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Inspiration comes in the form of Sonny, a Pakistani gentleman who runs a mini-mart in the lobby of my office building. There are probably 1,000 people working in my building, and on any given day, at least 10 percent of us complain about our jobs. And though he has more to complain about than anyone, [...]

The humane and brotherly feelings found vent when an extremely well-enacted Urdu play was presented to a jam-packed audience at the Azam campus. What made the event unique was the presence of around 20 Pakistanis and their Indian hosts, who applauded every scene of the play, Jis Lahore Naee Dekhya, written by Asghar Wajahat of [...]

American companies are finding a low-cost pool of educated English speakers that rivals neighboring India. So far, the bet by Armbruster’s company, TRG Pakistan Ltd., is paying off. It recently branched beyond its main office in Lahore and opened a second office in Karachi, the nation’s commercial center. By year-end, TRG hopes to expand to [...]

Heavy snowfall on Islamabad’s Margalla Hills, Abbottabad, Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir kept people indoors. Traffic remained suspended in some areas of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Northern Areas (NA), while flights to NAs were also disrupted due to rains and snowfall. Scattered rain was had been forecast in Balochistan on Sunday, [...]

World-renowned artists, poets, writers, scholars and researchers of Urdu language would participate in an International Urdu Conference scheduled to be held in the federal capital from March 9. A unique Mehfil-e-Mushaira will be held at Daman-e-Koh where well-known poets will recite works of legendary poets. An epic presentation of the evolution of Urdu language will [...]

FOR a Karachi-born nuclear physicist, Pervez Hoodbhoy (54) fits no stereotype. Not surprising, therefore, that Hoodbhoy told Newsline he has no time to take in Bollywood movies. The professor from the Quaid-e-Azam University at Islamabad has spent the last two years bent over his laptop, editing precious footage on Kashmir for a 45-minute documentary titled [...]

Pakistani journalists have until February 28 to enter a competition for the best gender-sensitive reporting. The Pakistani Press Foundation and UNESCO in Islamabad are organizing the third annual Gender in Journalism Awards. There are two awards in the competition. The first, open to both men and women, honors excellence in gender-sensitive reporting and coverage of [...]

Pakistani music and especially ghazals are quite popular in Jammu. A Pakistani cultural troupe is slated to present a play in Jammu and Kashmir next week on Baba Bulle Shah, a 17th century Sufi saint who was revered by both Hindus and Muslims in his time. The troupe of 20 artistes, comprising qawwals and actors [...]

A Tsunami forecast centre would be established in Pakistan. The centre will be established in Karachi, while two backup warning systems would be setup in Islamabad and Quetta. Tsunami waves created by 8.3 intensity earthquake had hit coastal town of Pasni in 1945 killing about 4000 people.

Wasay is an assistant professor at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. He has led efforts to improve public health through programs to decrease rabies and tetanus and to increase support for stroke and multiple sclerosis. Wasay has established a training program for Pakistani neurologists similar to the Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum. “The greatest [...]