Tag: Fair

First KP women entrepreneurs’ trade fair begins

The first-ever inter-provincial trade fair for women entrepreneurs of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa started on Saturday. The basic objective of the two-day trade fair, organized by...

ICCI demands fair taxation system to achieve revenue targets

Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) President Mahfooz Elahi has said that unprecedented tax targets set by the government in the federal budget...

PU Book Fair 2011 ends

Thousands of people from different walks of life, especially students, visited the Punjab University Book Fair 2011 on its third and last day at...

VC inaugurates book fair

Punjab University (PU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Dr Mujahid Kamran inaugurated the three-day book fair being organised by the varsity administration in the main corridor of...

Industrialists invited to participate in BD fair

GUJRANWALA - Bangladesh High Commissioner Sohrab Hussain has invited industrialists to participate in the country fair being held on June 6 to provide the people of Bangladesh with a firsthand exposure of Pakistani products. Addressing a meeting of Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), chaired by President Sheikh Sarwat Ikram and attended by a large number of manufacturers, he said it would be an attractive opportunity for the manufacturers to explore markets of

Election in Azad Kashmir will be fair: Firdous

SIALKOT - Federal Minister for Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said here on Sunday that the next elections in Azad Kashmir would be held in a fair and free manner.
Addressing a press conference, she said that all political parties were united on the Kashmir issue and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) had always raised a voice for Kashmiris' rights, without giving any consideration to political interests.
"Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan and time has come to

Six-day book fair starts at Aiwan-e-Iqbal

LAHORE - A six-day book fair started at the Aiwan-e-Iqbal, as part of the week-long events in the memory of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal on Saturday. Aiwan-e-Iqbal Chairman and Pakistan Today Editor Arif Nizami and Markazia Majlis-e-Iqbal Chairman Mian Afzal Hayyat inaugurated the book fair.
Former federal minister Humayun Akhter, renowned journalists Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami, Sikander Hameed Lodhi, Rehmat Ali Razi, Beedar Bakht Butt, Farrukh Sohail, Irshad Ahmad Arif and Masood Ashar

GCU Career Fair gets a positive response

LAHORE - The Career Fair 2011 at the Government College University (GCU), Lahore received an incredible response from university graduates and final year students who turned up by the hundreds on Tuesday to explore employment opportunities in reputed international and national organisations and seek information about foreign scholarships. Some twenty two noted organisations such as Pakistan International Airlines, Worldwide Fund for Nature Pakistan, Allied Bank, United Bank Limited,

GCU Career Fair being held today

LAHORE - The Government College University (GCU), Lahore Career Guidance and Placement Center will organise one of its biggest career fairs for university students and Old Ravians today (Tuesday) on the varsity campus. The career fair will allow final year students and graduates to explore career opportunities at reputed organisations besides giving them opportunities to avail foreign scholarships.
Around 30 well-reputed banks, NGOs and multinational companies are coming to the

25th International Book Fair ends

LAHORE - The 25th International Book Fair ended at the Lahore Expo Centre on Sunday. The book fair had attracted a large number of people for five consecutive days where more than 160 foreign and local publishers had displayed their stalls.
Punjab Governor Punjab Latif Khosa visited the fair on its concluding day. Earlier various imminent personalities including Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif had also visited the fair.

Shahbaz visits Lahore Book Fair

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday visited the Lahore Book Fair, which is being organised with collaboration of the Punjab government.
More than 160 publishers from India, Pakistan, UK and the US are participating in the book fair with more than 200 stalls.
Academic books of the Punjab Text Book Board are also available at the stalls. The book fair will continue until April 11. Books are available in all categories while people from all walks of life

GCU holding Career Fair on 12th

LAHORE - The Government College University's Career Guidance and Placement Center is going to hold one of the biggest career fairs for the university students and Old Ravians on April 12 on the university campus.
GCU Placement Officer Waqar Rhanja said that the career fair would allow GCU final year students and graduates to explore career opportunities at reputed organisations besides giving them opportunities to avail themselves of foreign scholarships.
As many as 30

25th Lahore Book Fair opens today

LAHORE - The 25th Lahore International Book Fair 2011 will kick off today at Lahore Expo Center, Johar Town. Books from a wide range of categories will be presented for sale at the book fair which will continue till April 11. Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif will open the book fair that will have hundreds of stalls from India, England, America and Pakistan.

Libyan rebels pledge free and fair election

Libya's rebel interim National Council said on Tuesday it would hold free and fair elections to ensure a transition to democracy if leader Muammar Gaddafi were forced from power.
The council, based in the rebel-held eastern city of Benghazi, said it aspired to create a "modern, free and united state" in a statement issued ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers in London to discuss the future of Libya.
The eight-point statement said the oil-producing north African nation's

US Embassy holds college fair

ISLAMABAD - The United States Embassy and the US Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) co-sponsored a college fair on March 26 and 27 with representatives from 11 American universities to encourage students to study in the US.
"This was the first time that so many American representatives traveled together to Pakistan. This programme was part of the US government's efforts to increase the number of Pakistani students attending universities in the US," said a US embassy

Match commissioner urges fair play

LAHORE - Match commissioner of the Pakistan-Palestine Lahore Test, Mian Rizwan Ali has asked the management of both teams to ensure discipline during the match at Punjab Stadium. "PFF President Faisal Saleh Hayat is a great advocate of fair play and sportsmanship. Fair play is essential to our sport and to everyone involved in it. I appeal to players, referees, fans and officials throughout Pakistan to help praise and promote the spirit of fair play," said Rizwan during the manager's

Khosa promises fair decision on UoE professors’ sacking

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa has assured students of University of Education (UoE) of taking a merit based decision on the sacking of two varsity professors; he said this after meeting with the Student Action Committee representatives of UoE on Monday.
Five students of UoE tabled their demands in front of the Sardar Latif Khosa, where he also took notice of the self immolation by a UoE student in front of Governor House and appreciated the students who were