December 27, 2005
17-year-old British Pakistani philanthropist
By Mawra Muzaffar
17-year-old British Pakistani Sarah Francis is an internationally renowned philanthropist and vocalist. Sarah has devoted herself to promoting the values of the nation of Pakistan. After 9/11, she rose to the occasion by launching an international effort to spread Quaid-e-Azam’s message of peace and became the youngest ever nominee for President’s Pride of Performance. In 2003 she raised more than £12,000 for Afghan Refugees in Pakistan and presented the cheque to Pres. Gen. Pervez Musharraf for the President’s Relief Fund.
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July 27, 2005
Open Letter to Pakistan President Musharraf
By Anthony Mitchell, CEO
InternationalStaff.net
This has been a bad couple weeks for your country, Pakistan. Every day brings more bad news. The worst indication is the drop in confidence among broad segments of the business community in Pakistan earlier this month, particularly the tech sector, which has been growing at over 50 percent per year and represents one of your strongest bases of support.
Whereas the world as a whole has been transfixed by the London bombings, recent telecommunication problems that cut most of Pakistan off from the outside world for more than 11 days have caused widespread economic damage.
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March 06, 2005
Building the Pakistani Brand
By Yahya Jamil-ul-Haq
A country’s image is its ‘brand’ and building an image is like building a brand. No country or society is perfect. What differentiates nations is the perception about them and the quality of their ‘brand’. The American or the ‘western brand’ holds sway where perceptions of progressive societies are concerned. It has not emerged overnight, but as a result of conscious and sustained image projection campaigns by these nations to project the values in their societies. They have been successful in creating ‘role models’ in every sphere and at all levels.
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December 28, 2004
The Magic of Kara
By Zainab Mahmood
The 4th International KaraFilm Festival 2004 ended on Sunday 12th December with a resounding thud. This year featured an eclectic and commendable range of films from all over the world, ranging from Russia to Spain, from Portugal to Palestine. But the few Pakistani films and documentaries that were featured made a lasting impact on the audience and have unequivocally proved that not only do we have the talent but we also have the market for such quality films.