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According to an elderly citizen, there used to be dozens of water troughs in Karachi but she has witnessed their steady destruction. Few people know who Shrimati Aplibai was. But perhaps some people do know what she did for Karachi. At a time before the creation of Pakistan, she had a water trough constructed outside [...]

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) came up with a novel idea to provide extra support for quake survivors during the inclement weather. The organisation has enlisted 100 volunteers to staff rapid response teams in Muzaffarabad to answer calls for urgent assistance. For example, through round-the-clock announcements on Power99 FM and Azad Kashmir Radio, IOM [...]

The day kicks off in the afternoon at the shrine of Data Ganj Baksh Hajveri (Bestower of Treasures), a 11th century Sufi mystic renowned for his concern for the poor, outside the old city. Some of the best quawwali singers from far and near, including the legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, turned up to [...]

With the help of the Canadian High Commission in Islamabad, the KaraFilm Society and a major national newspaper, Mehta’s film Water, the last of the trilogy that started with Fire and Earth, was shown at a private screening at the city’s new Arts Council auditorium. Diplomatic victories between India and Pakistan are few and far [...]

Engineer Anwar, who runs a part-time marriage bureau and has to his credit the solemnization of 136 successful marriages, believes that lack of socialisation is one of the main reasons why families seek the help of matchmakers. Hundreds of couples get married every year but even then finding Mr/Mrs Right continues to remain an issue [...]

Noreen is one of countless women in northern Pakistan whose lives were turned upside down by the Oct. 8 earthquake that killed more than 73,000 people and left 3 million homeless. Noor Ulain said she had always wanted to find a job when she finished studying, but her father had never agreed. But after the [...]

Karachi’s fast growing stock market has helped lift prospects for Pakistan’s largest mutual fund – National Investment Trust, which is slated for privatisation in March this year. The fortunes of the three banks are in contrast to 10 years ago, when NIT’s total assets were worth Rps9bn and the banks bought their stakes on the [...]

Among other creative works like Pekhawar Kho Pekhawar Dey Ka Na; Bibi Sherine, etc, reproducing a ghazal of prominent mystic poet Rehman Baba with video shots is another attempt to attract viewers in this modern day communication revolution. With the rising trend of giving new touch and remixing old songs, Ghazals and poems, etc, of [...]

The city took the lead after satellite-based global positioning system (GPS) started functioning regularly from Sunday airing signal to police functionaries that they are being watched by their superiors. With Rescue 15 Centre at Qasim Bagh as its headquarters, the system gets information from the satellite about the whereabouts of a vehicle fitted with a [...]

Built in 1998, the Sir Shahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology showcases artefacts dating back to 45,000 BC. Another gallery displays excavations from Harrapa, representing the lifestyle of the Indus civilisation in two distinct periods, Harrapa and mature Harrapa. Next on display is the Gandhara civilisation. One of the galleries displays the [...]