| Business Foreign assistance: Russian consortium offers to fund IP gas pipeline Zafar Bhutta The interest in acquiring a contract for construction of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline is growing lately as GPB Global Resources, an international group of companies and a subsidiary of Gazprom Bank of Russia, has come up with an offer that it can finance the $1.5 billion pipeline project if the contract is awarded to the Russian energy giant – Gazprom, sources say. French market research firm comes to Pakistan Our Correspondents In the presence of a host of corporate executives, advertising professionals and marketing heads of different national and multinational companies, a France-based global market research firm announced its formal launch in Pakistan here on Tuesday. _______________________________________________ Sports ODI series: Pakistan hope for better results in Colombo Our Correspondents If one was to look at the scorecards of the ongoing series, the honours have been shared evenly by both teams — Pakistan and Sri Lanka have been convincing winners in the matches they dominated. Olympians protest to 'rescue' hockey Fawad Hussain With the performance of the national hockey team deteriorating by the day, Olympians staged a protest at the Pakistan Hockey Federation's (PHF) headquarters in Lahore. _______________________________________________ Life & Style 'Coke Studio' episode 3: A pocket full of surprises Rafay Mahmood One of the prime reasons why the fifth season of "Coke Studio" (CS) did not satiate the music lover's appetite is its weak artist line-up. Is Pakistan ready for its first men's fashion week? Saadia Qamar When fashion week fever hits a city, the fashion savvy (and their plus ones) flock to the event with enthusiasm, dressed to the nines and ready for a fun evening. Who doesn't want to see hot models sporting their favourite designer's latest invention on the runway? Let's rephrase that: who doesn't want to see hot models? _______________________________________________ | 
