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The city’s classical-and light-music fans were treated to a scintillating evening of the classics and lighter music at the Alliance Francais on Monday. The piano and strings trio, the strings being a violin and a viola, from Chicago, comprised seasoned musicians who also are music teachers back home. The evening’s performance, as one would have [...]

“The institution of clubs took roots in the Subcontinent with the advent of the British Raj. Starting from Calcutta, which became the first imperial outpost and the capital, was launched the once most exclusive Royal Bengal Club. It was the forerunner of many such clubs and almost every major town in due course could boast [...]

Paktel, a subsidiary of South Africa-based Millicom International Cellular, has approached the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) following Lahore High Court (LHC) directives to the company to approach the authority for GSM operations licence. Sources close to the authority said the company had formally submitted an appeal to the authority as asked by the LHC. ‘Today [...]

All that school-children in Pakistan know about the hilly Salt Ranges, is that they are home to the oldest and largest rock-salt mines in the world. Every Sunday, groups of students visit the ranges and gaze in wonder at the fascinating spectacle of light filtering though solid walls of salt, with the gentle sound of [...]

Thirty couples, including five non-Muslims, tied the knot on Sunday in a joint wedding ceremony at Aiwan-e-Iqbal, under the supervision of the Punjab government. Acting Punjab Governor Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry was the chief guest on the occasion, which was attended by over 1,000 guests. After this ceremony, 683 couples have been married. The provincial [...]

Hina Khan, a student of Mass Communication at Kinnaird College for Women, will represent Pakistan at an international conference organised by Harvard University. The conference will be held in Shanghai from August 18 to 21. Ms Hina will present a paper on ‘Population Planning’.

These channels would include PTV Gold, PTV Sports, PTV Islamic and others. He said that the agreement with the companies would be for five years. He said that 51 percent of the profit would be given to PTV Foundation and 49 percent to the company…

Touched by the decision of Pakistan Government to rename a school in his village of birth after him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday expressed “warm appreciation for this gesture of goodwill” on the part of his counterpart Shujaat Hussain…

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On the lawn, the bowler, or pitcher, got a running start and hurled the ball overhead so it soared over a 66-foot-long burlap mat. Nine players gathered around the mat and watched the batsman swing as the small red ball bounced upward. On the street, drivers slowed to look, and teenagers walking toward the basketball [...]