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Pakistan has passed all diplomatic and political steps to get elected president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) unanimously. In a meeting of the 54-member ECOSOC Pakistan will be formally elected president of the council. Pakistan being elected fifth time president of the ECOSOC in its 57 years’ history. Pakistan envoy in [...]

Pakistani band Strings that has featured in Spiderman-2, has a fan following in India too. Music has a greater influence than cricket, when it comes to improving Indo-Pak relations, believes Faisal Kapadia, lead vocalist of Pakistani band Strings. “In cricket one team wins and the other loses, while in the exchange of music concerts, it’s [...]

Umer Sharif’s name is synonymous with laughter. Known as the ‘laughter factory of South-East Asia’, the actor has legions of fans in Pakistan and India. His video plays and audio cassettes of his stand-up comedy shows are popular with Urdu speaking audiences all over the world. The actor has also written, directed and acted in [...]

The Metro Group is planning to establish three to four outlets in the first phase at Karachi and Lahore, Dr Hanz-Joschin Korber, chief executive officer of the group, said on Wednesday. According to a press statement issued on Wednesday the Metro is the third largest trading and retailing in Europe and fifth largest in the [...]

Pakistan expects to receive bids from at least eight investors for the privatisation of its state-owned telecoms company including from state-owned south-east Asian operators Singapore Telecom and Telekom Malaysia, the country’s privatisation minister has said. Etisalaat of the UAE and investors from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, The Philippines and Pakistan are also expected to [...]

The Higher Education Commission (HEC), pursuing its vision of becoming on effective e-government organisation, has introduced online job application system. All HEC jobs are advertised on the commission’s website http://www.hec.gov.pk. Prospective candidates can be informed automatically of new jobs announcement by subscribing to the HEC website updates, which are being updated day to day. Once [...]

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday launched country’s first business portal (www.b2bpak.com) meant to assist importers in sourcing raw materials and machinery besides helping exporters to introduce Pakistani products without any extra cost. The website will also provide the business community a forum to interact on business matters besides enabling the users [...]

HERE are two faces of Pakistan. Lahore-based Almas Ali Jovindah is young, English-speaking, urbane and upwardly mobile. He has an export business operating out of Pakistan and the USA and spends his free time anchoring TV talk shows. Then there’s Jethanand Kohistani— Urdu-speaking, raw cotton dealer from Karachi. And both are in Pune for the [...]

Converting power plants to operate on fuels other than they were originally designed for provides the plant owner with both environmental and financial benefits. This growing trend is demonstrated by a captive power plant in Lahore, Pakistan, which Wärtsilä is converting for dual-fuel (DF) operation. The conversion is scheduled for completion in the early part [...]

The purpose of this conference is to provide the Pakistani businessmen, entrepreneur, bankers, IT professionals and investors with an opportunity to listen and analyse the success stories of the international leaders in the field of international call centers.