Owais Mughal Today we are going to feature Model Town, Lahore as one of the best planned localities of Pakistan. In the past we’ve featured North Nazimabad, Karachi and Eight bazaars of Faisalabad in the same series. Model Town is designed in the shape of a square with major roads dividing it into blocks vertically, […]

LIFE in Pakistan, 1948

Posted on August 14, 2008
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Adil Najam A few years ago a friend gave me a wonderful gift. A copy of the January 4, 1948 issue of LIFE magazine. This is the issue with a rather unflattering portrait of a clearly ailing ‘Jinnah of Pakistan’ on its cover. For most part the cover story – with pictures by Margaret Bourke-White […]

The 420 Call Block Service

Posted on July 26, 2008
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Babar Bhatti The aggressive competition in mobile telecom industry of Pakistan has led to introduction of many modern and useful features accompanied by some creative marketing. So when Ufone started offering the first call blocking service in Pakistan, they came up with a catchy nickname for the call block service: 420. As every Pakistani knows, […]

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