Pakistan News And Discussion-10

[Naresh]

<b>1. Desert festival disappointment puts tourism ministry to shame</b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><i>Now who is giving Pakistan a bad name?</i>

KARACHI: If merit was one of the considerations for holding a cabinet position, Ms Nilofer Bakhtiar, our honourable minister of tourism, should be out of a job. Despite the hype created over Visit Pakistan Year 2007, its first major event - the Thar Desert Festival, has turned out to be a disaster.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<b>2. Rice exports fall by 5pc</b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->KARACHI: A decline of 4.99 per cent has been recorded in the export of rice during January 2007 compared to December 2006.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Cheers <!--emo&:beer--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cheers.gif' /><!--endemo-->