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The festival with a theme of ‘cultural action for change’ is being organized jointly by the Action aid, DASTAK, and the Interactive Resource Centre. Dr Fauzia Saeed, Khalid Ahmad, and Mohammad Waseem of the Action aid spoke at the function. The speakers said that over 40 participants, including artists, folk singers and musicians, belonging to [...]

This revolutionary combustion technology, which is being successfully introduced in various environment friendly countries of the world, is the most effective pollution reduction device, which simultaneously provides economic benefit to the end user. The details of a pilot programme to be launched in this regard were discussed in a meeting between the Minister and the [...]

Broadcasting from state of the art studios and production facilities in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore, CNBC Pakistan will transmit live programming in both Urdu and in English from a Pakistani perspective, 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. ‘CNBC Pakistan will be a notable addition to the Pakistani media landscape’, remarked Mr. Siddiqi, ‘and will [...]

Shooting for the first Indo-Pak television drama series, Muhabat Ka Sehar, will start on October 12 in Switzerland. The 19-epsiode series is written by Asghar Nadeem Saeed and will be directed by Ravi Roy. The cast includes Indian actors Moona Singh and Nandani and Pakistan actors Muammar Rana, Nirma and Sonia Falak…

As Indian and Pakistani diplomats meet to push forward peace, their border guards play out a jingoistic ritual of confrontation to the delight of thousands of onlookers from both sides. The carefully choreographed display of hostility takes place every evening at a flag-lowering ceremony on both sides of the rivals’ only border crossing. Loudspeakers blare [...]

The management of the Islamabad Zoo has devised a plan to provide animals with an environment as close to their natural habitat as possible, Forest Department Deputy Director Aurangzeb Awan said. The plan is aimed at attracting more visitors, he said. Mr Awan said that the zoo administration would improve the cages of leopards, wolfs, [...]

New licence cell-phone company WARID telecom will start its operation in Pakistan from the beginning of year 2005, said Chairman Warid Telecom and UAE Minister Shiekh Nahayan Mubarak Al-Nayhayan, says a news report. Sheikh Al-Nayhayan, who is also the chairman United Bank Limited, Bank Alflah and the minister for higher technology of the UAE was [...]

The sound of Pakistani music was punctuated by the crack of a bat and the cheers of the players on the field. The men in green were on the Brass City Cricket Club out of Waterbury, Conn., while the men in the red, black and white uniforms were the Spring Valley Cricket Club. The teams [...]

THE Search for Light exhibition presents an opportunity for Malaysians to view Islamic sculpture that is refreshingly contemporary and, yet, traditionally ethereal. The body of work on display comprises 11 sculptures illustrative of the various styles and themes that Pakistani artist Amin Gulgee has worked with over the past 15 years. In the early 1990s, [...]

Pakistani chefs use the same robust spices, chillies, turmeric, coriander, cumin and garam masala. And tandoori cooking and Mughlai food are intrinsic to their culture too. So can our much-loved, much-loathed neighbours claim their own culinary identity? Absolutely, say chefs visiting from across the border for an ongoing food festival in Mumbai. “The usage is [...]