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Currently in the city to promote his first solo album, Social Circus, the shiny-headed, irreverent and utterly candid former lead singer of Junoon says he actually quit acting seven years ago. Azmat says he’ll never move to Mumbai, even though his professional prospects might seem better here. But don’t assume that Pakistan’s most famous rocker [...]

From a painter’s palettes to terracotta to simply chewing gum, 71 Italian artists exploited different materials to produce 171 art works in one standard size to be the part of a roving exhibition, titled, Roma Punto Uno, presently at the Italian Cultural Centre for two-weeks. Bruno A Pasquino said Roma Punto Uno consists of a [...]

It is easier to start up or wind up a business, hire and fire workers, in Pakistan than India, says a latest report of the World Bank. The report Doing Business 2006 included Pakistan in one of the 12 top reformers in the world. The bank gives Pakistan an overall ranking of 60 on the [...]

The number of cellular phone subscribers in the country continues to rise and has crossed the mark of 15 million, with cellphone companies hoping the customer base is likely to double in the next two to five years. Operators believe with cheap calls on top of falling handset costs, the demand for mobile phones is [...]

Pakistan has launched a Pop Idol-style hunt for talented fast bowlers to face England later this year. The Pakistan Cricket Board will hold trials in 10 cities across Pakistan and the best fast bowlers outside first-class competition will be picked. The talent scouts, a team of former Test players headed by national selector Ehteshamuddin will [...]

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has stepped in at the last minute to allow a pipe band to play at tomorrow’s record-breaking piping attempt in Holyrood Park. The head of state said the trip was important for international relations and personally organised 31 flight tickets for the band, who touched down in Edinburgh yesterday. Pipefest 2005, [...]

Pakistani rock band Jal was performing for the first time in Bangladesh. JPR Events had brought to the music lovers and concert -goers in Dhaka. Jal-An Urdu word of Persian origin, which simply means ‘water’. Playing along the lines of Latin-Acoustic Guitars; the main emphasis of their music is one the melodies and the lyrical [...]

Security is certainly not an issue for the Indian players who have gone to Pakistan for the inaugural Super Hockey League. Rather, a day before the real action unfolds on the field, they were all excited about the new opportunity and focussed about the task at hand. The Indians are happy to be back in [...]

The city is increasingly influenced by the broadcasts of the growing numbers of FM radio channels. These channels have mainly targeted and immensely affected the youngsters. One can hear such expressions in every locality of the city, whether it is upmarket Defence and Clifton, middle-class Gulshan-e- Iqbal and North Nazimabad or slums of Liaquatabad, Lyari [...]

The fast developing port city of Gawadar will have its first state of the art desalination plant with capacity of purifying 0.2 million gallons per day (MGD) water in next six months. Associated Builders, a part of Hashoo Group conglomerate on Wednesday inked an agreement with Pure Water Technologies for installing this Rs100 million project. [...]