Pakistan Wins at Singapore Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge (SAUVC) 2017

For the First Time Ever Pakistan Participates & Wins at Singapore AUV Challenge The Fifth annual SAUVC took place from 10th-13th March 2017. For the first time four students accompanied by three teachers from the Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE), Islamabad participated in this competition. This does not come as a surprise, because […]

Salima Begum – One of the Ten Best Teachers in the World!

Salima Begum: A Champion of Girls Education in Gilgit For the first time, a Pakistani was in the top ten finalists of this year’s Global Teacher Prize. Salima Begum was selected from amongst 20,000 applicants worldwide. She hails from a remote village Oshikhandass in Gilgit, where for the past 25 years she has been fighting […]

The World’s First Online Urdu Thesaurus

An Urdu Thesaurus at Your Fingertips! For the first time in the world an online Urdu Thesaurus was launched in Pakistan. It is proving to be a very helpful resource for those who read and write in Urdu, that is why in the past five months it has met with great success, nationally as well […]

Nurpur (Fauji Foods Ltd ) Celebrates its Golden Jubilee (1966-2016)

Nurpur: 50 Years of Dairy Excellence Nurpur which is the brand name of Fauji Foods Ltd (previously known as Noon Pakistan Ltd) started out on 26th September 1966 as a PLC (Public Limited Company) and today it has become one of the leaders of dairy products in Pakistan. A member of the Fauji Group of […]

The Quest to Save the Snow Leopards of Pakistan

Snow Leopards: An Endangered Species Snow Leopards live in arid mountain areas and are found in only Central Asia, however due to human interference, today only an estimated 3,920 to 6,390 exist. They are highly intelligent and unique creatures with a non-aggressive behavior towards human-beings but are quite mysterious as well. Pakistan is one of […]

Hingol National Park, Baluchistan: A Breathtaking Natural Wonder

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The Beauty of Hingol National Park, Baluchistan About 190 km west of Karachi, on the Makran Coast, which is in southwestern Baluchistan you will find Pakistan’s largest National Park; Hingol National Park which was established in 1988 and covers a massive area of 1650 square km. What makes this place extraordinary can be attributed to […]

The Missionary Musician Par Excellence – Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Legendary Qawwal Born on 13th October 1948; Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan became the torch-bearer of Qawwali; the one who popularized the art form that was little known in the West and took it to a whole new level. He was the greatest Qawwal the world had ever seen […]

Pakistan Makes its Mark at the Queen’s Young Leaders Programme 2016

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Two Young Pakistanis Receive the Queen’s Young Leaders Award Yet again our youth have done us proud as they represented the country wearing traditional clothing in colors of green and white at one of the most magnificent buildings in the UK i.e. Buckingham Palace, where they were among 60 winners from commonwealth countries receiving the […]

Ibne Safi: The Supreme Mystery Writer of South Asia

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Ibne Safi: A Sensation Ibne Safi; whose real name was Asrar Ahmad was a prolific writer who engaged thousands of readers in South Asia especially Pakistan and India for nearly 30 years (1952-1979). He was in fact the pioneer of detective novels in Urdu. His writing was a fine specimen of Urdu prose as he […]

Wonders of Pakistan Showcased at Google Cultural Institute

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The Google Cultural Institute In 2011 Google initiated this highly interactive forum which is providing people all over the world the opportunity to digitally preserve their cultural heritage for the future generations as well as to reach out to a wider audience. The institute has a collection of around six million objects from over a […]

doctHERS: A Startup Dedicated to Serve Humanity

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doctHERS: Female Doctors Providing Medical Care to People all Over Pakistan doctHERS is a healthcare platform through which female doctors are providing the medical attention required by thousands of underprivileged people who do not get it due to inaccessibility to hospitals and doctors. The doctHERS service is available in both rural and urban areas so […]

Pakistan All Set to Participate in The Alchemy Festival 2016 in London

Laal and Asian Dub Foundation will Perform a Peace Concert on 27th May at The Alchemy Festival Laal is a popular Pakistani band which symbolizes South Asia’s progressive writers movement and many of their songs are inspired by the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Habib Jalib. Their music is a unique fusion of dance, […]

Karachi Becomes the First South Asian City to Host Women of the World (WOW) Festival!

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Women of the World (WOW) Festival Finally Comes to Karachi, Pakistan British Council, Pakistan in collaboration with Southbank Centre; UK, LOreal Pakistan and a few other local organizations brought the Women of the World (WOW) Festival to Pakistan, which was held at Karachi’s Beach Luxury Hotel on 1st May 2016. It provided Pakistani women the […]

Pakistan Calling Film Festival Being Held For the First Time

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Attention All Film Makers: Pakistan Calling Film Festival is Here! In the past few years there has been a revival of cinema in Pakistan, so to support that development, the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Karachi, in collaboration with the VM Art Gallery (which was set up in 1987, and has become […]

Pakistan Calling: An Initiative to Change Perspectives

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In the past decade, Pakistan has mainly been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. To dispel this negative image it had become imperative to let the world know that Pakistan is a country which is home to brave, compassionate and resilient people who live in the face of adversity, and yet with a […]

International Day of the Street Child 2016

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Private organizations all over the world are trying their utmost to tackle the grave issue of an estimated 120 million street children. One of which is celebrating the International Day of the Street Child, so to give these children a platform where their voice can be heard. International Day of the Street Child: How it […]

Remembering Allama Iqbal: 78th Death Anniversary of Shair e Mashriq

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Allama Iqbal: The Man On 21st April 1938, a man who was a poet, philosopher, lawyer, educationist, politician, and social reformer all molded into a single personality, left this world for his eternal abode. He was known as the Poet of the East, the Architect of Pakistan, the Sage of the Ummah. He was none […]