Train tickets can now be bought at Post-offices

Posted on September 8, 2007
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Bilal Zuberi The bureaucracy and agencies of the government, as slow and tedious as they may be, should still get credit when they attempt to do something to make lives easier for the citizens. For example, we have praised PTCL in the past for providing an online service to pay phone/electric/gas utility bills online. Now […]

Inhospitable Reception

Posted on September 5, 2007
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Raza Rumi While the ‘easy-white-woman’ stereotype is being reinforced, how can Pakistan become a tourist destination? Conversing with Charlotte is always a pleasure. She’s original and witty; each encounter with her is memorable – regrettably, the last one for all the wrong reasons. She told me some stories about her visits to Pakistan that left […]

Lahore Rapid Mass Transit Rail Project

Posted on August 20, 2007
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Owais Mughal Last month there have been several news items about the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit (LRMT) Rail project. We have tried to gather key information from many of these news items and will present it in the following as one concise post on the topic. The proposed rail service is the main part of […]

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