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Toni Usman, a Norwegian actor of Pakistani descent working in Pakistan for a month to produce a special edition of the left-wing newspaper Mazdoor Jeddojuhd (Workers’ Struggle). Manto wrote about anti-imperialism, religious oppression and social misery. The horrific madness caused by India’s partition and the creation of Pakistan inspired many celebrated works such as Toba [...]

A SENIOR police officer from Pakistan will travel to Cardiff next month to help Wales address the taboo problem of “honour crimes” against women. Some cultures, mainly from Asia, set so much store by res-pectability that women are punished – sometimes by murder – for any act deemed to bring dishonour on their families. Police [...]

Why all the attention for the 27-year-old British-born Pakistani comic? The answer is obvious once you meet her. The world’s premier Muslim comedienne, Britain’s Shazia Mirza, is making her Berkshire debut performing her stand-up act “The Last Temptation of Mirza,” which highlights her unique experience as an observant Muslim woman and comic. Presented by the [...]

“They would laugh at my suggestions until the Kabul exhibition was all sold out,” says a confident Arji, a Kabul-based Pakistani ceramist, of her proteges. Arjumand Karim, popularly known as Arji,did her foundation programme in ceramics from St.Martins College of Art in London and went on to graduate from Hunerkada, Islamabad, with a major in [...]

Around 300 children of various schools and 100 volunteers of different companies participated in cleaning and washing of the 30-foot high facade of P&O Plaza (Bandookwala Building) under Karavan Chundrigar Road Heritage Fest and Karavan Heritage Cleaning Initiative here on Sunday. She said Karavan activities were held in order to foster a sense of identity [...]

Geo TV has ventured into the reality genre with a show titled George Ka Pakistan. As the concept of the show reveals, Geo follows George, a British, who tries to settle down in Pakistan and become a Pakistani! During the series, George will extensively explore his adopted country and its people, trying to understand the [...]

Indian managers have found their Pakistani counterparts are ahead in creating jobs and fostering entrepreneurship, the Indian co-organiser of a management meet of the two countries here has said. “We found there is much to learn from Pakistani entrepreneurs, who have broken away from the traditional feudal setups, to start effective appraisal programmes to create [...]

The University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore won the first prize in the three-day Asian Open Software Competition ‘Techfest 2005′ held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, from January 28 to 30. According to a press statement, over 200 teams from around the world participated in the competition. Renowned academia and industry giants, [...]

29-year-old Pakistani, Sarmad Tariq, is no ordinary man. Although he is a quadriplegic, he seeks out challenges most able-bodied people would shy away from – like completing a full marathon in a wheelchair with only himself to compete against. And racing against time. He wants to show that you can be disabled and still have [...]

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Women’s Wing Chairperson Mira Phailbus said on Wednesday that women’s national cricket team will feature in the forthcoming Women’s Champions Trophy to be held in July 2005. She said that they were expecting to form the women’s team in May this year so the girls could be further trained for the [...]