RAWALPINDI: The government is trying to promote rail travel, as it is an affordable, safe and comfortable mode of transportation, said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday. Inaugurating a non-stop train, ?Pakistan…
Year 2007 to be celebrated as Visit Pakistan Year
LAHORE: Dec 9: The tourism ministry is celebrating 2007 as ?Visit Pakistan Year? and has planned some 52 different events all over the country to attract tourists, beginning with an inaugural ceremony…
Silk Route Cultural Pluralism Festival in Gulmit
Wakhi Tajik Cultural Association (WTCA) celebrated the Silk Route Cultural Pluralism Festival in Gulmit, Gojal Hunza for Tourism and Youth Development on October 28th 2006. It was organized by Wakhi Tajik Cultural…
Launch of first liner puts Karachi on world Sea Cruise Map: Musharraf
KARACHI: President General Pervez Musharraf Saturday said Karachi has been placed on the map of world sea cruise with the launch of first ever sea cruise liner. Pakistan is blessed with a…
Prevention and treatment of dengue virus infection
Prevention and treatment of dengue virus infection By Jamal Panhwar Information source from Alan L Rothman, MD There have been around 600 confirmed Dengue Virus cases and over 2000 people admitted in…
President Musharraf for ‘drastic change’ in Pakistan’s image
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, fully aware of his country’s “grim reputation for terrorism,” has called for a “drastic change” in the image of Pakistan and asked the…
Pakistan conducive to all kinds of tourism: President, PM
ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Tuesday said that Pakistan is proud to join the comity of nations in celebrating World Tourism Day with a renewed determination to…
Pakistan to host world Budhist assembly next year, says Nilofer
TOKYO: Federal Tourism Minister Nilofer Bakhtiar has said that Pakistan would host a World Buddhist Assembly next year and hoped that large number of Japanese tourists would also visit Pakistan on this…
Snow Leopard Cub Settles into U.S. Home
Global effort to conserve endangered wildlife hailed By Judy Aita Washington File Staff Writer New York — Leo, the orphaned snow leopard cub from Pakistan, made his New York debut September 25,…
Heather?s book charts love of Pakistan
THE BLUEST lakes in the world, the Buddhas of Bamiyan and a drive across Asia in an old Morris van all feature in a book by a Bridgefoot woman. Permit to the…
Karachi-Dubai ferry link to boost tourism
Book Gulf Dream Cruise? By Indo Asian News ServiceIslamabad, Aug 25 (IANS) A Karachi-Dubai ferry will link the ancient route to the Gulf region, but the focus now will be on foreign…
Tejari enters Pakistan market with Hashoo
Dubai Tejari, the UAE-based premier business-to-business online marketplace, today entered into a strategic partnership with the Hashoo Group, Pakistan?s leading business conglomerate.Hashoo is engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, hoteling,…