The celebrations of Eid ul Azha in Karachi begins with the setup of bakra mandi. This year at least two hundred VIP tents will be installed in the upcoming Super Highway cattle market on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha and an area stretched over 4000 square feet has been earmarked for this purpose.  Read more... (161 words, 17 images, estimated 39 secs reading time)

An official selection at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival and shown at the 33rd Festival des film du monde Montreal (Montreal World Film Festival), Produced with German collaboration and released in 2009, the 90-minute Chan di Chummi (Kiss the Moon) is a revealing documentary about the lives of transsexuals.  Read more... (282 words, 2 images, estimated 1:08 mins reading time)

Abdul Sattar Edhi of Pakistan and Frantois Houtart of Belgium were awarded the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-Madanjeet Singh Prize on the unanimous recommendation of an international jury to UNESCO Director-General Konchiro Matsuura, according to an announcement in Paris.  Read more... (257 words, 1 image, estimated 1:02 mins reading time)

Pakistan’s Aleem Sarwar Dar, the look a like of Waqar Younus was awarded the Umpire of the Year award 2009 at the annual ICC awards in Johannesburg. It was the first time that a Pakistani umpire and anyone other than Taufel had picked up the accolade in the six years that the ceremony has taken place.  Read more... (471 words, 1 image, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

A French Dr Vincent Ioos, who specializes in critical care medicine & served for three years in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences’ Intensive Care Unit (ICU), will be accompanied in the 10,000km Islamabad-Paris trip by one of his colleagues from Pims, Dr Haroon Khan, as well as Salman Rashid, an IT expert. He will be returning home next month, driving a truck art-adorned 1974 Beetle dubbed Foxy Shahzadi to celebrate Pakistan’s artistic and cultural potential; and promoting Pak-French friendship.  Read more... (308 words, 1 image, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

Minister for Ports and Shipping Senator Babar Khan Ghauri during his review visit to the site of the ‘Port Grand Food Court’ under Napier Mole Bridge has announced Asia’s largest and most modern food street to be built at a cost of Rs1 billion and spread over nine acres. It would be inaugurated by the end of November this year in Karachi.
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The Youth Parliament Pakistan, a PILDAT initiative to inculcate the culture and values of democracy in youth of Pakistan, has now initiated its induction process for the third consecutive term.  Read more... (378 words, 1 image, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

I can’t aggregate words to describe what this image says. It is a Martyr Certificate, Sanad e Shahdat awarded by Tahreek e Taliban to Mr. Haji Sheer Ahmed Shaheed who was martyred during the insurgency in South Waziristan in September 2004.

What kind if interpretation of Islam is done by the TTP?

Defence Day in Pakistan is the celebration of the successful defense against India in the War of 1965. It is celebrated on the 6th of September (Army holiday), 7th of September (Airforce holiday) and 8th of September (Naval holiday).The Defense of Pakistan Day will be celebrated across the country today with a renewed commitment to render every sacrifice for defense and security of the motherland.  Read more... (365 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

The Lord’s museum has decided to display Pakistan’s star all-rounder Shahid Afridi’s shirt that he wore in the ICC World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka which makes him the first Pakistani cricketer to receive such an honor. Afridi played a pivotal role in Pakistan’s title-winning triumph in the World Twenty20 championship in England. He was the man of the match in the semi-final against South Africa and the final against Sri Lanka and narrowly missed the award for the man of the tournament that went to Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan.  Read more... (171 words, 1 image, estimated 41 secs reading time)