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Daily Archives: September 1, 2012

Weaving dreams with classical and pop music

By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: It was a bit of an anomaly listening to a classic Philip Glass composition and a popish song in which a girl is trying to discover herself one after the other, but it worked to a great extent. Music lovers were treated to some sublime (and not so sublime) songs at […]


Route to understanding

WITH Pakistan more often than not being covered by the Western press for less than laudatory reasons, it is heartening that this time it’s because Hollywood took note of local talent. Writer Mohsin Hamid has been in the news because The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mira Nair’s big-screen adaptation of his acclaimed 2007 book by the same […]


A sad story turned into a farce

ISLAMABAD: The blasphemy accused girl’s sad story took the colours of a farce when a self-styled Christian leader organised his mock funeral on Friday after residents of G-9/4 frustrated his attempts to resettle the uprooted families of his community there – a mission which police suspect deeply. Akram Waqar Gill, who styles himself as President […]


‘Pakistan facing big environmental challenges’

Karachi: The National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) and the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) organised a talk by the global vice-president of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Javed Jabbar, on “An Introduction to IUCN and Environmental Challenges in Pakistan”, here the other day. Jabbar said […]