Apr 172012
Country is home to specialists that can provide world-class treatment, say doctors. ILLUSTRATION: JAMAL KHURSHID
KARACHI:
“Every country, except Pakistan, is concerned with medical tourism,” say doctors, who bemoan the fact that our government is sleeping over a golden Read more [...]
Apr 162012
Adnan Abidi/ReutersA Pakistan exhibitor (L) speaks with an Indian Sikh visitor at the Lifestyle Pakistan Exhibition in New Delhi April 12, 2012.The loosening of trade barriers between India and Pakistan was warmly greeted in Delhi and at the border town of Attari in recent days.At the inauguration this Read more [...]
For some, Pak expo too pricey
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Apr 162012
The Lifestyle Pakistan Exhibition at Pragati Maidan had its fair share of business and flak both, with complaints of high prices and a designer losing a bag with `5 lakh. Also spotted were rip-offs of famous brands. Warm vibes, taxing prices While visitors to the Pakistan Lifestyle Exhibition 2012, which Read more [...]
Apr 152012
By
Deepti Jakhar and Nimerta Chawla
PUBLISHED:
19:32 EST, 14 April 2012
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UPDATED:
20:08 EST, 14 April 2012
It's the season of many firsts between Pakistan and India and the revelry continues days after Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's day-long visit to the Capital along with his Read more [...]
Apr 122012
PTI | 03:04 PM,Apr 12,2012
New Delhi, Apr 12 (PTI) The first 'Lifestyle Pakistan'
exhibit opened here today with over 100 Pakistani top brands
and designers in various categories like fashion textiles,
jewellery, designer furniture and leather goods showcasing
high-end items.
The exhibition Read more [...]
Pakistan to co-sponsor 2nd AIM 2012 in Dubai
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Apr 122012
Apr 112012
Pakistan expects exports from India to surge dramatically with the granting of most-favoured nation status, says Tariq Puri, chief executive of the Pakistan government’s Trade Development Authority.
“I have told our side not to be scared. Let the mindset of India’s customs Read more [...]
Apr 112012
By IANS,
New Delhi : From clothing and home furnishings to delicious Pakistani delicacies - the capital will get to enjoy all this and more at the first Lifestyle Pakistan exhibition which starts at the Pragati Maidan here Thursday. Read more [...]
Apr 102012
"If we are showcasing British fashion on our catwalk it's because that's what people with buying power in Pakistan now want to wear," said Deepak Perwani, creative director for Pakistan Fashion Week and one of the country's most famous Read more [...]
Apr 072012
On Tuesday, acting on the inputs provided by India, the Nepal Police arrested a Vietnamese woman with FICN worth Rs 98 lakh at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu. The consignment - neatly stuffed in high-end liquor bottles - was delivered to her at Vietnam by conduits working for Pakistani handlers. The consignment Read more [...]
Dubai schoolboy saving children in Afghanistan
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Apr 062012
The facts are truly disturbing - around 1.4 million children die every year from diarrhoea caused by poor sanitation and drinking unclean water, according to WaterAid, an international non-governmental organisation. Cholera and dysentery cause severe, often life-threatening, forms of diarrhoea which Read more [...]
UAE face Pakistan in local rugby league rebirth
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Mar 312012
Dubai: The UAE Falcons, the national rugby league team of the emirates, plays its first international fixture of the season against Pakistan on Friday from 5pm at Dubai Sports City.
After a three-year hiatus - due to sponsorship issues - those championing rugby's faster Read more [...]
UAE Falcons announce 20-man squad to face Pakistan
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Mar 292012
Dubai: UAE national rugby league coach Dennis Weir has announced his squad for Friday's international against Pakistan at Dubai Sports City.
The match ends a three-year hiatus for the UAE Falcons due to sponsorship issues, but the team is ready to put the game's faster format back Read more [...]
UAE face Pakistan in rugby league
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Mar 272012
Dubai: The UAE Falcons, the national rugby league team of the Emirates, play their first international fixture of the season against Pakistan on Friday from 5pm at Dubai Sports City.
After a three-year hiatus due to sponsorship issues, those championing Read more [...]