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Trade fair for women entrepreneurs tomorrow

PESHAWAR: The Women Business Development Centre (WBDC) will organise a three-day exhibition ‘Summer Trade Fair-II’ from Tuesday (tomorrow), showcasing products of skilled women entrepreneurs from different parts of the country. Briefing media persons here on Sunday, the centre’s project manager, Ms Nabeela Farman, said that the event had been designed to promote handicrafts prepared by […]


NAPA presents biography of Manto in 80-minute stage play Mantorama

* Writer Khurrum Ali Shafiq beautifully jotted downs story of Manto’s life immaculately turned into play by Shankar KARACHI: The biography of Saadat Hussain Manto, a well-known fiction writer was recently displayed in an 80-minute stage play ‘Mantorama’ by the students and alumni members of the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) at the Arts […]


32nd International Education Exhibition kicks off

KARACHI: The 32nd International Education Exhibition, organised by the International Educational Services, was kicked off at the Karachi Expo Centre here on Sunday. The exhibition will culminate on Monday and will then be held in Hotel Pearl Continental, Lahore from July 11-12. Students interested in Bachelor, Master’s and Doctorate degree programmes can meet the admissions […]


The nightingale awaits government help

LAHORE: Pride of Performance and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz holder, folk singer Reshma, also known as the Nightingale of Desert, has now lost her voice. Living in her home in Shama Chowk on Pir Ghazi Road, the singer is seriously ill, with an unstable blood pressure. She talks with her family members using sign language and a feeble […]


E -Sharp pays musical tribute to The Beatles a second time

KARACHI: In this day and age when electronic and distorted music is gaining popularity there are still some that hold the traditional rock music close to their heart. The Beatles may have defined the generation of the 1960s, but 40 years after the band was first formed, it still ardent has fans in the youth […]


Urdu varsity hired over 100 employees ‘against rules’

ISLAMABAD: The management of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology appointed and promoted over 100 employees against rules and in violation of a February 2011 Supreme Court order during the last two years, it has been learnt. Besides, the Islamabad and Karachi campuses of the university have set different criteria for appointments […]


Cinema experiences

Eateries and movie theatres are always flooded with the youth during summer time as the youth try to beat the heat and rescue themselves from the endless power outages. Logically, at a certain point in time, everyone is bound to get sick of constantly dining out and watching movies day in and day out. With […]


Bid to smuggle 2,000-year-old artifacts out of Pakistan foiled

Kamran Mansoor Karachi: Two-thousand-year-old statues and coins – worth billions of rupees — belonging to the Gandhara Civilisation were recovered when the Awami Colony police foiled a bid to smuggle the artefacts in the wee hours of Friday. Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Landhi Mirza Abdul Majeed told The News that a tip-off informed them about […]


Khyber Pakhtunkhwa demands seized Buddha statues

Farzana Ali Khan ISLAMABAD: Following the seizure by the Karachi police of a huge cache of 2,000-year-old sculptures of the Gandhara civilisation, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is demanding that these be returned to the province immediately. When contacted, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Minister for Tourism and Museums and Sports Syed Aqil Shah said that according to […]


Neglect of art and culture

WHENEVER I pass through Liberty roundabout on the main Gulberg road in Lahore, I feel sorry when I see a multi-storied commercial building at one corner, where just a few years ago the pride and the melodious voice of Pakistan, Noor Jahan, used to live. Her house in Lahore has now been turned into a […]


Dawn’s Wedding Extravaganza opens today

KARACHI: Dawn’s Wedding Extravaganza 2012 will open at The Ball Room at Carlton Hotel here at 11am on Saturday. In recognition of the extravagant and well-planned weddings that are an inherent part of Pakistani culture, the Wedding Extravaganza like the past years, this year, too, will be a major exhibition carrying all the aspects of […]


Movie Theatre of Bahria Town

RAWALPINDI: ‘The Arena’ 3D Movie Theatre of Bahria Town has emerged as a complete recreational solution of summer & load shedding ridden Isloo-ites. ‘The Arena’ is a thorough depiction of the sophisticated construction and delicate amenities which are the signature style of all Bahria Town constructed projects. The contemporary 3D technology of ‘The Arena’ which […]


‘Neglected art’

THIS is apropos of your editorial ‘Neglected art’ (July 3). On behalf of the Sadequain Foundation, USA, I second the concerns you have expressed. However, the subject of your editorial is much too grave to be handled gingerly with kid gloves. The problem of neglected art is grave and must be treated with urgency. Granted […]


A display of remarkable young talent

LAHORE: Novelty, creativity and amalgamation of traditional dexterity with contemporary trends are some of the salient features of the Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design thesis display 2012. More than 100 students of fashion design, textile design, fashion marketing and furniture design put on display their creations, some of which were not only thought-provoking but […]