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Karachi Art Director’s Award Winning Paintings Exhibiting in US

Lubna’s painting ‘Crows and Windows,’ recently won ‘Best in Show’ at the 2005 Sanctuary Art exhibit, a juried art show sponsored by the Massachusetts Audubon Society at the Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary Gallery, for her reflection of personal connection to nature and the meaning of ‘Sanctuary.’ Ms. Agha has been in the U.S. for more [...]

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Twenty20: A Shot in the Arm for Pakistan Cricket

Perhaps the Asian market represents the litmus test if Twenty20 cricket is to transform itself from a novel newcomer to a bona-fide global format. The reduced-overs game has been embraced at domestic level in England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. But a minor tournament last year in Bangladesh aside, Asia has remained slow on [...]

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Karachi ‘Floating’ Restaurant Aims to be World’s First Stationary Ship

The construction work on the ‘Floating Kitchen’ project, which will also be called ‘Majestic Ship’, is in full swing on the shore of Sea View in Defence Housing Authority. It is officially learnt that the ‘Floating Kitchen’ is envisaged to be the world’s first stationary ship that will look like a cruise ship on which [...]

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Rawalpindi Cock Fights Attract Die Hard Following

It takes 10 minutes to decide a fight between two roosters, but it requires at least 20 months to prepare a super fighting rooster. This traditional sport has no association or federation at the national level, but still there are thousands of diehard followers of this game in Rawalpindi. Like in boxing, there are different [...]

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Islamabad Professor Explains Feminism at Karachi Women’s Workshop

In a lucid style, the learned professor who heads the gender studies department at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, explained six phases of feminism, from liberal feminism to the echo-feminism in present times. It started in the first quarter of the 19th century when women started talking about their basic human rights. Now when their equal status [...]

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Free Indian Surgery Saves Pakistani’s Eye Sight

A 19-year-old boy from Lahore — Omar Zafar — couldn’t bear to see his father suffer due to poor eyesight. He decided to contact eye hospitals in India. In a letter to Venu Eye Institute at Sheikh Sarai, he wrote that his family could not afford to pay the treatment bill and requested them to [...]

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Private Airline to Begin Lahore-Doha Flights

Shaheen Air International (SAI), Pakistan’s private airline will soon launch a new flight for Lahore from Doha. SAI commenced its operations in Pakistan in 1993 under the aegis of Shaheen Foundation, a welfare trust of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) personnel. SAI is the first private carrier of Pakistan which was honoured with the title of [...]

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Bhatti’s Fashion Show Dazzles Islamabad

Paris-based Pakistani fashion Guru Mehmood Bhatti and his stunning French models dazzled the capital audience at the grand gala Fashion Extravaganza titled “Zephyr Collection”. The evening started with a short documentary based on the activities of Ummed-e-Noor for the welfare of special children. The alluring apparels along with the lido dance performance and lilting songs [...]

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First Ever Twenty20 Tournament Begins as Dolphins Beat Lions

A sizzling 59-ball 112 by former Pakistan skipper Moin Khan inspired Karachi Dolphins to a 17-run win against Lahore Lions in the inaugural ABN-Amro Twenty20 Cup at the Qadhafi Stadium on Monday and also sent a message to the selectors that he is still good enough to play international cricket.Moin cracked six mighty sixes and [...]

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Old Russian Tanks Fuel Pakistan Steel Industry Boom

Situated in the heart of Pakistan’s second largest city, the market is essentially a raw material supply source for the country’s expanding steel industry. The boom in the steel industry is part of Pakistan’s overall economic growth which is expected to touch seven per cent during the current fiscal year. Pakistan has around 85 steel [...]

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