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Tracking World (Pvt) Ltd, a provider of location-based and fleet Telematics services in Pakistan, and WebTech Wireless Inc., have entered into an exclusive partnership to deliver WebTech’s fleet Telematics products and monthly subscriber services to a market that represents CDN$15 million in potential fleet Telematics services annually.

It has been almost a month since Pooja Bhatt ‘s film Rog was premiered at the Kara film festival in Pakistan. However, for the actress-turned filmmaker and daughter of renowned filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt , the “sweet” experience still lingers in her memory. With the screening of her film Rog, which released all over India on [...]

The News staffer and young journalist Zulfiqar Shah has won European Commission’s prestigious ‘Lorenzo Natali Prize’ for the year 2004. His feature story on honour killings ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ published in November 2003 has been ranked one of the best three articles of Asia Pacific region by a Paris-based Grand Jury. The Prize [...]

The people of Lahore will witness quality theatre during the 12-day Ibsen National Drama Festival (INDS) jointly organised by the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA), the Norwegian embassy and the Lahore and Punjab Arts Councils at Alhamra Art Centre. The festival opened on Monday with a PNCA production ‘Tota Ram’. The festival will feature [...]

Business Software Alliance (BSA) Wednesday announced a national article writing competition for journalists on the ills of software piracy, offering Rs. 90,000 cash awards. The winner would get the Rs. 40,000 bumper prize, while the two runners up would be awarded Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 20,000 each respectively. The competition is open to all the [...]

CNBC Pakistan, Pak Oman Invenstment Company and Saudi Pak Industrial & Agricultural Investment Company signed a shareholders agreement to bring the world-acclaimed business network to Pakistan, says a Press release. CNBC Pakistan will be boadcasted from state of the art studios and production facilities in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore and will transmit live programming in [...]

The first movie made jointly by producers from Pakistan and India will be ready for screening next month, a leading Indian film director said Tuesday. Nazar (Sight) is based on the life of an Indian woman who struggles against social injustices common in both Pakistan and India, rival nations who share more than half a [...]

Amid a thaw in relations between Pakistan and India, two leading Indian movie stars on Saturday said actors and directors from the two countries should jointly produce films. Indian films are immensely popular in Pakistan, and “Dhoop” – starring Om Puri – was screened Friday night at the opening of the 10-day Kara Film Festival [...]

The fourth Kara Film Festival opens on Friday with feature films, documentaries and short films lined up for showing at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs Auditorium. A number of delegates and international film-makers are in town to attend the 10-day festival that was formally initiated with Thursday’s opening ceremony at the Hindu Gymkhana with [...]

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 [...]