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A poetry evening, attended by poets from the Northern Areas and the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, was held at the National Art Gallery on Tuesday. The event was organized by the Pakistan Tourism Department Corporation (PTDC) in collaboration with the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) in connection with the International Tourism [...]

GWADAR, This city of mostly poor fishermen and their families sits on an isthmus between two picturesque bays, its most distinctive feature a flat-topped mountain of rock that extends into the sea like a fortress wall. But by next year Gwadar stands to become one of the most strategic deepwater ports in the region that [...]

Birds that migrate from Siberia to Pakistan and India during September to November have started arriving here and the NWFP Wildlife department has started organizing communities along river Kabul and Indus to contain hunting. Birds have started arriving in Pakistan as the winter season started in Siberia (Russia) and this activity will gain momentum if [...]

A German firm has expressed its intention to set up manufacturing plant of German engines for heavy trucks and off-road engines and transmissions. To this effect, a delegation of Coastal Dubai, UAE, led by Yousaf Najibi, Chairman Coastal Dubai Sunday called on Acting President Muhammad Mian Soomro in the Parliament House. Najibi informed the Acting [...]

UNLIKE MOST in the fashion designer fraternity who dress to “look” their profession, Nilofer Shahid comes across as a surprise. A pleasant one indeed. Dressed in a simple white kurta-pajama matched with a blue stole, this Lahore-based designer does not feel the need to visually announce that she is riding the high tide. But riding [...]

Being the abode of a heterogeneous society, Muscat is fast becoming the hub of happenings. An array of events continues to take place with the weekends starting to offer a multitude of activity and entertainment. One of the highlights of the coming weekend is going to be an art exhibition by talented Pakistani painter Shehla [...]

A Saudi folklore troupe enthralled hundreds of diplomats and general people at Islamabad’s Jinnah Convention Centre on Sunday. The 28-member troupe, four drummers and 24 dancers, especially flew into Pakistan to perform on the occasion of the 74th National Day of Saudi Arabia. Since entry to the show was open, a large number of people [...]

Music beyond borders is passe. Now it’s time to take things beyond music. Grammy-nominated sitarist Shujaat Husain Khan and Pakistani-American writer-poet Aneela Khalid Arshed are ready to bring out their first joint album Beyond Music which hopes to touch people with its inner meaning. ”The basic idea is to promote peace. But we also want [...]

Love triumphed over diplomatic rivalry yesterday as Pakistan granted citizenship to an Indian woman so she could live with her Pakistani husband. The announcement to grant citizenship to Hafsa Khan came as President Pervaiz Musharraf met Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, in New York. “Despite legal limitations, this was done in the best interests [...]

The government has decided to launch a project to explore future sources of energy. This will be the first project of its kind in Pakistan. Sources said the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has sought huge funding from the government to establish Laser Plasma Interaction Research Laboratory as it warranted “heavy investment” in the shape [...]