Second Fashion Pakistan Week 2010 07-11 April 2010 in Karachi

Report and Photo graphs prepared by: Shahrukh Rasheed Melbourne, Australia After the splendid success of Fashion Pakistan Week 1 in Lahore, the 2nd edition of the Fashion Week 2010 is currently going great in the southern port city of Karachi. Fashion Pakistan is single largest Platform for fashion designers, fashion entrepreneurs and fashion journalists. ToRead More

ANOTHER SIDE OF PAKISTAN

Dr Farah Adeeb, Perth   Today when Westerners think of Pakistan, sadly the first thoughts may no longer be about its erratic cricket team, rather terrorism, Islamic fundamentalism, violence, nuclear weapons, fights with India, the Taliban, tribal unrest and perhaps corruption within the military spring to mind. However there is another side of Pakistan, whichRead More

TV Watching May Shorten Your Life

  Every hour spent watching TV each day may increase your risk of an early death from cardiovascular disease by as much as 18 percent, Australian researchers say. What’s on the television is not the problem; it’s the time spent sitting while watching. “This research provides another clear link between too much sitting and deathRead More

Student ‘tops the world’ in two O-Levels

Via DAILYTIMES: LAHORE: Amn Nasir, a brilliant Lahori student, earned two top positions in the world in Chemistry and Commerce, and topped in the best seven and eight As category in the O-Level International Examinations of Cambridge University. Amn is now enrolled in the A-Level programme at Lahore Grammar School 1-A-1, and takes part inRead More

Pardesi’ opens at Alhamra Art Gallery

By Ali Usman LAHORE: Australian artist Damon Kowarsky – who first came to Lahore as an artist-in-residence at the Beaconhouse National University (BNU) in 2007 – has returned to the country with an exhibit of his latest collection of paintings and prints, ‘Pardesi’, which will open at the Alhamra Art Gallery on Monday. Kowarsky, whoRead More

Geof Lawson interview part 2

This is part 2 of the discussion with Geoff Lawson – recent Pakistan Coach – which I had the privilege of having during the 2009 Boxing Day Test….. This interview was conducted by Pak Awaaz sports correspondent Naeem Mohammed during the Boxing Day Test match in Melbourne Cricket Ground. Naeem Mohammed: What did you takeRead More

Fifth Annual Summer Residency Program for Public Accounts Committees

La Trobe’s Public Sector Governance and Accountability Research Centre conducted its fifth annual Summer Residency Program for Public Accounts Committees in early February. The program, which is supported by AusAID, the World Bank Institute (WBI), Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and the Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI), was attended by thirty-eight Members of Parliament, Auditors- GeneralRead More

Someone has to say it…

by Rida Ahmed There I was a few days back at the WACA with my Australian friends and my very amazing (if I say so myself) “Boom Boom Afridi” poster. These friends of mine aren’t very much interested in cricket… then again, how many Australian teenagers are? So I took on the role of explainingRead More

A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF POWERS OF ATTORNEY

This article is the continuation of the article which was published in last month’s issue of Pak Awaaz written by By Susan Campbell and Hyder Gulam. Interaction Between Various Powers of Attorney If a donor has appointed both an enduring Guardian and an agent under an Enduring Power of Attorney (Medical Treatment) the decision ofRead More