An oriental twist on the traditional cafe
But there is no getting around the fact that this cafe does things a bit differently from most oriental establishments...
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ArchiveArt work: The oriental touch
The recent exhibition “Grace in Hand” at the Khaas Gallery, Islamabad, showed evidence of diverse qualities, and integrants of a painter truly trained in the oriental tradition of miniature art...
This practise, not only would link them to their glorious past but also establish their own original identity as practitioners of oriental art forms...
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PakistanDriver of ride-hailing company shot dead in Karachi
Police are investigating the alleged murder of a driver working for a ride-hailing company who was found dead in his car in Karachi's Korangi area earlier this week, police said on Friday...
"The victim was associated with a ride-hailing company but at time of the incident, his vehicle was "offline", Abbasi said...
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PakistanDeal inked with Chinese company to lift garbage from two Karachi districts
KARACHI: Two more district municipal corporations (DMCs) of Karachi on Friday inked an agreement with a Chinese sanitation service group to lift piles of garbage in their limits as the Sindh local government minister hoped that the work would begin from next month...
The DMCs of Malir and Karachi West through their chairman and administrator, respectively, signed the agreement with the Hang Zhou Jin Jiang Group Sanitation Service...
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Pakistan3 security guards gunned down inside furniture company in Karachi
KARACHI: Three security guards were shot dead in Karachi’s Ibrahim Hydery area Friday evening, according to police and hospital officials...
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PakistanCase registered against Karachi company for chopping 70 trees
KARACHI: A First-Information Report (FIR) was filed by the Sindh government after 70 trees lining a greenbelt along Shaheed-i-Millat road were cut down on April 3 allegedly by a construction company, Superintendent Police Jamshed Masood Bangash confirmed on Sunday...
The incident comes as Karachi braces for another searing summer a year after a scorching heatwave claimed the lives of over 1,300 people in Sindh, with most of the deaths...
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PakistanChinese company to lift garbage in Karachi
The Sindh government and a Chinese firm have inked an agreement for garbage collection in Karachi, where the solid waste problem has assumed crisis proportions...
The agreement in this respect was signed between the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board and Chinese company Wuzung, Radio Pakistan reported...
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ArchivePTI lawmakers urge Centre to bring in another company to resolve Karachi's power woes
PTI lawmakers on Sunday urged the federal government to end K-Electric's (KE) "monopoly" by bringing in another company to distribute electricity in an effort to solve the power issues being faced by citizens living in the metropolis...
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Firdous Shamim Naqvi said that the city has been facing electricity issues for a long time...
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PakistanTwo mobile company workers lynched in Karachi’s Machhar Colony over kidnapping fears: police
A mob lynched two employees of a cellular company in Karachi’s Machhar Colony on Friday after rumours spread that they were kidnappers, police said...
He did not specify which mobile phone company the victims were affiliated with...
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ArchiveNepra fines power company for delays in submission of data
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) imposed on Monday a fine of Rs1 million on the Central Power Purchase Agency (CPPA), also known as the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), for failing to provide information needed for monthly fuel price adjustments within the stipulated time...
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ArchiveComedy troupe Bhai Log Company is ready for a comeback
A comedy troupe trusted to take the mickey out of those in the limelight, the Bhai Log Company has announced its comeback in a teaser image put up on its Facebook page and website...
According to the Bhai Log Company website, this new show will take place on August 8 at Karachi's Royal Rodale Club...
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ArchiveAlphabet passes Apple as world’s biggest company — now what?
NEW YORK: Even before it became a household name, Google parent Alphabet has become the world’s most valuable company, vaulting past Apple in a sign of an evolving technology landscape...
On Wall Street Tuesday, Alphabet’s shares reflected a market capitalisation to $547 billion following its strong earnings report while Apple’s value declined to $530bn with a modest dip in trading...
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ArchivePrivate company blocked from importing 20pc cheaper LNG
ISLAMABAD: Amid legal vacuum surrounding the sale of around 140,000 tonnes of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a few bulk consumers, a private company’s bid to arrange import of 20 per cent cheaper commodity is reported to have been blocked...
A senior government official said the CNG industry represented by Universal Gas Company had struck a deal with an LNG supplier at less than $7 per million British thermal units (mmbtu)...
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ArchiveAll the world’s a stage: UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company in first tour of China
LONDON: Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company embarks on its first major tour of China in 2016, presenting the Bard’s history plays about bloodshed, honour and kingship in mediaeval England to a new and potentially vast audience...
Marking 400 years since William Shakespeare’s death, the prestigious theatre company will take productions of Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II and Henry V to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong in February and...
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PakistanTwo local employees of Turkish waste management company killed in Rawalpindi
Two Pakistani employees of a Turkish waste management company were killed and one injured in Rawalpindi in an incident of suspected target killing early on Saturday, police officials told DawnNews...
Albayrak employees claimed that no company officials visited the injured workers for hours after the incident...
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