KARACHI: Osman Khalid Butt and Ainy Jaffri’s upcoming film Balu Mahi has been making headlines for its quirky trailer, which according to many, is reminiscent of Runaway Bride and Jab We Met. The star cast of Balu Mahi participated in a live Facebook session with The Express Tribune on Tuesday to promote the film. The session included several […]
KARACHI: It seemed like all the traditional crafts Sindh is known for, including its music and food, could suddenly be accessed at the lawns of the Mohatta Palace Museum in the shape of Sindh Indigenous and Traditional Crafts Company’s (Sitco) three-day Craft Mela, which opened here on Friday. People were not just buying the beautiful […]
Omran Shafique is returning to Coke Studio in a much more comprehensive manner this year. Seen here with Bilal Maqsood, on the sets of Coke Studio 8. The music producer and guitarist talks to Instep about Coke Studio, playing with Chand Tara Orchestra, Undercover and more… Every other artist, it seems, wants to get on […]
KARACHI: Pakistan’s respected media organisation the ‘Jang Group’ has once again published its annual magazine through a special licence of ‘The Economist’. The magazine features opinions and predictions regarding the situation of Pakistan and the world in 2017 by international experts and renowned writers. What is hidden in the coming year? Is the future of […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court chief justice on Friday issued notices to the federal government and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on a petition challenging a ban on broadcasting Indian content on television. M/s Leo Communications had filed the petition assailing a circular issued by Pemra on Oct 19, 2016 for being ultra […]
The case of a popular televangelist-cum-anchor who was recently banned by the national electronic media watchdog is merely a kernel of the deeper malaise afflicting the Pakistani society: negative freedom. England in the 18th century was the cradle of liberalism: both economic and social. Laissez-faire, literally translated as ‘leave us alone’, was the economic doctrine, […]
It has a small but dedicated readership — a smart, knowledgeable online publication catering to a young, politically savvy class of readers. In short, ‘Khabaristan Times’, the satirical Pakistan website poking fun at state and society in equal measure, is a project worth admiring — and vigorously defending when it comes under attack by a […]
ISLAMABAD: Police have submitted a charge-sheet against a suspended additional district and sessions judge and his wife who are accused of torturing and abusing child maid Tayyaba. The charge-sheet was submitted to judicial magistrate Haider Shah by the Industrial Area police on Wednesday, as the Islamabad High Court has been tasked by the Supreme Court to […]
While Pakistanis waited with bated breath to see whether or not SRK-Mahira Khan starrer Raees would be released in Pakistan, they had probably given up hope on Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, another film that had generated a lot of hype on both sides of the border. Many people were left with no other option than […]
KARACHI: It is not easy to organise a group exhibition displaying artworks made by some of the country’s leading artists, past or present. The reason for it is that with the mere mention of a name (let’s say, of Gulgee) art lovers will immediately have a certain image in their minds of the artist’s works […]
Speakers, including the intellectual glitterati and close friends and associates of the late writer, novelist and a key figure in Urdu literature, Intizar Husain, spoke of him in the fondest of manner on the occasion of his first death anniversary at the Arts Council on Thursday evening. Most nostalgically, they recalled his conversations which, although […]
Patron in Chief of Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) SM Muneer, President KATI Zahid Saeed, Senior vice president Saleem Uzzaman and other office bearers of the association condoled over the death of mother of Senior President of KATI, Syed Wajid Hussin, in a statement. KATI office bearers and senior members expressed their deep […]
KARACHI: Misconduct on part of jail authorities and reluctance on part of the federal minister for human rights to allow journalists to accompany him during inspection marred his visit to the Central Jail Karachi on Thursday where he had arrived to observe prison conditions and talk to inmates. The journalists who had been invited for […]
LAHORE: The weather Thursday remained cloudy in the city while the Met office issued a warning that flash floods may occur in upper areas of the country during the next two days. The Met office said that a new westerly system is likely to approach Pakistan during this weekend. They said under the influence of […]
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