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Renowned rock band Strings performed to an excited crowd at Pearl Continental hotel on Wednesday night. The concert was organised by the hotel to celebrate Independence Day. Strings hits such as Sar Ki Yeh Pahaar, Door Hai Koi, Hum Jaisa and Dil Bujh Giya enthralled their fans. Faisal Kapadia was on vocals, Bilal Maqsood and [...]

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to launch ‘Best University Teachers’ scheme under which 50 teachers will be awarded a cash prize of Rs100,000 each along with certificates of distinctions every year. In this connection, the HEC has earmarked Rs30 million, and initially 250 teachers will be awarded these cash prizes, said an official [...]

Pakistan’s goal-churning machine and penalty corner expert Sohail Abbas yearns for an Olympic gold at Athens for his field hockey team. Abbas, 23, has 247 goals from 201 international matches. He needs just 20 more goals to match the world record held by the legendary Dutch striker Paul Litjens…

A Fine Arts competition titled as ‘Expressions’ was organised to promote young artists. Like past years this year too, Pearl Continental Hotel as a part of Independence Day celebrations hosted the Art Extravaganza 2004. Artists between the age of 15 to 26 had been invited to send their artwork of various exciting mediums like calligraphy, [...]

Many Pakistani nationals travelling on the Samjhauta Express train that chugs out of the national capital twice a week usually go away with quantities of spices, pickles and grocery items. Senior Indian officials admit most such passengers are let through but action is taken against those who try to carry large quantities of items for [...]

Pakistan will introduce, from September 15, highly-sensitive machine readable passports (MRP), produced by NADRA by harnessing some 5,000 discreet components to authenticate both the automatic finger identification and facial recognition – a new concept in the world – said NADRA’s Chairman Brig (Retd) Saleem Ahmed Moeen. “The MRP, produced by a state-of-the-art computer technology, will [...]

Complex would have a pavilion for 1,000 spectators, a hostel, changing rooms etc. and would enable PTF to hold international competitions at this facility…

Bilateral trade between India and Pakistan saw 100 per cent growth in the 2003-04 financial year, say officials. According to official data available with the commerce ministry here, Pakistan and India traded $476.04 million worth of goods in different categories in the last fiscal as against $237.16 million in 2002-03…

Bollywood Actress Manisha Koirala and Juhi Babbar, daughter of yesteryear actor Raj Babbar are set to appear for the first time in a Pakistani movie titled Piyas to be produced by Khalil Rana…

Usman Ahmed, a 17-year old student from Lahore, could be the next Pakistani science sensation. Usman has just successfully completed a five-week course to which he had won entry through a worldwide competition. The annual research event for young scientists is sponsored by the Virginia-based Research Science Institute and run jointly by the world famous [...]