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The Lahore Museum will borrow artefacts from the Lahore Fort to display at its new Sikh section. The donations include miniature paintings from the Sikh period, featuring the Guler, Kangra and Pahari schools of thoughts and a Quran presented by Raja Ranjeet Singh to one of his ministers. A large collection of coins has also [...]

The man chosen to drive the first bus linking divided Kashmir says his selection for the job was a blessing from God and he is thrilled to be playing a part in history. Raja Pervez Khan, from Azad Kashmir, says he has no long-lost relatives on the Indian side, but he is proud to be [...]

Flying from Delhi to Lahore after a first stop in India, I was surprised to see the plane full of mostly older people, both Indian and Pakistani. They were speaking excitedly in Urdu and Hindi, and in their unifying language, English, about plans to visit long-lost relatives, attend weddings and do business. “Tourism brings emotional [...]

”Way back in 1972, I spent six months in Mumbai, often sleeping on the footpath,” says Mohammed Farooq Memon Fariya. The burly 52-year-old is the nazim or town administrator of Saddar in Karachi. For six months, Fariya roamed the streets, ate roadside food from Pydhonie stalls and did odd jobs. Finally, Fariya got permission to [...]

Out of the 120 couples, 114 were Muslim while six were Christian. Before, the nikah ceremony of the Muslim couples, Dr Mahmoodul Hassan Arif gave a khutba, highlighting the importance of marriages in Islam. The expense for the ceremony was borne by Sheikh Abid Hussain, Abdul Rahim Khan; Farrukh Nawaz Chughtai and Governor Khalid Maqbool. [...]

The remote and arid Cholistan Desert was the unlikely scene for a jeep rally in Pakistan last week that served to promote the forgotten culture and provide entertainment to the public. The event proved to be a great success as it not only tested the skills of 76 drivers but also promoted the Cholistani culture [...]

A pair of puma has joined the inhabitants of the Karachi Zoo, increasing the size of the big cat family to 10. The zoo authorities told The News that the one-year-old pair was added to the zoo on Monday and they were contented with the new atmosphere. The new tenders had already been invited for [...]

The first jeep rally was begun in Cholistan on Wednesday participated by 76 jeep drivers. The jeep rally in the desert was being launched to introduce Pakistani drivers with the international driving standards, organizers said. People from all walks of life participating in the rally, as hundreds of sports’ lovers arrived here to watch the [...]

The Water and Power Development Authority’s “Vision 2025″ programme is aimed at developing 65 million acre feet (MAF) of additional water storage capacity in the Indus Basin and adding 27,000 megawatts (MW) of hydro and thermal electricity-generation capacity to the national grid to meet the country’s growing water and power needs. At current prices, the [...]

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, Forbes magazine’s fifth richest man, on Monday announced that his company would build three world-class hotels, possibly in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. He said this while addressing a joint press conference with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. The chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company has assets worth $23.7 [...]