PESHAWAR: When Pashto singer Ghazala Javed walked onto any stage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it was always to the whistling of adolescent boys. The girls were also admirers, as they dreamed to dress and sing like her. The K-P belt swooned when she hummed songs of love and passion. Sadly, this feeling of romantic indulgence came […]
Music lovers and those associated with music as a profession will celebrate World Music Day across the globe including Pakistan on June 21 to show respect for all forms of music. Instrumentalists, singers, composers, ensembles, individual musicians, musicologists and others related to the field of music will mark the day with concerts, community events and […]
At around 5 o’clock on Saturday evening, the auditorium of the Arts Council was alive with the vibrant cast of “Avanti” that took the stage once more. But instead of being involved in its usual shenanigans, the “Avanti” team had invited members of the press to thank them for their ongoing support and discuss the […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court chief justice issued on Monday a notice to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on a writ petition seeking a ban on two anchorpersons of a private television channel allegedly for maligning the judiciary. A citizen, Malik Ghulam Mustafa, filed the petition alleging that anchorpersons Mubashar Lucman and Mehar […]
KHAIRPUR, June 18: Spiritual leader of Hurs Pir Sibghatullah Shah Pir Pagara has allowed his devotees to wear Sindhi cap and Ajrak and turban as well if they want and urged them educate their children, particularly girls. Addressing a gathering of his devotees at Dargah Sharif Pir Jo Goth to observe Shab-i-Mairaj late Sunday night, […]
LAHORE: True Brew Records hosted a musical evening featuring The Stooges Brass Band from the US, at the True Brew Studio on Sunday. After a very successful performance in Alhamra on Saturday, music lovers rushed to the True Brew Studio to watch the band perform. The US Mission in Pakistan brought the band from New […]
Anil Datta Karachi: The purpose of staging plays is mainly to tell the people that performing arts are still alive in our city and our country and our main aim is to engage families. These views were expressed by Javed Ahmed Saeedi, production director of the musical, Avanti, running currently at the Arts Council, while […]
KARACHI: The premises of the Fomma-DHA Art Centre (FDAC) in Zamzama Park (DHA-5), which has been under repairs by DHA for sometime, is now available for various art activities and projects. The entire mezzanine wooden floor has been replaced with a strongly re-set concrete one, the winding staircases have been suitably strengthened, and work is […]
Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: Once, the National Monument sit proud on top of Shakarparian and gleamed at night. But no more. It now suffers in darkness and the glory enshrined in it has been closed to visitors as power supply was cut to the monument and the museum attached to it two weeks ago. There is […]
BAJAUR AGENCY – All arrangements have been finalised for the first ‘Bajaur Guloona Cultural Evening’ today (Friday), wherein local singers and poets would perform on popular local songs and present poetry. Talking to media persons here at Khar, President Bajaur Students Organisation (BSO) Altaf Hussin said that the aim of the events of Bajaur Guloona […]
LAHORE: ‘Ab kay hum bichray to shayed kabhi khawbon mein milain.’ The melodic voice of Mehdi Hassan that captivated millions of people across South Asia is no more. Hassan spent many years of his life in Lahore. In the 1970s, he lived in Gulberg III and later moved to Johar Town with his son Sajjad […]
By: Asad Farooq KARACHI: Regardless of the current scenario sketched by international media, Pakistani youth have enough potential to lead the world as the same has been proved by the series of international awards won by Pakistani youngsters from Arfa Kareem to Shayan Aneeq Akhter and from Humaima Malick to Arslan Khan whose documentary film, […]
Anil Datta Karachi, with its profusion of art galleries, is surely an artist’s and an art lover’s paradise. Hardly a day goes by without one gallery or the other holding art shows much to the art buffs’ delight. Just one such show was held at the Grandeur Art Gallery on Tuesday evening, with its walls […]
Karachi: It has nothing to do with a shepherd’s dream of finding hidden treasure (as it happens in a Paulo Coelho’s novel), nor does it have anything to do with the art or science of turning ordinary metals into gold. The word ‘Alchemy’, the title of an exhibition of the latest work by Faiza Sheikh […]
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