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Lahore, the cultural, intellectual and artistic capital of Pakistan, enjoys two very special distinctions. It is reputed to be home to the best-looking women in the subcontinent and the other is its gourmet hub, albeit for carnivores in the main. There is a wide array of non-vegetarian dishes to sample – kadais, sajjis, botis, biryanis, [...]

Engineer Anwar, who runs a part-time marriage bureau and has to his credit the solemnization of 136 successful marriages, believes that lack of socialisation is one of the main reasons why families seek the help of matchmakers. Hundreds of couples get married every year but even then finding Mr/Mrs Right continues to remain an issue [...]

Noreen is one of countless women in northern Pakistan whose lives were turned upside down by the Oct. 8 earthquake that killed more than 73,000 people and left 3 million homeless. Noor Ulain said she had always wanted to find a job when she finished studying, but her father had never agreed. But after the [...]

Fashion designers studying at various fashion institutes around the world participate in the competition each year. The 23rd such competition was held in Paris and Louvre on December 15 last year. A promising Pakistani fashion designer, Hassan Ashraf Butt studying at the Pakistan School of Fashion Design (PSFD), won the ‘Country Prize’ at a fashion [...]

Forced marriage is the ugly flip side of arranged marriage, a widespread and valued tradition in South Asia. In arranged marriages, parents typically help their son or daughter choose a suitable partner — often along lines of class, education, or wealth — but leave the ultimate decision to the child. Forced marriage, however, has no [...]

Designed, developed and illustrated with a meticulous care, the software enables every one to read and understand Shah’s poetry accurately. Two young sisters – Nusrat Khowaja and Naveed Khowaja – have designed and developed first ever illustrated software on Shah Latif’s poetry. The software provides a single platform for reading and translation of Shah’s magnum [...]

Until two years ago, playing sport in public had been virtually unknown for women in Pakistan. Many feared the reaction of conservative Islamic groups. In April, a mixed marathon in Lahore faced opposition from hardliners, who clashed with police. But it was not until December 2004 the PCB finally recognised the women’s game, a decision [...]

Shamshad Akhtar, an Asian Development Bank official, was named the first woman to run Pakistan’s central bank. Akhtar has an M.S. in economics from Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, an M.A. in development economics from England’s University of Sussex and a Ph.D. in economics from Scotland’s Paisley College of Technology. She studied at Harvard University in [...]

The 29-year-old is a customer coordinator at Pizza Hut, and is the only female in her branch which comprises forty. But the fact that she is a lone woman in such a large team has never been a hurdle in her professional life. However, there are times when men from more down-market areas like Jodia [...]

The girls are among 120 participants of the Sabah Borneo Adventure Camp 2005 (Nov 11-14), organised by GGAM, Sabah Branch at Outward Bound Sabah (OBS), Kinarut to mark its 80th anniversary. Seema, a student of the College of BM, said she and her counterparts are from Karachi and on their maiden trip to Malaysia.Others are [...]