LAHORE: NESPAK was tasked with replenishing the pond at the Katasraj Temple Complex in the Kahun Valley on Thursday. The decision was taken at a meeting called by the Ministry of National Harmony to monitor the progress of the project to restore the temples and the pond, which started a month ago. The Archaeology Department […]
KARACHI: A court allowed on Thursday the Sindh culture department to take possession of the recently seized Gandhara-era artefacts. The police had seized a large number of artefacts during a search of a trailer-mounted container in Korangi on July 6 and found more such pieces in a warehouse on a lead given by the detained […]
By: Zaib Azkar Husain Karachi: Judicial Magistrate (East) Haleem Ahmed on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of one of the three suspects facing charges of being involved in a bid to smuggle precious Gandharan relics out of the country. Commenting on the bail plea of Asif Majeed, the judge remarked that it would not be […]
KARACHI: The provincial archaeology department director submitted an application at the judicial magistrate’s court on Tuesday and requested it to grant the department custody of the Gandhara artifacts that were recently seized by police. Qasim Ali Qasim filed the petition in the court of judicial magistrate, east, Mohammad Haleem Ahmed, and claimed that the relics […]
PESHAWAR: The Kalash Environmental Protection Society has demanded of the government to submit a bid to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) to include the Kalash valleys’ culture in the World Heritage List for preservation. In a press release issued here on Monday, the society said that the Kalash valleys were changing […]
By Momina Sibtain LAHORE: While the world moves into exploring virtual spaces and advertising and exhibiting online, Pakistan is still relatively far behind in using the virtual world to its full potential. As the art scene grows tenfold across the country, our schools and colleges have started urging their students to push their creative boundaries […]
By: Saher Baloch Situated in a corner of Clifton, the historic Mohatta Palace dominates the landscape in all its beauty and splendour. But the much-loved landmark also holds a few mysteries of its own. Apart from tales of the palace being haunted, the story of a secret passage leading out of the building is the […]
By: Sarwat Ali Urs of Sufis are occasions for the ritualistic getting together of common people. Particularly in the subcontinent, the urs attract people from various creeds and faiths — and they all seem to coalesce at that meeting point offering different explanations in keeping with their own understanding of spiritual enlightenment. Shahbaz Qalandar’s urs […]
By: Quddus Mirza “The question is the story itself, and whether or not it means something is not for the story to tell.” (City of Glass) Paul Auster What is news to everyone else is actually a story for its makers. Thus an ordinary person is surprised to hear journalists’ comments like, “He did a […]
By: Tahir Ali The influx of thousands of tourists to the scenic valley of Kalam to attend the recently-held summer festival was a rather welcome sign for the tourism industry in Swat, the Switzerland of Pakistan. The festival was organised in Kalam and Mahodand simultaneously by the Pakistan Army from July 12-16. Programmes were held […]
THE place for archaeological relics is a museum. If they are not there, they could suffer neglect or be stolen. At a Karachi police station some Gandhara-era pieces became logical victims of neglect: they were damaged and stolen. An ‘honest’ thief broke the news to our reporter and said he had stolen a Buddha bust […]
By: Vaqas Asghar ISLAMABAD: The city’s growing list of multi-label fashion outlets got a new addition on Thursday as folk-singing legend Abida Parveen’s AP Gallerie opened its doors in F-10. Featuring clothes by Cayma Emran, Taufiq Hussain, Asim Jofa, Rani Emaan, Nadya Mistry, Ahmad Bilal, Mashaal Moazzam, BB Shireenay, Pret-a-Porter, Vada by Abida Lodhi, Zahabiya, […]
By: Saher Baloch Karachi: With guns hanging from their shoulders, boys as young as 18, roam around the streets in Manghopir, looking for drug addicts. For the past six months, five men have been gunned down in Manghopir’s Sheedi Goth. The boys there have been assigned to shoot anyone, who looks like a drug addict […]
By: Idrees Bakhtiar KARACHI: The illegally excavated Gandhara-era artefacts recovered by police in Karachi on July 6 are dumped in a compound of a police station in Landhi and so carelessly guarded that anyone can easily walk away with them. A man who approached this reporter on Friday and wished to remain anonymous was able […]
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