Islamabad: Today, the governments of the United States and Pakistan, together with American power company AES Corporation, agreed to create a public-public partnership to develop a 150-megawatt, $375 million (Rs. 32 billion) wind power generation project in the Gharo Corridor of Pakistan. The project will produce 150 megawatts of new, “clean” power serving some 600,000 [...]

Islamabad – U.S. military aircraft supporting Pakistan’s flood relief efforts achieved another humanitarian milestone Sunday, delivering 25 million pounds of relief supplies since Aug. 5, when U.S. military relief flight operations in Pakistan began. I’m extremely proud of our aircrews and support personnel in reaching this milestone-they’ve been working incredibly hard with their Pakistan military [...]

Lahore: GLOW by Warid is the most favorite cellular youth brand of Pakistan. Recognizing the importance of games amongst youth, Warid Glow sponsored 3rd Inter school & Inter collegiate games which concluded last week. This is one of the largest games event in which over 225 schools and colleges from both private and government sector [...]

Warid Telecom has brought another amazing offer for its prepaid customers ‘Warid Bol Anmol’. It is a reward program that allows Warid users to get instant bonus balance every time they perform any activity on the network, be it calls, sms/mms or internet. Customers will be rewarded with ‘Bonus Rozana’ on the basis of their [...]

After her successful stint essaying to perfection the role of Neetu on Zee TV’s 12/24 Karol Bagh, Sargun Mehta will grace yet another show in the avatar of Geeta on the channel’s upcoming show Apno ke liye Geeta ka Dharmyudh. Sargun will be playing the female lead ‘Geeta’ on the show alongside Nikkhil Chaddha, Kanan [...]

Islamabad : An 8-member delegation from Japan Agriculture Group, leding by Mr. Yasuhiro NAKAGAWA, Vice Chairman (JA) Japan, President Kyoto Prefecture union of Agriculture Cooperatives visited BOI to explore Agriculture Sector of Pakistan and extreme business opportunities especially mangoes processing and exports, dairy and livestock and citrus fruit. Secretary BOI Anisul Hussnain welcomed the delegates [...]

A full Court Reference was held in the Supreme Court Building, Islamabad to bid farewell to distinguished Judge, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rahmat Hussain Jafferi who retired yesterday (21-11-2010) on attaining the age of superannuation. The Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry quoting William Shakespeare,“All the world’s a stage, and all the [...]

A combined delegation of Pakistan Bar Council headed by Senator Muhammad Kazim Khan, Vice Chairman Pakistan Bar Council and Ms. Asma Jahangir President Supreme Court Bar Association called on the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at Islamabad today on 23.11.2010. This was the first working session meeting of the representatives [...]

Chairman PCB Mr. Ijaz Butt, Members of the PCB Governing Board, Chairperson PCB Womens Wing Mrs. Shireen Javed, PCB Management, and Distinguished guests gathered at the National Cricket Academy to honor the best Cricket umpire in the World Mr. Aleem Dar. Chairman PCB Mr. Mohammad Ijaz Butt presented a souvenir and a cheque of Rs.500,000 [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. —In response to the ongoing flood crisis in Pakistan, the U.S. Chamber Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) and U.S. Pakistan Business Council (USPBC) report that corporate aid pledges from 100 companies are approaching $25 million. The assistance includes cash, in-kind contributions, employee-matching campaigns, and customer-engagement. “The scale of the flooding that hit Pakistan [...]