Amir Khan inaugurates facilities in Thar. ─ Photo by author. MITHI: Boxing champ Amir Khan visited Thar on Thursday where he announced the construction of a hospital equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and inaugurated water and power facilities for the drought-hit region. Amir Khan addresses a gathering during a visit to Thar. ─ Photo by author.Read More
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Pakistan defeat India 101-7 in Australian Football League
DAWN.COM Shaheens is the inaugral Pakistani national team to take part in the AFL International Cup to be held in Melbourne in 2014— Photo courtesy of shaheens.com.au MELBOURNE: Pakistan lifted the ‘Dosti Cup’ after defeating India 101-7 in a friendly-match of Australian Football on Saturday, the Press Trust of India reported. The first-ever meeting ofRead More
2012 Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy
This month Autaq guest is Aftab Amjad (Melbourne), who developed iPhone Urdu Translator
1. Why do you think there is a need to promote Urdu as a language? Urdu has approximately the twentieth largest population of native speakers, among all languages. There are between 60 and 80 million native speakers of standard Urdu. Urdu is the national and one of the two official languages of Pakistan. I thinkRead More
FORMATION OF AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN ORGANISATIONS INC. (AFPO)
We have the privilege of informing you regarding a landmark and significant event in the social activities of Pakistani community in Melbourne. Few years back there was a general opinion that the whole Pak community in Melbourne should remain together on ONE platform. Our elders urged various Organisations to merge together to show unity. SituationRead More
A STAR WAS BORN: Brightest of All
Dr. Zarrin S Siddiqui President (Pakistan Association of Western Australia) Pakistan Association of Western Australia sends an electronic newsletter to all its members every second Monday. As usual in the first issue of the March as per the Executive Committee decision we decided to look for people who have contributed significantly to the community inRead More
South Asian Community Link Group
Farrukh Hussain President Ms Liz Beattie In recent years, South Asians have become the fastest growing community in Australia. Keeping in view the strong growth of the population, representatives from South Asian countries are joining hands together to come forward and present themselves under one umbrella for assistance and betterment of South Asian population in Australia. Surely it is firstRead 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
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