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The Italian minister for agriculture and forestry Giavino Allemanno laid the foundation stone here for the construction of a museum to the mountaineering efforts on K-2. He was speaking at the concluding session of the month-long K-2 golden jubilee celebrations and the 51st anniversary of the conquest of Nanga Parbat here. Speaking to journalists, Mr [...]

When Rubab Raza hits the water at Athens on August 20, she will be making history — the 15-year-old will be the first Pakistani woman in an Olympic swimming event. And though she has no illusions of winning a medal, she’s aware that her presence alone will boost the cause of women’s swimming in Pakistan. [...]

Pakistan has surpassed India in denim production and analysts say there was a great scope for its exports to all over the world. “We expect denim exports is expected to surge by a CAGR of 3-4 per cent in the next 5 years,” research analyst Faisal Shaji said on Wednesday. He said: “Simultaneously, Pakistan is [...]

HANDICRAFTS SPELL magic. They have distinct features that identify the places of their origin. Handicrafts made in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh or Uttar Pradesh have characteristics peculiar to the culture of those States. The touch of class that makes the Indian handicrafts is different from that of the neighbouring countries. The handicrafts from Pakistan exhibit [...]

Fifty-five-year-old Allah Wasayo is still unmarried. He complains his relatives turned down his proposals of marriage fearing that he would eat up his wife. To be fair to them, their fears were not entirely unfounded. Mr Wasayo munches tube lights and teacups and consumes huge quantity of food with equal ease. A Sindhi-speaking Qambrani, Mr [...]

A record number of 127 mountaineers from 12 different expeditions had launched climbing bids on K-2 this season with 43 of them having already reached the summit , surpassing the previous record of 29 climbers going all the way on this peak, set in 1996. These K2-bound climbers were among the over 1,300 trekkers and [...]

Amir Khan is Britain’s youngest Olympian in Athens. He will also be the loneliest being the only boxer from his country to qualify for the Games. The 17-year-old lightweight faces a huge battle if he is to achieve his dream of bettering his hero Muhammad Ali’s feat, who won Olympic gold at the age of [...]

Cellular market continues to get a boost The cellular market across Pakistan continues to see a rush in its demand, eversince the two cardinal GSM operators, Mobilink and U-fone, announced to drop roaming charges for its subscribers. The Mobilink – the largest mobile service provider – went one step ahead and announced to remove long [...]

Rehman is one of the country’s top journalists and columnists. His columns on political, human rights and other issues appear regularly in English newspapers and journals. He is also associated with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Established in 1957, the Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize. It honours the memory [...]

While Mahesh Bhatt plans to cast Pakistani actress Meera in his supernatural thriller Nazar, Kamal Haasan wants to make a love story spanning the two countries with a Pakistani actress in the lead. The two sides seem to be coming closer than ever before through cinema. Amidst reports that Islamabad might lift the nearly 40-year-old [...]