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I was born in Rawalpindi. After getting my FSc certificate, I could not continue education any more. There was not any specific reason for discontinuation of my studies. But, it happened and this I cannot explain. We together started this business and with Allah’s blessings our decision proved to be a good one keeping in [...]

The people of Lahore will witness quality theatre during the 12-day Ibsen National Drama Festival (INDS) jointly organised by the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA), the Norwegian embassy and the Lahore and Punjab Arts Councils at Alhamra Art Centre. The festival opened on Monday with a PNCA production ‘Tota Ram’. The festival will feature [...]

The proposed project, commonly known as ‘Corridor No 1′, envisages introduction of a magnetic train on 17.5 kilometre double and single elevated tracks to be laid between Sohrab Goth and Tower. The CDGK had earlier signed a preliminary implementation agreement with a Chinese firm, China National Machinery and Equipment Group (CNMEG), following an agreement signed [...]

China and Pakistan are poised to widen the silk road between them by building a free trade area (FTA). For Pakistanis, it is mainly a “cotton road.” Currently, 70 per cent of Pakistani exports to China are cotton yarn and cotton fabric. However, the country is also keen to promote its other products ranging from [...]

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced to start e-ticketing facility and has thus became the first airline of the country providing the facility. Using this facility, now tickets can be booked at PIA’ s website through credit cards also. Talking to a private TV channel, PIA Chairman Ahmed Saeed on Saturday said PIA would start [...]

At the end of November 2004, all local and foreign banks working in Pakistan had $3 billion fresh foreign currency deposits i.e. those generated afresh after the freezing of $11 billion deposits in May 1998 when the country had gone nuclear. Data released by the State Bank show that the stock of fresh foreign currency [...]

Renowned Pakistani restaurants set up in the Global Village 2005 will offer a variety of traditional and international cuisine to the visitors of the approaching Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) 2005. Among the restaurants, Ravi Restaurant, Barbeque Delight, Al Ibrahimi Palace and Bundu Khan will represent Pakistan in the food court. The four restaurants, the largest [...]

An exhibition of paintings featuring works by nine Bengali artists opened at the Hamail Art Gallery on Wednesday. Hussain Jahania Gardezi, minister for Literacy and non-Formal Basic Education inaugurated the exhibition. The artists whose works were on display included Abdus Shakoor, Abdul Wahab, Era Hossain, Farida Zaman, Jahangir Hossain, Kazi SA, Fakhrul Islam, Nurul Amin [...]

Pakistani stocks extended their bull run on Friday, closing above 6,000 points for the first time on optimism about the country’s economy, dealers said. The benchmark Karachi Stock Exchange 100-share index closed at 6,045.80 points, up 1.14 percent on the day. The index set a lifetime intraday high of 6,064.06. The KSE-100 has risen nearly [...]

By night, Iqbal Hussain moves shyly among the crowds of customers who flock to his restaurant to dine in the shadow of the magnificent sandstone minarets of Lahore’s Badshahi Mosque. By day, Hussain takes his pencils and paintbrushes into the narrow, filthy streets of the Heera Mandi, Lahore’s red light district. It is on the [...]