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The Mass Communication Department of the Punjab University has spiced up the lives of the students and the people within its 15-kilometre of radius with its three hours long daily transmissions. ‘I have always detested reading notices on the notice board, so tuning into the PU FM and listening to the Campus Round Up updates [...]

An exhibition of political cartoons by Mohammad Zahoor opened at the French Cultural Centre here on Tuesday. The exhibition was organized by Alliance Francaise in collaboration with Daily Times , the newspaper Mr Zahoor is presently working with. The originals of more than 40 cartoons drawn by Mr Zahoor, which have been published in the [...]

[American firm] BOC has installed a state-of-the-art liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) plant in Multan, northern Pakistan. The 60 ton-per-day plant, which began operations earlier this year, is capable of producing International Society of Beverage Technology (ISBT)-compliant CO2. The plant is the first of its kind in Pakistan to serve the country’s expanding core of local [...]

Ace penalty corner shooter Sohail Abbas equaled the world record of most goals in international field hockey as his two-goal burst yesterday clinched Pakistan a 3-1 victory against India in the fifth Test of the eight-match series. Abbas converted a penalty corner in the 28th minute and then sent a penalty stroke into the cage [...]

The Pakistan and Indian golf teams, after a lapse of thirteen years, finally managed to get together in Lahore at the Gymkhana Golf Course for a battle of golfing skills. This occasion arose because way back in 1989, a golfing visionary in India initiated this concept of team competitions between the arch-rivals of the subcontinent. [...]

Pakistan’s first commodity exchange is likely to begin operations before the end of the year, initially offering gold futures contracts to enable investors to hedge against currency risks, a senior executive from the exchange said at the weekend. “It is just the rules and regulations that has to be approved by the federal government. Our [...]

Pakistan’s State owned Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) is planning to start a ferry service from Karachi to Mumbai via Gwader and Dubai. The new sea route, when commissioned, will open up an affordable alternative for transportation of passengers and goods while giving a much-needed push to the promotion of tourism between the three countries. [...]

A group of Pakistani journalists has arrived in India for an unprecedented visit to the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. Indian officials say the delegation crossed the border between the two nuclear rivals Sunday at Wagah in India’s northern state of Punjab. It is the first such visit since India and Pakistan gained independence from Britain [...]

Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan hit magnificent half centuries to help Pakistan beat Zimbabwe in the second tri-series match here on Sunday. Malik blasted a crafty 80 while Younis scored a fighting 77 to help Pakistan reach the victory target in reply to Zimbabwe’s 252-4 in their 50 overs despite the home team resting some [...]

Last century, a charismatic Pakistani scientist had to make a terrible decision: choose between a potentially brilliant career abroad, or remain at home in relative poverty and obscurity. At that time Pakistan offered no scope for postgraduate work. So Abdus Salam joined the brain drain, went to England, and eventually shared the 1979 Nobel Prize [...]