Cheered by more than 100,000 people at the opening of the world’s largest cricket stadium, Trump tried to praise his host, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for achieving high office despite his humble origins as a tea seller, or “chai wala”...
He started out by his father’s side as a ‘chee wala’, a tea-seller,” Trump said, drawing laughter, cheers and jokes on Twitter...
Chai's romance with the subcontinent goes way back...
Many a match made in heaven are solidified over a cup of chai; best friends are made over a cup of chai; office breaks (like the ones we enjoyed at the Haroon House of the '90s) have led to lasting friendships over cups...
PESHAWAR: An app is going to be launched on Nov 19 to help people, particularly tourists, find public toilets across the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province...
This was announced by Imranullah Mohmand, assistant coordinator of water and sanitation services cell (W&SC) of local government department, while briefing Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Science and Technology, Kamran Bangash, here
In another post, he said: “Let’s pray our path finder crosses this last leg of his very challenging climb in perfect time and safety...
Known in the community as “Path Finder” for his extraordinary talent of finding new routes, Mr Joshi was the first person in the world to cross F...
However, it was PTV’s Ainak Wala Jinn in 1993 that made her a household name through the character of Bil Batori...
Haseeb Pasha, another actor from Ainak Wala Jinn expressed grief over the her demise, saying she was a great actress who contributed a lot to performing arts...
RAWALPINDI: A classic Pakistan Television children’s programme called Ainak Wala Jinn was staged at the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Tuesday, in connection with the Punjab culture department’s attempts to revive theatrical performances...
Ainak Wala Jinn reached the height of its popularity between 1993 and 1996, and will be staged across Punjab in August and September at the division level...
The left-handed batsman Hanan Khan, currently working at a local hotel in Karachi, has been called for the National Cricket Academy's (NCA) team to play two T20 matches against Malaysian cricket team starting January 14 at Gadhafi Stadium, Lahore...
LAHORE: The poor old qeema wala naan has suffered more than its share of the taunts over its association with politics during all these years...
So what is the background to the presence of qeema wala naan in the political discourse and why is it that it is associated with one party more than the others?The people in Lahore, where the Kashmiris have been prominently experimenting with everything from politics to what people would love...
The flood level at Islam Headworks and Ganda Singh Wala in Sutlej River reduced to medium on Sunday while evacuations continued in vulnerable areas of Punjab...
KARACHI: The trend of enjoying tea outside home is now changing fast...
”He said this new hi-fi tea service had started some three years back in Karachi from a ‘posh’ locality with limited stalls...
And now breaking into this scene dominated by international coffee chains is Lahore’s Chai Kada promising no nonsense traditional Punjabi dhaba food...
Everything from the cafe’s name to the cheeky Punjabi inscriptions on the walls are a celebration of lowbrow culture and Pakistan’s collective love for chai...
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Pakistan is scrambling for the safe return of the crew of a crashed helicopter from Afghanistan purportedly kidnapped by the Taliban...
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the government is exhausting "formal and informal channels" for recovery of the passengers
So popular has tea become now that a number of restaurants market themselves as tea houses including Naan Chaaye, Chaaye Khana and Pappu Chai Wala, all of which are located in Bahria Town’s main civic centre...
Traditional chai – made with tea leaves, water, sugar and milk – has always been a popular beverage in this part of the world and China is known as the home of tea...
It was Saturday night, around 10 pm and I was experiencing Karachi’s most recent food fad: the upscale dhaba which serves an assortment of teas as well as well as traditional and non-traditional food items...
The growing popularity of tea led to chai-wallahs similar to the ones in other countries such as England, China, Nepal, Russia, Iran, Turkey and the Central Asian Republics...
Chai (or teh susu as it is called in Malay) is also often served in Pakistani households — even though it is usually made differently than in Pakistan...