Karachi: The finest art can be created when you are one with yourself, in borderline solitude, Sana Arjumand told me in an interview. The Islamabad-based artist is in Karachi for her solo exhibition, which opens Tuesday (tomorrow) at the Canvas Gallery. The show’s title ‘Felicity’ signifies Sana’s focus on abundant happiness. “Whatever you focus on […]
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) has encouraged the participation of world media, including Pakistani journalists, for its ‘18th Annual UNCA Awards Dinner and Dance’ for the best written and electronic media coverage of the United Nations, its agencies, and field operations. “This year the entire entry process is submitted online by completing the […]
KARACHI, Aug 25: The Karachi Union of Journalists will resist attempts by the government, the Pemra or from any other quarter to impose any restraint on electronic media. A resolution adopted at the annual general council of the KUJ on Saturday said the journalist community would thwart attempts by any quarter to suspend transmission of […]
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: The fifth death anniversary of the renowned poet Ahmed Faraz on Sunday went unnoticed at the state level as no official function was held in this regard in the federal capital. However, his family visited the H-8 graveyard to pray for him. Saadi Faraz and Shibli Faraz, sons of Ahmed Faraz, were […]
The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) has encouraged the participation of developing world media including Pakistan for its 18th Annual UNCA Awards for the best written and electronic media coverage of the United Nations, its agencies, and field operations. “This year the entire entry process is submitted online by completing the UNCA Awards Entry Form […]
KARACHI: Zambeel Dramatic Readings successfully combined the tradition of oral storytelling, the reminiscent radio programmes and the rich literary work of Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto in a session at the The Second Floor (T2F) on Saturday. During the reading, four performers mesmerised the audience with the plays of Manto written for the radio in […]
Shabistan and Prince cinemas make a modern comeback LAHORE: In an attempt to revive the cinema culture of Lahore, the Prince and Shabistan cinemas were reopened on Thursday with the premiere of ‘Main Hoon Shahid Afridi’. The two cinemas, located among other popular cinemas such as Odeon, Gulistan and Nishat on the historic Abbot Road, […]
BLINDNESS separates people from things; deafness separates people from people. The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan warned women of Hangu against taking part in the recently-held by-election, otherwise they would be kidnapped and killed. As a result, women were not allowed to vote at many polling stations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Taliban had issued a similar warning […]
I remember watching the famous British comedy television series “Mind Your Language” when I was about eight-years-old. It was broadcast in Pakistan during the 1990s. The show was set in an adult education college in London and focused on ‘English’ as a foreign language. The classes were taught by Mr Jeremy Brown, a role played […]
THE people involved in crimes think it is their business which is legal. This is not true. Bluffing people and calling it business is not right. The major black money transactions — or you may call it an illegal business — are carried out through Internet marketing. I want to draw the attention of cyber […]
Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday directed Secretary Information Technology to submit before it on the next date of hearing, comprehensive report pertaining to the procedure of controlling the live transmissions of television channels. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Jawwad […]
By Atika Rehman KARACHI: Pakistani artists were quick to condemn the attack by Hindu extremists on an art gallery in Ahmedabad showcasing the work of Pakistani and Indian artists. But their Indian counterparts were not. Members of Bajrang Dal, an extremist youth organisation, ransacked the Amdavad Ni Gufa Art Gallery and destroyed the collection of […]
HYDERABAD: Writers and intellectuals received the renowned Indian Sindhi artiste, drama director, musician, movie maker and song writer Asha Chand, while she came to visit Hyderabad, the hometown of her ancestors. Asha Chand is the daughter of late Sundri Uttamchandani (mother), the award-winning Sindhi fiction writer and late Assandas Jethanand Uttamchandani, popularly known as Shri […]
MALIK ASAD ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court restrained the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday from taking any action against a private television channel which had aired footage of the June 14 attack on Quaid-i-Azam’s residency in Ziarat, Balochistan. While issuing the restraining order, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui adjourned till August 30 hearing […]
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