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Bollywood-style looks appear to be a no-no for some Malaysian employers applying for workers from Pakistan. This strange request came from an employer who obviously did not want romance to hinder the smooth operations of his firm, as experienced by some who had employed Bangladeshi workers in the past. OEC managing director Masood-ur-Rahman Masood smiled [...]

The Lahore Zoo has erected barriers around the chimpanzee cage because Romeo, the male chimpanzee, gets upset if people come too close to his two and a half month-old baby, Honey. Romeo began to draw crowds after he began throwing water at people to ward them off. He would fill his mouth with water from [...]

One hundred households in twin-village of Narian Khorian on the outskirts of Rawalpindi district bordering Attock, are anxiously waiting for the formal inauguration of their dream project — the electric power supply to their homes! He said the solar panels have a guaranteed life span of a minimum of 25 years while the battery and [...]

The road on which Koocha-i-Saqafat was held was divided into three parts. Those who came from the Arts Council roundabout first entered the art centre where paintings, specimen of calligraphy and sculptures were on display. The second section of Koocha-i-Saqafat comprised a book bazaar where a few booksellers offered huge discounts – up to 33 [...]

The Victor Company of Japan (JVC) a household name of yesteryears in home entertainment has planned a grand comeback in Pakistani market. JVC established in 1927 produced its first television in 1940 and in 1976 introduced world’s first VHS-Video Recorder changing the concept of home entertainment. Replying to a query regarding the worth of the [...]

Leading Swedish-based retailer IKEA is keen to import household items worth Euro 100 million 9US$130 million) during the next fiscal year. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and IKEA, in the meanwhile are jointly organizing EPB-IKEA conference at Karachi and Lahore on May 17 and 19, respectively. The EPB has advised companies engaged in manufacturing home [...]

Shazia’s finger, which has been mysteriously churning out needles and operated upon five times for 8 needles to be taken out so far, didn’t show any sign of the new one cropping up, when X-rayed after two days of the last operation, while her mystified family members attribute this to the outcome of successful counter-measures [...]

Based on the topic, ‘Find Yourself,’ Quratul Ain has created free forms that have metallic surfaces embellished with thumb pins to produce the effect of movement. Most of her work is figurative and stylised. Both the artists are conscious of the difficulties that they may encounter in pursuing a career as sculptors but are determined [...]

New Park Energy Ltd (NPEL) in Thatta district of Sindh has launched the first wind energy project. It will produce 45 megawatt as a first step towards becoming the 100-megawatt pilot project to be completed by the end of 2005. The wind generated electricity would be provided to the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) to [...]

According to State Bank during the last one week the foreign reserves with a 0.40 million dollars increase have remained at 13.2 billion dollars. The foreign exchange reserves under custody of the bank with a 10 million dollar increase have remained at 10.23 billion dollars while there has been a 66-lac dollars decrease in the [...]