PESHAWAR – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Minister for Information and Culture, Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will allocate four per cent of GDP for education sector in the next budget, which in the past never exceeded two per cent. This he said while addressing the cheque distribution ceremony held in the honour […]
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif said that vacant lands were being converted into beautiful landscapes through horticulture across the province. This had led to availability of eco-friendly atmosphere to citizens along with giving a new look to the cities, he added. The CM was inspecting horticulture work carried out by the Parks and […]
Karachi: The book, Tareekh Bolti Hai (history speaks), based on interviews and personal meetings of senior journalist and analyst Nazir Leghari with world leaders, was launched on Friday.The book is an account of the author’s meetings and interviews with 15 world leaders. The author is the editor of Daily Awam, Karachi. These include slain former […]
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said that the people of Pakistan and Turkey are very close and deeply love each other. Lahore is the second home for Turkish people and the Lahorities have very close relations with Turkish families living here. He said that holding of Turk Culture Festival in Lahore is a […]
ISLAMABAD: Over 40 young comperes received awards and certificates on completion of two-day compering workshop under Talent Hunt programme of Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Thursday. PNCA Director General Tauqeer Nasir distributed certificates among the participants for their performance during the workshop that was organised by the PNCA in collaboration with Ministry […]
Fazal Khaliq SWAT: It is often said that Pakistan, particularly the north, is a tourist paradise waiting to happen. As soon as the terrorists, the corrupt and the unimaginative are swept away, a tourist boom is inevitable. Perhaps – but not if ancient relics and sites are left to vandals, looters and natural rot. Two […]
Abdullah Madani LOWER DIR – A five-day colourful Dir cultural and peace festival organized by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government with the help of security forces here concluded on Wednesday with popular Khattak dance on drumbeats. A prize distribution ceremony in this regard was held at the Dir Scouts ground. Sector North I Commander Brigadier Nadeem […]
Anil Datta Karachi: Mirza Ghalib’s poetry has always been considered rather abstract, and so all-encompassing that one can interpret his language in a host of ways and derive a multitude of meanings from it. Even for Ghalib’s contemporaries, his language and imagery in many of his poems presented a challenge. Fortunately, we now have dozens […]
Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to construct two museums to preserve 33,000 rock carvings, sculptures and statures of Buddha discovered from the site of construction of Bhasha Dam, it is learnt. These discovered rock carvings will probably be preserved in fiber glass material same on the lines of Aswan Dam in Egypt.In order […]
Saadia Qamar KARACHI: Former Miss Pakistan Roomi Syed is not just a model, poet and writer — she’s now a fashion designer too. She recently opened up a boutique and production house in Karachi’s Khadda Market. The Express Tribune spoke to the former pageant queen about her fashion inspiration and her latest endeavours. Her background […]
Sidrah Roghay Karachi: When people complain of their busy schedule as an excuse for not reading, Ghazi Salahuddin gives them President Obama’s example. “During his election campaign when he got off a plane, he had in his hand a book and a finger inserted in the middle to serve as a bookmark. One cannot be […]
KARACHI: Rangoonwala Community Centre (RCC) recently organised a photographic exhibition entitled ‘Jam Session Photo Exhibition’, featuring the photographs of various music artists at the RCC VM Art Gallery. Forty snaps of Jazz players who performed in various countries were put on display in the photo exhibition organised in collaboration with the American Consulate’s Cultural Wing. […]
Why have we killed our traditional festivals, which were part of the cultural life and instead tried to hold state-sponsored events calling them a jashan-e-baharaan? Sarwat Ali Two melas in the last week or so were held in Lahore — one at the Alhamra and the other at the Minar-e-Pakistan in which a large number […]
NEW YORK – Describing himself as ‘a fakir and a safir’ (a wandering mystic and a cultural ambassador), famous folk singer Arif Lohar says he is using music as a bridge to promote understanding between Pakistani and American people as he tours the United States.“I feel that it is very necessary at this critical time. […]
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