By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: It does not happen very often that classical music sounds both contemporary and vintage at the same time without losing out on its classical richness. French pianist Martine Mirabel-Pitte played some lilting classical compositions at a concert on Thursday evening at the Alliance Francaise, creating an ambience where a variety of […]
KARACHI: In the history of art, painters and sculptors, not to mention writers, have always had a fascination with equestrian themes. Some have tried to use them as multiple metaphors while others have simply endeavoured to interpret the different galloping movements which are difficult to capture in a moment of time. Artist Shan Amrohvi’s latest […]
By Myra Iqbal ISLAMABAD: In a land where paradoxes are more fertile than people, a new generation of Pakistani English authors must endure a tough literary trial to capture, in essence if not in whole, the nuances of a complex landscape and identity. During a scatterbrain Islamabad Literature Festival session about the role of Pakistani […]
Syeda Shehrbano Kazim ISLAMABAD: The second day of the Islamabad Literature Festival saw more sessions on Urdu literature with Zehra Nigah speaking on poetry and Intizar Hussain on prose. While both literary giants read excerpts from their own works, they also referred to and shared with the audience choice selections of other literary geniuses. Zehra […]
KARACHI: The Momart Art Gallery delighted art critics and lovers alike with a grand reopening on Tuesday, displaying works by 67 well known as well as young emerging artists. Guest of honour former Governor SBP and current Dean and Director of IBA Dr Ishrat Husain, senior art critic and author Marjorie Husain, and senior art […]
Islamabad Literature Festival launched ISLAMABAD: As we celebrate democracy moving forward, there are forces and there are people who want to silent the forces of democracy, European Union Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark said on Tuesday. The envoy expressed these views while addressing the inaugural session of the Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF). Speaking on the occasion, he […]
Faisal Quraishi LAHORE: The Central Asian landscape was inspiration for opening designer Faiza Samee’s collection of short and mid-length tunics and bias cuts that saw a fusion of stripes with polka dots and geometric prints on Day Four, which was also the last day of the PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week. Maheen Karim showed flirty silhouettes […]
GILGIT: A three-day exhibition of handicrafts under the auspices of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan was opened at a local hotel on Sunday. The event was inaugurated by the member GB Legislative Assembly Amna Ansari. Fifty stalls of various products prepared from all over Pakistan were put on display at the exhibition. Renowned dress […]
KARACHI: Dances not only entertain, they also crosse political, cultural and ethnic barriers to unite and inspire people via a common language – music and movement. On Saturday, a group of semi-professional and professional dancers came together to stage a dance show, Raqs mein hai sara jahan [The world is dancing], in commemoration of the […]
KARACHI: ‘What’s in a name’ famously said Juliet in one of Shakespeare’s tragedies. But in this day and age it seems names have begun to matter like never before. A six-person exhibition titled ‘My Name Is…’ opened at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Gallery on Wednesday. The title of the show is […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Pakistani women artists have come a long way. In the past they were not taken as seriously as their male counterparts. In the 1960s when the world started taking note of Pakistani artists, women painters and sculptors had already begun carving a niche for themselves. Today Pakistani artists have earned international renown […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Who would have thought that one day French playwright Moliere’s dramas would be peppered with Bollywood film songs, and that too of the Rani Tu Main Raja kind? It actually happened when a group of young theatre enthusiasts put up an Urdu adaptation of Moliere’s That Scoundrel Scapin written by Nahid Waheed […]
Faisal Quraishi KARACHI: Dream weddings, trousseaus topped off with a song and dance medley opened on Friday the three-day Pantene Bridal Couture Week 2013, focused on in its third year with impressive choreography by Hasan Sheheryar Yasin and hair and make-up by Saba Ansari of Sabs Salon. The opening segment featured Nina Lotia’s onstage mock […]
SWAT: In an act of defiance, women voters in Swat have vowed to cast their vote according to their own wishes and not at the dictates of male family members. Unofficial surveys conducted by the Swat Scouts Open Group in Kabal, Varikot, Matta and Mingora tehsils revealed that women from all backgrounds will actively participate […]
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