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Three new species of mammals and eight new species of birds have been added to the existing inmates of Karachi Zoological Gardens (KZG). According to sources, most of the new entrants have been donated by various wildlife lovers. Before their arrival, there were 33 mammal species and 43 bird species at the zoo with the [...]

The issuance of Machine Readable Passports is commencing from Five Regional Passport Offices across the country to the applicants, from Monday 25th October 2004. It is announced that applicants for getting new Passports will no longer be required to fill forms and bring photographs with them. The requirements for the Machine Readable Passport will be [...]

Pakistan’s women ministry has launched a new programme with the support of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) for the education and training in political processes of female leaders and representatives of local bodies across the country. “The Women’s Political School [WPS] project will help in institutionalising the process of training of women political leaders, taking [...]

A 94-year-old pink palace modelled on the famous 18th century castle in Versailles in France formed the gracious backdrop to a three-day festival of music, dance and nostalgia as Indian artistes mingled with their Pakistani compatriots. “Accept it or not, we lost half our glory after partition. Most of our population went off to Pakistan, [...]

The number of cell phone users in the country has surpassed the number of fixed line telephone customers in just over a decade of operations, helping the country to achieve a cellular tele-density rate of over four while tele-density rate of fixed telephones stands at three percent. According to latest figures compiled by the Pakistan [...]

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is going to launch its Wireless Local Loop (WLL) service in the remote areas of the country this month. PTCL Senior Executive Vice President, Sales and Human Resource, Shahzad Sadan, said this at an Iftar-cum-dinner hosted by PTCL, here on Wednesday. He said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will inaugurate the [...]

Sharif Khan is accustomed to breaking new ground. Now he can add another accomplishment to a long list. Recently, the Mississauga squash great was inducted into the United States Squash Racquets Association’s Hall of Fame, becoming the first non-American to be conferred the honour. “It’s the highest honour a squash person can receive, so I’m [...]

Alhamra Art Gallery will be flush with colour from November 23 to December 5 as it displays works by five South Asian masters and young contemporary artists. The painting exhibition, titled ‘Living legends, old masters and new voices’, will illustrate the development of art in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The five million [...]

Recently, the ineffable Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is pitted against Luciano Pavarotti in a feeble comparison. The trouble with most recording companies as they try to market yet another product from the most recognisable qawwali great is their eagerness to settle for the limpest of cliches. While this is the case with The Ultimate [...]

He has scaled Mt Everest without bottled oxygen, crossed Antarctica and travelled solo across the Gobi desert. Now controversial Italian climber Reinhold Messner, called the most famous mountaineer alive, wants to rebuild two villages of Pakistan devastated by an earthquake. The 60-year-old, who has climbed all the 14 mountain peaks in the world towering above [...]