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Lahore College Plans Women’s FM Station, Gender Studies

Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) hopes to strike a blow for gender equality with its new course in gender and development studies and by starting Pakistan’s first FM radio station run by women. She said the course is being taught by qualified teachers and a Canadian professor is expected to join the university soon. [...]

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Lahore Fair Highlights Pakistan’s Invisible Female Artisans

The issue driving forward the fair was clearly etched out in the slogan; “Visible Products, Invisible hands.” It sought to make visible poverty-stricken women across Pakistan, who turn to the traditional arts of their area-usually passed down from mother to daughter over generations-to increase their household income. But because these women are manacled by 3 [...]

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Pakistan Create History in Caribbean, Clean Sweep West Indies

Pakistan became the second team to complete a clean sweep of an international cricket series in the Caribbean when they won the third and final one-day international against West Indies by 22 runs. Pakistan also won the first ODI last Wednesday at Arnos Vale by 59 runs, and the second by 40 runs on Saturday [...]

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Karachi Port Wins International IT Gold Medal

The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has been awarded gold medal by the International Association of Ports and Harbour (IAPH) for its commitment to promote the use of Information Technology (IT) in port operation and allied facilities. On the occasion of 50th anniversary the IAPH has launched the IT Award 2005 as a reward to those [...]

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Foreign Remittances Changing Rural Pakistani Lifestyles

The children have Swatch watches, branded sports shoes and other symbols of affluence. In obvious contrast, their mother and paternal grandparents, with whom they live, still dress in the simple cotton clothes of poverty. She regards the refrigerator, flat-screen television set and air-conditioner in their house with a wariness akin to suspicion. Regular remittances sent [...]

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Pakistani Tutoring House in US Helps Students Get in the Zone

After running a tutoring business in Pakistan for more than 30 years, Anwar Khan said he decided to develop a similar center here. More than 15,000 students, he says, have gone through his Pakistan tutoring center. Mariyam has worked about five years for Kumon, a well-known tutoring business in the area; Thomas has tutored independently [...]

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US Department Store Doubles Pakistan Imports

US department store operator JC Penney says it will double its readymade garments and home textiles imports from Pakistan over a two-year period. JC Penney’s Tom Gorski said that the amount of textile exports from Pakistan would grow by PKR8 billion as a result of the deal. Gorski said that the sale of Pakistani-produced merchandise [...]

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Study Shows Karachi Among 12 ‘Extended Cities’ in Asia

Karachi is among the 12 cities in Asia after Tokyo, Mumbai, Beijing, Metro Manila and Seoul, where development has sprawled into the surrounding countryside. According to a study, these are greater than cities plus suburbs, for almost all development has sprawled into the surrounding countryside, enveloping villages, towns, and small and medium-size cities, creating ‘extended [...]

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Pakistan Telecommunication Best Performing in Asia

Pakistan Telecommunication, Indosat of Indonesia and True of Thailand are the best performers among Asian phone shares this month as investors bet on expansion in nations with the fastest growth in subscribers. Investors are following Singapore Telecommunications and Norway’s Telenor, which have bought stakes in cellphone operators in South Asia and Southeast Asia to benefit [...]

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Pakistan Economic Growth Hits 20 Year High

Pakistan’s big textile sector, which grew more than 24 per cent, led the rise in large-scale manufacturing. Textile investors are estimated to have poured up to $6bn (A$4.7bn, A$3.3bn) into the sector in the five years to the end of 2004. The Karachi stock exchange’s 100 share index closed 1.6 per cent higher, spurred mainly [...]

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