The Punjab government’s Women on Wheels programme was initiated on January 10 by a rally of 150 women trained by the Special Monitoring Unit on Law & Order and City Traffic Police...
Just a few representative samples include:That the sight of women on motorbikes is obscene to some in a country where hundreds of children are horrifically abused for years and forgotten spells volumes about the twisted sense of outrage by many in...
BEIJING: China officially launched a new multi-billion dollar jet engine conglomerate with almost 100,000 employees at the weekend, as Beijing seeks to become an aerospace power and compete with the likes of Rolls Royce and General Electric...
The Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) has registered capital of 50bn yuan ($7
Meanwhile Goodyear, an international brand, tyres are manufactured all over the world, including Pakistan...
“Here in Pakistan, we also have our own General tyres that can be compared to the imported lot,” says Mohammad Niaz Khan, who is getting his tyres replaced...
HYDERABAD: Six members of a family were killed when their car was crushed under the wheels of the Green Line train at an unmanned railway crossing, 18 kilometres from Nasarpur town in Matiari district, on Sunday...
The ill-fated family was going to Bhitshah to visit the shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai when the fast-moving train hit their car and dragged it under its wheels for almost a kilometre before it ground to a stop...
KARACHI: The groom on his decorated high horse was surrounded by family and friends...
All moved towards the bride’s home in a procession
Pakistan’s famous automotive website returned to Islamabad putting one of the biggest annual events with more than 450 cars and motorcycles on display at the 2F2F Karting Track at the Lakeview Park...
LAHORE: A plan has been chalked out to introduce mobile libraries in the province to inculcate the habit of reading among people, with a pilot project starting in four areas of Lahore in the near future...
The plan has been devised by the law and order wing of the Chief Minister’s Special Monitoring Unit, which is discussing it with authorities in the city to run the pilot project in DHA, Gulberg, Model Town and Chauburji
This, according to Elsenhans, would be the task of a democratic, participatory state, which can compensate for gaps in consumption or investment by spending money to keep the wheels of the economy turning...
Appreciating the project he said “It’s a wonderful idea” because it tried to bring back to life the films that were not being discussed anymore and those actors who’re no more with us, and in the process letting the young generation know about the kind of talent that once Pakistan had...
LAHORE: The army has introduced a mobile hospital to cater to health needs of Cantonment residents on their doorstep...
The custom built mobile dispensary has been developed as part of the health outreach convenience programme of the CMH, Lahore
Loads Limited — which claims to be ‘one of the largest auto parts manufacturers in the country’ has announced an Initial Public Offering — which marks just the second new issue at the Pakistan Stock Exchange this year...
According to the Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and Accessories Manufacturers (PAMA), cars, heavy vehicles, tractors and motorcycles assembled in the country use almost 55pc to 70pc of the auto parts that...
Andrew Chan, 58, is an Australian tourist travelling on two wheels...
The retired businessman has spent the past 30 years roaming the world on his motorcycle and began his most recent tour from Sweden, and then crossed into Georgia, Russia, China, Armenia and Iran, before entering Pakistan last week to travel through the northern areas...
These carts are not sold in shops but are crafted by artisans using wooden plates, which are attached with metal cogs which work as wheels...
The wheels needs to be oiled else they’ll get corroded...
PESHAWAR: The walled city is a renowned meat-lover's paradise...
From succulent tikka karahi at Namak Mandi to chapli kababs at Qissa Khawani Bazaar, Peshawar’s love affair with meat dishes is an everlasting one, beckoning eternal carnivores
The keys were handed over by Punjab Excise Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman under the Women on Wheels (WoW) initiative...
The Women on Wheels project comes at a time when UN Women, Aurat Foundation and the Punjab government released a report discussing lack of public safety for women...