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Three Pakistan cricketers are among the 29 players who have been nominated for Cricket Oscar awards. Openers Imran Farhat and Yasir Hameed and fast bowler Umar Gul have joined six Australians, five Indians and four West Indians in the list of players contending for the awards. A five-man ICC Awards selection panel comprising Richie Benaud [...]

Going by the tremendous response to the CNN Young Journalist Award (YJA) last year, which was launched to recognise quality journalism among media professionals between the age of 22 to 26 from the electronic, online and print media; CNN today announced the second edition of the awards. This year the awards will be extended to [...]

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has awarded a Long Distance and International (LDI) fixed telephone license to the Wise Telecommunication Systems. WiseComm is an international communication service provider, run by a Pakistani Tariq Sharif Bhatti, who is based in France…

Pakistanis and Indians living in the greater Washington area held a peace march this weekend to celebrate their 57th Independence Day. The organizers had chosen the afternoon of Aug. 14 for the rally, when it was still the Pakistani independence day in the United States and people in India had begun their independence day celebrations, [...]

In his role as ambassador, Ahmad, a trained doctor, is trying to create culture specific messages for the subcontinent to promote better awareness. “A slogan that works in the US doesn’t work in Pakistan or India,” said the pony-tailed singer and lead guitarist. “In our culture, lots of people still don’t talk openly about sex, [...]

Bollywood Actress Manisha Koirala and Juhi Babbar, daughter of yesteryear actor Raj Babbar are set to appear for the first time in a Pakistani movie titled Piyas to be produced by Khalil Rana…

Hina Khan, a student of Mass Communication at Kinnaird College for Women, will represent Pakistan at an international conference organised by Harvard University. The conference will be held in Shanghai from August 18 to 21. Ms Hina will present a paper on ‘Population Planning’.

The only woman in Pakistan’s Olympic track and field team for Athens has ruled out targeting a medal and has instead set herself the humble ambition of not finishing last. “I know the star-studded line-up in the 1,500 meters leaves me nowhere in the medal race but for me the main thing is that I [...]

A British Pakistani Police Officer Tarique Ghaffur has been awarded CBE Award for services to policing in UK in the 2004 Queen’s birthday honours list. Tarique Ghaffur is currently serving as Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police. Mr. Ghaffur was honoured in recognition of his position as a positive role model to all communities, [...]

The National Headquarters of Pakistan Boy Scouts Association (PBSA) has arranged net pal link with rest of the world Boy Scouts on the occasion of the first Asia Pacific Regional Internet Scout Jamboree from Aug 7-8. The Boy Scouts can be seen working on the computers strengthening the bonds of fraternity with the boy scouts [...]