PESHAWAR: The Readers Club, a group of bibliophiles comprising intellectuals, writers and retired civil servants, arranged a literary session with Abaseen Yousafzai, a noted Pashto poet and author of bestselling Pashto poetry collection Ghurzangoona, at a hotel here in University Town. Hosted by Shamamatul Amber Arbab, member of the executive committee of Provincial Commission on […]
QUETTA: Radio Pakistan’s Quetta centre has stopped its transmissions on medium and short waves because the transmitter required to relay programmes has simply stopped functioning, according to a senior official. “There has been no transmission on medium and short waves from Quetta radio station in the last five to six years,” a senior official of […]
LAHORE: Renowned radio, TV and film actor Ghayyur Akhtar passed away after a protracted illness here on Friday. The actor was suffering from paralysis for last four years. He was shifted to the Services Hospital as his condition deteriorated last night. Akhtar started his acting career in the 1970s and became a very popular actor […]
KARACHI: Despite being a working day, the halls were packed at the fifth Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) that kicked off on Friday. Even though the situation in the city is anything but ideal, yet to consistently hold a festival year after year does speak a lot about those organising it. It was all about celebrating […]
DIFFERENT forms of art have been around since the beginning of human civilisation … when people came out of caves and started living in villages. The history and evolution of art cannot be summed up in a few words. To Russian novelist [Leo] Tolstoy, the main art forms have been dance, painting, literature, music and […]
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