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Once again the cars filled with their families came to San Francisco for the Aug. 14 event from surrounding cities, including Live Oak, Yuba City, Woodland, Davis, Sacramento, Lodi, Stockton, and even as far as Fresno. Add to that the Pakistani ‘locals’ from Silicon Valley and the rest of the Bay and there you had [...]

Indian and Pakistani peace activists converged on their countries’ main border crossing on Friday to mark 10 years of campaigning for improved relations between the South Asian neighbours. “The credit for friendship (moves) between Pakistan and India goes to our forum,” said Ram Das, chairman of the Indian chapter of the Pakistan India People’s Forum [...]

The Unesco’s regional advisor for culture in Asia and the Pacific announced on Thursday the Baltit Fort of Karimabad in the Hunza region has been honoured with the Award of Excellence in the Unesco 2004 Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for culture heritage conservation. The awards were announced in Bangkok on September 1. The Baltit Fort was [...]

Pakistan Pavilion at a leading US apparel show ASAP at Las Vegas has attracted a large crowd on the first day. According to information reaching Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) here Tuesday, 17 Pakistani exhibitors received a positive and encouraging response at the show which was opened on August 30, 2004. Fruit of Looms has an [...]

The calendar will help inform national and international tourists about yearly cultural events held across the country, said the officials. Events and festivities like Baisakhi Mela and Basant, which attract a large number of foreign tourists, would be highlighted worldwide, they added. ‘The department has been provided with a roadmap for development and has also [...]

Pakistan will feature as the “Focus Country” at the ASAP Global Sourcing Show starting on Sunday at Las Vegas, USA. “The ASAP Global is the largest garment sourcing show held in the US,” its country manager in Pakistan Nadeem Sarwar said at a news conference here on Saturday. “This special status allows Pakistan several free-of-cost [...]

The master chefs from Lahore’s Avari Hotel are here with Pakistan’s robust flavours for a 10-day food festival at Andheri’s ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton’s The Peshwa Pavilion. At the other end of the city, chefs Wakeel Ahmed and Azam Hussain Bhatti (of Pakistan International Airlines) have brought yet another native food fest, at Marine Plaza’s [...]

A grand festival will be held in Gilgit from September 7 to promote local culture and tourism. The Silk Route Festival is a regular feature of the area which is officially celebrated in Gilgit and Skardu. An official handout said a number of programmes have been chalked out to make the event a memorable one, [...]

Expatriate communities make the Kingdom a home away from home for a comfortable and peaceful living. There are several places which are better known for their expatriate concentration and therefore by their nicknames. One such place is a typical Pakistani city in the heart of Riyadh. The place, popularly known as ‘Islamabad’, is centrally located [...]

The Punjab Archaeology Department (PAD) has planned night cultural shows at Shalamar Gardens and the Lahore Fort and these two heritage buildings will now remain illuminated throughout the night, PAD Director General Farzana Qureshi told Daily Times on Friday. She said floodlights were being put up for security reasons also. The PAD director general said [...]