KARACHI: Diplomats from various countries have underscored the need to improve perceptions about Pakistan to attract maximum number of foreign investors in massive investment opportunities available in Pakistan, particularly Karachi, a press…
Author: Jamal Panhwar
Gevora the World’s tallest hotel to open in Dubai
Dubai: Shaikh Zayed Road will continue to host the “world’s tallest hotel”, with the opening this week of the Gevora built by the Al Attar Group. The 75-floor structure stands at a…
Dubai Culture announces SIKKA Art Fair 2018 line-up
DUBAI, 10th February, 2018 The Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, “Dubai Culture”, has announced its line-up of artists for the eighth edition of the SIKKA Art Fair 2018. Held under the patronage…
A welcome revival of tourism in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: At least 5,000 additional people from Pakistan are likely to perform Hajj this year as the quota for the country has been increased. According to sources, Pakistan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs…
A welcome revival of tourism in Pakistan
Twenty-five years ago Pakistan had a busy tourist industry, not huge business but steady. The country was for the most part safe to travel in even for unaccompanied women and the people…
Sindh governor wants British parliamentarians promote ‘improved image’ of Pakistan
Sindh Governor Mohammad Zubair has said the British members of parliament and cabinet members could play an important role in promoting the “real soft and improved image of Pakistan” among the international…
Ancient barter trade continues across Silk Road on High peaks
WAKHAN CORRIDOR Trader Afzal Baig tugs at his horse, frustrated by its stubborn refusal to take another step along a treacherous, snow-covered mountain pass that is peppered with the skeletons of those…
Scaling new heights: Nepal’s woman becomes mountain guide
KATHMANDU: When Dawa Yangzum Sherpa first set her sights on being a mountain guide, she was told it was no job for a girl. Now she has proved her doubters wrong, becoming…
Gypsies Cooking on road side in Rawalpindi
Gypsy Women Cooking food on road site in Rawalpindi Pakistan. Picture courtesy Irshad Ahmed of APP
Sieve maker of Faisalabad
A Sieve maker makes a sieve from straws for household use.
Qatar and Pakistan launch new direct ship route
Doha: Mwani Qatar announced Sunday the launch of a new route between Hamad Port and the Port of Karachi in Pakistan. Hamad port welcomed today the container vessel Libra, marking the first…
US travel advisory not in consonance with positive development: Pakistan
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Chaudhry urged US multinational firms to take advantage of the favorable investment climate in the country, saying the US travel advisory for Pakistan was…