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The country’s software industry is set to taste a windfall as the federal government has decided to award projects of the e-government of around one billion rupees to local companies. The federal government launched the e-government programme in 2002, with an aggressive campaign to put all public service departments online, but plans almost failed to [...]

The existence of links between Pakistan and Central Asia at the end of 3rd and the beginning of 2nd millennium B.C is beyond doubts. Pakistan and Central Asia are seats of original cultures and centers world’s earliest civilizations. Pakistan’s cultural contacts with central Asia can be traced back to the Prehistoric times. In the Indian [...]

The first volume of Alhamra Literary Review is a successful attempt to break the silence of people who are inhibited or reluctant about expressing themselves and publishing their works. This unique collection of unpublished English writings by individuals both young and old is a refreshing blend of creative expressions in the form of poetry, fiction, [...]

Aisamul Haq created history when he booked a World Group playoff berth for Pakistan after a thumping straight set triumph over Taiwan’s Lu Yen in reverse singles in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group-I on Sunday. With brilliant passing shots, anticipation and court coverage, Aisam prevailed over the Taiwanese. Both Aisam and Yen were tied [...]

Stephanie Bosch performed on the flute. She is a disciple of Pandit Hariparsad Chaurasia, a master of classical Indian music and well known for his command of the bansuri. She studied with him in Mumbai and Rotterdam. She has given solo performances on the flute in Germany, Netherlands, India and Sri Lanka. The artist, together [...]

Faisalabad Wolves held their nerves to defeat a generous but spirited Karachi Dolphins by two wickets in the final of Pakistan’s inaugural Twenty20 Cup at a packed-to-capacity Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Pakistan Cricket Board could not have hoped for a better script to the grand finale that went to the wire as the Wolves, chasing [...]

As the Karakorum season approaches, a surprising number of teams are looking to tackle Nanga Parbat, the isolated 8125m peak in western Pakistan. At least ten expeditions will head for the mountain starting in mid May. Some of those might consist of different teams sharing the same climbing permit, so the total number will surely [...]

The lead vocalist of Junoon – a radical rock band of the last decade, Ali Azmat, has launched his first solo album titled ‘Social Circus’. The album is released by Sadaf Stereo. Describing his album’s theme, he said it was a personal expression — a kind in which philosophical moods and thematically expressed events of [...]

A BRITON who held television viewers spellbound as he enthusiastically sampled every aspect of life in Pakistan, from dire poverty to the gun law of wild tribal areas, was given his reward yesterday — the promise of Pakistani citizenship. In one of the more challenging reality shows, George Fulton, a burly 26-year-old journalist from Cheshire, [...]

When the late legendary qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan first sang in the United States, his concerts weren’t so different from those he performed in his native Pakistan. Now carrying the message forward from a family line five centuries long are the young Khans — Rizwan and Muazzam Ali Khan — one critic dubbed [...]