KARACHI: Renowned singers Faakhir and Arshad Mehmood said that young artists should perform without any hesitation in the mega event ‘Fateh Suron Ki Jeet Sangeet Ki’ which will be held shortly. Talking to The News they said that Pakistan would win this musical competition and for this the young Pakistani artists should perform without any […]
By: Ayesha Shahid ISLAMABAD: Qayaas, an Islamabad based rock band, has rocked the music scene by winning multiple categories in South Asia’s first-ever music awards. The IndieGo Music Awards-2011 nominated bands from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. The winners are adjudged on the basis of acts and songs on originality, creativity and overall […]
LARKANA: On behalf of Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo, an official handed over a cheque for Rs200,000 to ailing writer Sarkash Sindhi at his residence in Shaikh Zayed Colony here on Friday. Shamsuddin Kalhoro, assistant director of Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto Memorial Library, presented a bouquet to Sarkash Sindhi, a renowned poet and author of […]
By: Khursheed Hyder KARACHI: To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Japan, the Japan Cultural Centre held an exhibition of Japanese calendars of 2012 at its premises on Friday. The exhibition was held in collaboration with Pakistan-Japan Cultural Association Sindh and Pakistan-Japan Business Forum. Masaharu Sato, the Consul […]
By Maha Mussadaq Talent hunt looks to discover various talented slum dwellers. ISLAMABAD: To showcase his vocals, the 26-year-old Shahbaz Masih sees an opportunity of a lifetime in form of the talent hunt competition at Pakistan National Council of the Arts. The artist may be visually-impaired but he does not consider this disability an obstacle […]
The Karachi auditions for Sur ki Baazi, the upcoming singing talent-hunt show of the Geo Television Network featuring Atif Aslam and Himesh Reshammiya, ended amid much excitement and heartbreak on Wednesday. Hundreds of young boys and girls from all over the city were at a hotel in DHA. Since it was the last day of […]
KARACHI: South Asia’s greatest music competition will be held shortly in Dubai with auditions for participants continuing in Karachi and Lahore, organised under the auspices of Geo TV in Pakistan and Sahara TV, India. Today (Wednesday) is the last day for the auditions. The 10-member team from Pakistan will be led by singer Atif Aslam […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Viewers are treated to calligraphy as well as the spiritual aspect of the art at Ahmed Anver`s exhibition of Quranic calligraphy that opened at the Citi Art Gallery on Tuesday. The artist has not given individual names to the exhibits; all the pieces on view have one title: A Celebration of Eternal […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Last year on Jan 14 the world of art was saddened by the demise of a great artist A.R. Nagori. To mark his first death anniversary, an exhibition of some of his outstanding works loaded with political satire began at the Art Scene Gallery on Monday. The marked feature of exhibitson display […]
Karachi: Sindh Minister for Information Shazia Marri has said that Mehdi Hassan served music for 50 years and promoted Pakistan internationally, adding that the Pakistani nation was proud of the legendary singer. The provincial minister visited the ailing classical singer who is admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on Monday on behalf of the […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Last year on Jan 14 the world of art was saddened by the demise of a great artist A.R. Nagori. To mark his first death anniversary, an exhibition of some of his outstanding works loaded with political satire began at the Art Scene Gallery on Monday. The marked feature of exhibitson display […]
Karachi: Business Recorder Logo Sindh Government will bear the expenses of the treatment of legendary singer of the country, Mehdi Hassan, who is under treat at a private hospital here. According to a statement issued here on Sunday, President Asif Ali Zardari has given special directives to provide better medical treatment facility to Mehdi Hassan. […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: One of the goals of a portrait artist is, or should be, to convincingly interpret the language of the countenance. This means the viewer must have a sense of how life manifests itself in one particular part of the human body: the face. This has been going on for centuries, as […]
KARACHI: Despite the passage of 150 years since Italy became a unified geopolitical entity, cultural integration in the country is still not complete. Pietro Lauretta, cultural attaché at the Italian consulate in Karachi, said this on Friday while delivering a lecture on the ‘150th anniversary of the unification of Italy: celebrating and revisiting patriotic themes’. […]
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