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Back in 1889, a British sergeant requested a saddle-maker in Sialkot to fix his punctured football. After being pleased with the result, he decided to give the saddle-maker a few more to make. By 1982, Sialkot started supplying footballs so they can be used in the World Cup. Today, more than 100 firms make footballs […]
The news about Pakistan making footballs for the world’s largest footballing event, the FIFA World Cup 2014, became viral. However, what people don’t know is the fact that Pakistan has managed to export 42 million footballs after they were given the contract. These balls are worth Rs. 17.473 million and currently there are arrangements being […]
In line with the growing culture of intolerance and taking law into hands to deal with alleged dacoits and blasphemers, a mob comprising hundreds attacked a police station in Bahawalpur to kill a mentally-ill person for allegedly committing blasphemy. The emotionally-charged mob set the police station on fire, started beating the person and reportedly burnt […]
Without seeing implementation of his dream of a separate Muslim homeland, Shair-e-Mushriq (Poet of the East) and Muffakir-e-Pakistan (Inceptor of Pakistan) Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal left this world almost seven and half decades ago. Today, the nation is marking 74th death anniversary of Allama Mohammed Iqbal with respect and honor. Born in Sialkot in British […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that his party would be a political entity rather than a hierarchical company. Addressing a public gathering in Sialkot, Imran Khan said that his PTI would be the only party, whose members would elect (and not select) their leadership. “We would hold open elections of our party […]
Dry ports help in increasing exports and are not a source of smuggling claims Muhammad Ishaque Saturday, February 4, 2012: Muhammad Ishaque , Sialkot Dry Port Trust Chairman, in an interview claimed that dry ports in Sialkot are a source of increasing export and are not used for inappropriate works, such as smuggling. Dispelling the […]
Pakistan Transgenders (Third Gender) pin hopes on new rights The term ‘Third Gender’ describes an individual who is categorized either by will or by social consensus as neither a man nor a woman. Mostly in Asia the term used to describe them is ‘Hijra’s’ of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. They are also known as Fa’afafine […]
Third Gender pin hopes on new rights in Pakistan The term ‘Third Gender’ describes an individual who is categorized either by will or by social consensus as neither a man nor a woman. Mostly in Asia the term used to describe them is ‘Hijra’s’ of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. They are also known as Fa’afafine […]
Pakistan’s sports apparel hub, Sialkot has become 4th biggest manufacturer of sportswear in the world. Chairman Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) Ijaz A Khokhar said on Friday and regarded the tremendous growth of readymade garments and booming sportswear industry in Sialkot. Mr. Ijaz Khokhar was speaking to reporters and said during a […]
