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Ahsan MalikBusiness Recorder |
F arhaan Riaz, whose credits include 15-odd ventures spanning a decade and half, is presently running TICK, a tech incubator at the University of...
F asih Abbas Bawa lives in Gulberg II. He says MM Alam Road once felt like a walk in the park. But the road’s charm has long faded under the weight...
I n the last week of November, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz announced the establishment of Pakistan’s first Tier-IV data centre at the Nawaz Sharif...
“ Good fences make good neighbours,” says Raza Ali, a resident of Johar Town. He’s talking about the freshly fenced tract of land close to his...
Imagine walking into a police station with the purpose not to lodge a complaint but to have a coffee under the shade of the cheeku tree. This isn’t...
I n a typical Pakistani middle-class household, a wedding is seen as one ‘occasion’ that carries a lot of economic, cultural and familial...
T he air in Lahore has become unbreathable, to say the least. As smog continues to play havoc with the citizens’s lungs, many schools have been...
O n October 1, the Punjab Higher Education Department announced that it had approved the hiring of 7,354 college teaching interns (CTIs) to fill...
L ahore has long enjoyed the luxury of modern transport systems, including the Metro bus and the Orange Line train. Now, the Transport Department...
O n a humid Thursday afternoon, the usually crowded model bazaar in Township had only a handful of families doing their shopping. Among them was...
E very evening, an hour before sunset at the Wagha border, thousands of people on both sides of the border, in Pakistan and India, gather to...
A visit to the Lahore Development Authority’s office is notoriously very frustrating. Visitors are usually prepared for the arduous journey that...
A wais, a student of social sciences at Government College University, Lahore, is unsure if he will ever get to wear the trendy T-shirts he...
T he Children’s Hospital, a trusted health facility in Lahore for countless worried parents and their ailing children, often presents scenes of...
W When Faheem-ul Hassan left Lahore nearly 15 years ago to pursue a career in medicine in London, UK, he was filled with anticipation of the...
T he Mall, Lahore, is lined by electricity poles that have flashy banners heralding the arrival of a fleet of “27 electric buses.” Launched by...
A fter reciting a sermon in Arabic, the maulana in the pulpit starts off in English: “Everything in existence serves a purpose. While we may not...