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Andrea Meadows is swapping her Yorkshire tones for Urdu on her first single which she hopes will eventually bring together artists from all over the world. Thanks to dad Cliff Jenkyns she was invited to perform for 8,000 people … “My dad phoned me at work and said ‘can you take next week off? You’re [...]

The picture of founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah has been printed first time distinctly and size of the picture has also been enlarged. On the back of the currency a picture of Mohenjodaro, a historical place, located in interior Sindh, has been printed. The signature of governor SBP has been printed first time in [...]

Now a visitor will have to be prepared to endure a permanent sound of kat-a-kat, kat-a-kat, kat-a-kat and chip-chop chip-chop. People come here to have delicious Biryani and Haleem, and also get their share of chicken and lamb rotating on radiant skewers. Most shopkeepers of Burns Road are happy and hope for brighter business prospects. [...]

The district government will bear all the education expenses of a seven-year-old ‘genius’ Asad Ullah Qayyum, including his lodging and boarding. The boy, who belongs to Kanjrur village of Shakargarh Tehsil, would be sent to Aitchison College for his better education. Asad Ullah, who can reportedly deliver speeches on Seerat-un-Nabi in 12 languages, has been [...]

Starting business in India takes nearly three months compared to just 5 days in US, 41 days in China and less than a months time in Pakistan, according to World Bank’s report ‘Doing Business in 2005′. While India fared better than Brazil, where opening a business was said to take as many as 152 days, [...]

The Pakistani army plucked a stranded climber from an icy ledge on one of the world’s most treacherous mountains in a daring high-altitude rescue yesterday. Two Lama helicopters hovered at almost 6,700 metres (21,980 ft) over Nanga Parbat, a Himalayan peak known as “killer mountain”, to rescue Tomaz Humar, a 36-year-old Slovene alpinist. Photographs posted [...]

Movie houses that once saw audiences queue for Pakistan’s home-grown “Lollywood” productions now say they need to screen films made by their once bitter rivals in glitzy Mumbai, the former Bombay, in order to survive. In the golden age of Pakistani cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, four studios in Lahore and two in Karachi [...]

Seeking to tap this expertise from a nation that is a world powerhouse in the sport, Greece’s fledgling cricketers are now sending feelers to the Athens-based Pakistani community. But a way out of this deadlock could lie in a handful of open spaces around Athens where hundreds of Pakistanis — part of a 30,000-strong community [...]

Pakistan is going gaga over a ten-year-old girl with a wholesome face. Last week, she was the recipient of Fatima Jinnah Medal, easily the youngest of the 60 women and four men, awarded for work that has impacted the status of women in Pakistan. Arfa is the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), which per [...]

A1 Team Pakistan announces Racing Team and New Driver. Super Nova is one of the world’s most successful racing teams with a staggering history of wins. It has been responsible for developing world class stars such as Juan Pablo Montoya and Mark Webber. A1 Team Pakistan is also proud to announce another driver, Adam Khan. [...]