like a cruise ship on which [...]

Cricket apart, a number of Indian culinary delights have been tantalising the Pakistani palate. For Hassan, a Lahori, it is the veggie stuff that is really holding centrestage. “We’ve tried everything vegetarian around here. It is quite a change from the meat diet we are used to at home,” he says. For some Pakistanis dabbling [...]

Barbecued meat is a favourite with most Pakistanis as we are definitely a nation that prefers meat in all its forms. There are many ways to barbecue meat with or without the addition of various spices and one of the best, I’m sure nearly everyone will agree, is the Balochi style known as ‘Sajji.’ If [...]

So when friends and family lavished him with compliments about his culinary skills and suggested he and wife Rukshana open up a restaurant, the Pakistan-born Corona resident decided he would do just that. The couple married 21 years ago in Pakistan, a union arranged by family, as was the custom. Khalid was born in Multan [...]

The event served a traditional Pakistani dinner that included chicken curry, a rice dish called ‘palao,’ kabobs and ‘kheer,’ a dessert. Students said they attended the event to enjoy culture with their friends and also to make new friends. The event also featured an audience-participation game in which couples guessed their spouses’ answers to questions. [...]

Even before Kanwal Sakhi began her Pakistani cooking class March 23, the meeting room at the C.H. Booth Library is filled with exotic scents. Tiny silver bowls filled with red peppers, cumin seed, coriander seeds, and ground spices spill their aromas into the air, and tidy stacks of plastic containers full of diced chilies, garlic, [...]