Pakistan’s first female architect Ms. Yasmeen Lari was honoured with Japan’s prestigious Fukuoka Prize for the category of Arts and Culture on Friday (FUKUOKA, JAPAN). Fukuoka Prize is awarded in three categories that include Grand Prize, Academic Prize and Arts and Culture Prize. This year’s Prize laureates include Indian music master A. R. Rahman for […]
Buying your first apartment is a milestone that will have a significant impact on the rest of your life. The location of your first home should be carefully considered. With four key criteria—affordability, leisure activities, availability of houses, and ease of getting a job—used as a metric, the analysts at Lamudi have identified seven cities […]
Internet penetration is beginning to accelerate in Asia’s emerging markets. While smartphones are widespread in many Asian countries, in others, the smartphone revolution is just beginning. Tech startups in the Pakistan seem to be racing ahead, whereas in countries such as Myanmar, there are larger obstacles to overcome. Within Asia’s emerging markets, which startups are […]
Pakistan’s rapid urban population growth is causing a severe housing shortage—estimated to be in the region of 10 million units—and demand continues to grow at a rate of 0.7 million units per year. The urban housing shortage is somewhere in the region of 3.5 to 4 million units, most of which is in the economically […]
Pakistan’s largest real estate website, Zameen.com, has launched a new product called ‘Super Hot Property’, through which advertisers can get 20 times more exposure for their properties as compared to ordinary listings. The Super Hot Property listings appear at the top of the search results for a period of 30 days and offer HD videos […]
وزیر خزانہ اسحاق ڈار کی پاکستان میں پراپرٹی کے بزنس میں خصوصی دلچسپی کے پیچھے واقعی پاکستان میں جائیدادوں کی خریدوفروخت کے نظام کو ٹیکس نیٹ میں لانا، کالے دھن کی روک تھام اورحکومتی ریونیو میں اضافے کے لئے سنجیدہ اور مخلصانہ کوششیں ہیں یا پھر وہ کہانی سچی ہے جس کے مطابق دوبئی میں […]
It is getting close to Eid ul-Fitr so the global property portal Lamudi has prepared a helpful list of decoration ideas to mark the special occasion. “With over 1.6 billion Muslims celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri—as it’s also known—being unique is a challenge”, said Daniel Carrasco, in-house design expert at Lamudi. “It’s important to think outside […]
Believe it or not! A house is being built inside a cliff It will be topped by an infinity pool that doubles as a skylight LEBANON: A madcap proposal for a concrete house inside a cliff went viral last year – and now it’s set to be built, thanks to the internet. Dutch practice of […]
Japan’s Fukuoka Prize Committee has selected Pakistan’s first female architect Ms. Yasmeen Lari for Japan’s prestigious Fukuoka Asia Cultural Prize 2016 for her outstanding contributions in preserving or creating Asian culture. The Fukuoka Prize was established by Fukuoka city which is known as Japan’s cultural gateway, in 1990 as an award which is presented annually […]
Pakistan’s premier real estate website Zameen.com successfully concluded its flagship real estate event, the two-day Zameen.com Property Expo 2016, in Lahore on May 28 and 29. This expo was the biggest realty affair of the year in terms of traffic and the number of on-the-spot deals struck. Despite the scorching heat, the event saw a […]
