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A sophisticated Manufacturing Technologies Development Centre (MTDC) will be established at the department of mechanical engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. This was stated by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman, Dr Attaur Rehman, on Monday. In this regard, an amount of Rs120 million has been approved by the recently held Central Development Working [...]

E-Journalism, vital requirement of the 21st century epoch for swift dissemination of news and views, around the globe, eventually touched the zeniths of a magnificent recognition in Pakistan when PIP, the apex and strapping voice in the journalistic arena in the country held the first-ever seminar on the topic here Saturday…

LAWYERS’ fraternity of both sides being the powerful and vocal leaders can help in building an amicable environment which can help the governments of India and Pakistan to resolve their problems. This was stated by Chaudhary Muhammad Hanif Khatana, Additional Advocate General of the Lahore High Court on his arrival at the Maharaja Ranjit Singh [...]

One recent Sunday evening at midnight in a town near here, Kohsar Riaz sat down eagerly in her favorite living room chair for her weekly dose of ARY One World network’s “Drama Hour” and was instantly engrossed in the depressing tale of a hijra (cross-dresser) disowned by family and friends, desperate for acceptance and hopelessly [...]

The National Art Gallery is finally surfacing at a prominent place on the Constitution Avenue after a number of designs and various site relocations. The project, costing Rs 250 million, is expected to be complete by the end of this year. The gallery’s building has been designed in a way that art collections will be [...]

The Caritas Pakistan, a non-governmental organisation, has built a playground for blind girls in Youhanabad. Abdul Rauf Rohilla, district governor of the Rotary Club Midtown, inaugurated the playground on Sunday. He praised Caritas Pakistan for helping the blind and pledged that the Rotary Club was always ready to cooperate with Caritas…

With the inauguration of a $100 million cogeneration plant designed to generate 94 megawatts of electricity and three million gallons of desalinated water a day by the Defence Housing Authority , work on a long-awaited project has finally got under way. According to a document issued by the DHA detailing the salient features of the [...]

Smelling a cut-throat competition after the advent of two more cellular phone companies, the existing operators have geared their efforts up for an improved market share. After free roaming incentive and a host of other offers – the state-owned Ufone, on the eve of Pakistan’s Independence Day, made ripples in the telecommunication market by providing [...]

An American university has included illustrations of the first Pakistani female cartoonist, Nigar Nazar, in its two books, a press release here Saturday said. The Career Center of the University of Oregon, USA, in a letter have expressed their appreciation and gratitude to Nigar Nazar of Gogi fame, for her valuable contribution in illustrating their [...]

A two-day event called “Food Street” in Lahore, Pakistan last summer drew over 6,000 people looking to sample food from four different provinces. A year later, that curiosity was shared halfway around the world on Staten Island — albeit on a smaller scale — when some 200 people packed a Pakistani picnic held last month [...]