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Half a world away from her close-knit family and her home in Karachi, Pakistan, Tayyaba Rizvi has found herself warmly welcomed into the busy household of her new ‘mom,’ Bonnie Schutts, and new Kayla, age 11. Rizvi finds Dunn County’s rural landscape and comparatively low population density a marked contrast to the very crowded city [...]

The only window of hope for the survivors of the earthquake are the Karakoram porters, who can keep the supply lines open during these harsh conditions.. Most of the trekking and mountaineering porters in Pakistan hail from Baltistan and Upper Hunza and they frequently have to carry heavy loads in remote areas, sometimes higher than [...]

The animal transport battalions of the Pakistan Army have a long, proud history. This is a mercy mission. And while it may be a physical challenge for a soft, city-living correspondent, to the men and mules of the 72nd Animal Transport Battalion of the Pakistan Army, it’s a day at the office. What really bothered [...]

Hajee Hanif drives a cab now, but there’s more to his story than meets the eye. Hajee Hanif, 62, left India for Pakistan at the age of four. And when Evanston residents and students hail a 303 Taxi, they just might find Hanif sitting in the driver’s seat. The Chicagoan breaking his Ramadan fast with [...]

But, like many things about Inzamam, first impressions can be misleading. Just as he’s not as overweight as many would have you believe, or as slow between the wickets (the run-out against India is one of only three he’s suffered in 102 Tests), nor is he the rural dolt. The youngest of six children, he [...]

In 1972 Saghir Tahir left Lahore, Pakistan with about $100 to his name. Today he is a successful businessman and elected representative to the New Hampshire State Legislature in the New England region of the United States. The secret to his success, he says, is hard work. “I wanted to take my kids out of [...]

INVESTMENT holding company Eden Enterprises (M) Bhd plans to invest US$1 billion (US$1 = RM3.77) in the energy, housing, tourism and construction sectors in Pakistan. The proposed investment will include the development of two power plant projects that the company will jointly participate with local partners. Pakistan’s Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB) approved the development [...]

BOB WOOLMER has always been one of cricket’s greatest enthusiasts and students but he is relishing his present role as coach of Pakistan. Nowhere is there more natural aptitude for cricket than on the sub-continent. The ideas are no different from those being applied in other Test-playing countries by other independent coaches, but in some [...]

In Gulistan-e-Jauhar, there is one name which is on the lips of everyone, whether that person lives in Gulistan-e-Jauhar or some adjoining locality. That place is called “Perfume Chowk.” The name comes from a perfume shop originally which has been running for seven years at the same place. Mursaleen Khan Sherwani established his business after [...]

Mukhtaran Bibi, a Pakistani rape victim, is to receive a “Woman Of the Year” award today from the US magazine Glamour. The 31-year-old Punjabi villager will also receive $20,000 (£11,350) at a ceremony in New York’s Lincoln Centre alongside 11 other nominees including Catherine Zeta-Jones. “This is a story that I think is going to [...]