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Thomas of Germany won the Tour de Pakistan International cycle race which ended at Balahisar Fort on Wednesday. “Tour de Pakistan is one of the toughest cycle races, and I had never thought about winning it. Iran claimed the first position in team event well ahead of Wapda, Sui Southern Gas, Germany, Sindh, Railway, NWFP [...]

Umar Sheikh, 31, British-born, New York-trained and married to a woman from New Jersey, long dreamed of running his own restaurant. London was too expensive. New York was too risky. Karachi seemed just right. His gamble, in this restive port city better known for its religious radicals than its ravioli, has worked so far. Limoncello, [...]

After the tremendous success of Phantom of the Opera last spring, Shah Sharahbeel is back to rock the town with his latest theatre blockbuster Moulin Rouge, a play termed the event of the year at Lahore in 2003. The play opens on Friday as the grand finale of the Margalla Festival at the same venue [...]

The remote and arid Cholistan Desert was the unlikely scene for a jeep rally in Pakistan last week that served to promote the forgotten culture and provide entertainment to the public. The event proved to be a great success as it not only tested the skills of 76 drivers but also promoted the Cholistani culture [...]

Sixteen months into a cautious peace process between India and Pakistan, trade between the two nuclear powers is still an exercise in frustration and missed opportunities. Trade is improving, too, and is on course to rise more than 150 per cent in the financial year that ends this month to about US$500 million ($680 million), [...]

Amid high security, the Miss Canada Pakistan pageant went off without a hitch in Toronto with a packed audience and a dozen nervous contestants — defying detractors who claimed it dishonoured Islam. Thirteen women braved earlier religious protest as they took to the stage as contestants of the controversial beauty pageant Saturday night. “We’re trying [...]

The evening’s most popular attraction was one that nearly every woman, and even some men, lined up and waited the better part of an hour to participate in. The henna demonstration booth, set up in the ballroom’s northwest corner, attracted children, not yet old enough to walk, as well as grandparents who marveled at the [...]

A pair of puma has joined the inhabitants of the Karachi Zoo, increasing the size of the big cat family to 10. The zoo authorities told The News that the one-year-old pair was added to the zoo on Monday and they were contented with the new atmosphere. The new tenders had already been invited for [...]

Indians might be beating Pakistan in cricket but on the bourses, Pakistani indices have stolen a march over Indian indices. Pakistan’s benchmark index, the Karachi Stock Exchange 100 (KSE100), has delivered 480% return since 2000, compared to 44% by the Sensex. A booming economy, economic reforms and a big push to the privatisation process has [...]

“We bought a few rugs from our native Pakistan, but, at the time, we weren’t too serious about it,” said Ayesha, who owned a Mexican/Italian restaurant in Pakistan before moving to New Mexico in 1999. Her husband, who came to the United States in 1979 and met his wife during his many trips to and [...]