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Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to celebrate the historical cricket win over England of 1954 with Golden Jubilee celebrations to honour Heroes of Oval on August 16 . The ceremony in this connection will be organised at Qazafi Stadium Lahore where eight Heroes of Oval Test and families of three deceased players of Pakistan squad [...]

Pakistanis and Indians living in the greater Washington area held a peace march this weekend to celebrate their 57th Independence Day. The organizers had chosen the afternoon of Aug. 14 for the rally, when it was still the Pakistani independence day in the United States and people in India had begun their independence day celebrations, [...]

India and Pakistan may not be among the elite teams in field hockey any longer, but their popularity with fans around the world remains undiminished. The evening programme of the Olympic hockey competition on Sunday featuring Pakistan against world champions Germany and India against holders Netherlands drew full houses for the first time at the [...]

In emerging markets like Pakistan, industrial houses tend to be shy to share quite a bit of information about their business operations. No doubt, listed companies now make more disclosures as prescribed by law. They also have to present a corporate profile and credit rating to raise funds from capital market for business expansion and [...]

In a new spirit of camaraderie, India and Pakistan warmly greeted each other on their 57th anniversary of independence from Britain. Pakistan became an independent nation on Aug. 14, 1947 and India a minute after the midnight. That’s why India celebrates its Independence Day on Aug. 15…

Pakistan has formally signed the documents and accepted the DNA test condition of the European Union (EU) for the inclusion of its Super Basmati variety in zero-rated duty regime for imports. Now, Pakistan’s super basmati rice will enter the European market without any tariff or non-tariff barriers at zero import duty with the start of [...]

The atmosphere was relaxed at the Indo-Pak joint check post at Wagah on Saturday as the international gates opened at around 8.30 am. Pakistan Rangers lead by their Deputy Director General Brigadier Sakhi presented baskets of sweets to the Commandant of BSF’s 12 Battalion, Pardeep Katyal. After all, it was Pakistan’s Independence Day…

The English may be a foreign language, but it is international in its significance. It is rightly taken as the lingua franca, the common language in all parts of the world today. There is need to learn and use it in our country even though we also need to develop and adopt our own national [...]

A new game show to be hosted by an action-entertainment TV channel here promises participants would re-live the thrill and excitement of an “India-Pakistan sporting encounter”. The show, called “AXN Xtreme: India vs. Pakistan Challenge!” will make participants “prevail over extreme situations, extreme conditions and overcome extreme challenges”…

A 22-member cultural troupe from Pakistan will participate in the festival, which begins on August 20. The first batch leaves today, while a second batch will leave on August 18…