Numan Haider ready to perform Qawwali, Sufi music in Canada
Lifeline

Numan Haider ready to perform Qawwali, Sufi music in Canada

Numan Haider, a renowned Qawwal, Sufi singer, songwriter, and music director from Pakistan, will be in Canada where he along with his team will engage music lovers in six different destinations, including Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary, with his soulful voice, the Music Waves International Inc announced in a statement. The multi-talented artist is recognized globally […]

Lawmakers, experts call for effective legislation to protect minority girls
Pakistan

Lawmakers, experts call for effective legislation to protect minority girls

Parliamentarians, legal experts, civil society representatives and human rights advocates during a policy dialogue in Lahore have called for effective legislation and stronger institutional safeguards to protect religious minority girls from forced conversion, abduction and forced marriage, stressing the need for a comprehensive and rights-based response to the continuing vulnerability of minor girls. The call […]

PCFA to build up direct relations, to facilitate collaboration
Pakistan

PCFA to build up direct relations, to facilitate collaboration

Establishing the Pakistan-China Friendship Association (PCFA), founding members approved objectives soon after adopting by-laws unanimously, organizers announced. During the session at the University of Central Punjab (UCP) in Lahore, the members also announced names of the executive committee, including Dr Khalid Manzoor Butt as its president, Ho YukBing Barbara as senior vice president, and Khadija […]

Minhaj University sets up Confucius Institute in alliance with CI-UAF
Educationist

Minhaj University sets up Confucius Institute in alliance with CI-UAF

Minhaj University – a non-profit higher education institution in Lahore – established Confucius Institute at its main campus in collaboration with the much-praised Confucius Institute of the Faisalabad-based University of Agriculture Faisalabad (CI-UAF). The Confucius Institute is a non-profit global educational organization backed by China’s Ministry of Education to teach the Chinese language and share […]

Three industry giants join hands on 100mwh BESS initiative
Pakistan

Three industry giants join hands on 100mwh BESS initiative

ZIBCON Construction Company, Nippon Energy and Data Feed Mill have joined hands on a landmark 100 megawatt-hour (MWh) commercial and industrial Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) initiative in Pakistan. The project is being positioned by the partners as Pakistan’s biggest commercial and industrial BESS project, representing a major step towards smarter, more resilient and more […]

Leaders, envoys extend greetings, felicitations to Pakistan on I-Day
Diplomat

Leaders, envoys extend greetings, felicitations to Pakistan on I-Day

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz AlSaud and Prime Minister Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz AlSaud through separate messages extended congratulations to President Asif Ali Zardari on Pakistan’s independence day, wishing him continued good health and happiness and the government and people of Pakistan steady progress and prosperity. They praised strong relations binding the […]

Yadgar-e-Fatah inaugurated in Islamabad as ‘symbol of nation’s resolve’
Pakistan

Yadgar-e-Fatah inaugurated, featuring five archways of state

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the Yadgar-e-Fatah in Islamabad on Pakistan’s independence anniversary, terming the victory monument as a living symbol of the nation’s resolve, professional excellence of the armed forces and their superiority over the adversary. Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of Air Staff Air […]

SDPI initiates ‘great debate’ to discuss new provinces, restructuring
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SDPI initiates ‘great debate’ to discuss new provinces, restructuring

A high-level national debate convened by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) in Islamabad brought together political leaders, policymakers, technocrats and civil society representatives for a wide-ranging discussion on how Pakistan could improve governance and service delivery. The debate examined multiple reform options, including creation of new provinces and administrative units, more empowered local governments, […]

Multi-generational panel discussion about memory, migration, and new beginnings
Pakistan

Panel discussion about memory, migration, and new beginnings

Renowned rights activist and poet Harris Khalique, award-winning filmmaker Jawad Sharif, and educator and social development practitioner Dr Shireen Zafarullah joined a multi-generational panel discussion – Making of Home: Memory, Migration, and New Beginnings – as the National History Museum in Lahore commenced its commemorative program for Pakistan’s Independence Day with a series of curated […]

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