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In today’s competitive world of rapid change, every other country is finding new ways to be in the line. China is planning to put a man on moon whereas engineers at NASA have successfully tested their own deep space Internet by creating a new communications protocol that uses space probes and orbiters as deep space [...]

Member National Assembly Shahzada Mohiuddin Friday said about 8,000 forms of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) had been distributed among the deserving people.

Addressing a press conference here, he said the government would launch development projects worth Rs170 million, including water supply and pavement of streets, under the People’s Programme in the district.

He, however, regretted that [...]

Serena Hotels has announced the seasonal reopening of Shigar Fort Residence and Hunza Baltit Inn from April 1, 2009.

The Shigar Fort Residence, which is also the recipient of many international awards, is a 400 hundred-year old Fort Palace which has been restored by Aga Khan Cultural Services, Pakistan, says a press release.

This unique heritage [...]

On Wednesday, 18 February, guests at the Ismaili Centre Lecture Series in London found themselves captivated by the vibrant panel discussion taking place before them. The “hot” topic was global warming, and its impact on the developing world. The audience quickly discovered it to be an issue that offers no easy answers.
The panel was chaired [...]

More than 100 licences would be issued to national and international firms shortly for exploration of multi-billion dollars minerals including gold, copper, lead and coal besides precious stones in vast area in different districts of Northern Areas.
Talking to this agency, Deputy Director of Mines and Minerals Department Shahjehan said that Northern Areas were considered richest [...]

THE Pakistan economy has gone through major upheavals during the last tow years. Everything seemed fine until that fateful morning of March 9, 2007.

All macroeconomic indicators were positive and Pakistan’s GDP growth was a very healthy eight per cent plus — one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. The stock market was booming, foreign [...]

Shabnam Merali performs before a live audience

“The heart of man has been so constituted by the Almighty that, like a flint, it contains a hidden fire which is evoked by music and harmony, and renders man beside himself with ecstasy.”

Spirituality through music is an integral facet of Sufism, and an important dimension in the [...]

The residents of Hussaini village and Chutghust settlement have feared that the glacial floods could sweep away their village as the Hussaini-Ghulkin Glacier lake has started swelling.
Last year, the glacier lake outburst floods (GLOF) damaged four houses, six cattle sheds, four irrigation channels, 84 kanals of undeveloped land, 46 kanals of cultivated land, 450 fruit [...]

In another indication that China is growing increasingly concerned about holding huge dollar reserves, the head of its central bank has called for the eventual creation of a new international currency reserve to replace the dollar.

In a paper released Monday, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People’s Bank of China, said a new currency reserve system [...]