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Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) will be rolling off its own version, an 11-day long event to be played at the Hockey Club of Pakistan. To add some ‘colour’ to the Rs2.63-million league PHF has, however, succeeded in inviting six Indians. Interestingly, world record holder Sohail Abbas has not been included in any of the six [...]

The group of Japanese students was ever so polite and attentive while communicating with the guests around them. Attired in Pakistani dresses of ‘kameez-shalwar’ suits, the young Japanese students were almost respectful and minded the local cultural sensitivities. Mr Yamane, who brings his students to from the Urdu Department in Osaka University of Foreign Studies [...]

Honda‘s automobile production and sales joint venture in Pakistan, today held a Manufacturing Capacity Expansion ceremony of its auto plant. To meet ever-increasing demand for automobiles in Pakistan, where economic growth continues. The annual production capacity will be doubled from the current 25,000 units to 50,000 units by the end of 2006. The automobile market [...]

Insan Foundation Pakistan (IFP) uses the powerful medium of street theatre to captivate audiences in Delhi with its simple message for peace in the region. The troupe had two plays in its repertoire for Indian audiences. The first play carries a powerful message of peace and is entitled Gall Nikki Jaee (meaning ‘A Small Matter’). [...]

Arfa Karim, the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, was awarded a gold medal in a reception hosted by Pakistani IT professionals in Dubai. The 10 year old has recently received the Fatimah Jinnah Gold Medal in Science and Technology and the Salaam Pakistan Youth Award 2005. The smart 6th grade student revealed her plans study [...]

There was a time when there were not many flower shops in Pakistan and the people would ask the mali working in the garden next door to make a small bouquet. However, times have changed since. Most flowers come from Punjab town of Pattoki and include roses, lilies, irises, tuberoses, daffodils and gladiolas. A few [...]

Unicef Pakistan has appointed Strings – one of the leading Pakistani pop groups, as national ambassadors for HIV/Aids. Strings will join Unicef ambassadors around the world from the entertainment and sports fields to combat HIV/Aids. The group’s stars believed that their music could be both a means of social commentary and form of self expression. [...]

The parliament of Pakistan includes 21.3% women, placing it at a highly respectable rank of 40, higher than many western countries. The ranking is helped in no small measure by a law in 2002, under which 60 of the 342 seats in the national assembly (17%) are to be allocated to women. Pakistan is the [...]

The London-Sydney Friendship motor rally 2005 left for Islamabad after an overnight stopover here on Sunday. Fifteen vehicles, including 12 vintage 1970 models of Jaguar, Mercedes, Pontiac, Porsche and Chevrolet, entered the Pakistan leg of the world tour on Saturday evening from the Iranian border town of Taftan. Thirty-five people were riding the vehicles. The [...]

Pakistan emerged as new boxing powerhouse of the continent when their boxers grabbed three gold and a silver medal in the 23rd Asian Boxing Championship, also lifting the team trophy, on Sunday evening at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. It was a rare moment in the history of Pakistan boxing when three pugilists — [...]