KARACHI: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh for Culture and Tourism Ms Sharmila Faruqui chaired meeting of monthly stipend committee for needy and poor artists, poets and writers. She stressed the need to devise a transparent manner in the process of distribution of stipend to deserving people. The meeting was informed the total 712 artists […]
KARACHI: “I was caught under Section 23A for possession of an illegal weapon,” said Khizr Rahim, one of the 24 students at the English Language Centre, which along with the Sadequain School of Fine Arts and Computer Lab opened in District Prison Malir on Sunday, while writing carefully in his four-lined exercise book. “Attending classes […]
Karachi: A correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was beaten up allegedly by a robber in PECHS on Wednesday, said a Tipu Sultan police official. SHO Zulfiqar Haider said Hassan Kazmi was on his way home when a man intercepted him in E-Market situated in Block 6 of PECHS. The suspect held Kazmi at […]
KARACHI: The Executive Committee of the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), in a meeting held in Karachi on Thursday, once again condemned the attack on senior journalist Hamid Mir and urged concerned authorities to apprehend those responsible for the incident. “Since a judicial commission has been appointed to probe the incident, PBA stresses the need to […]
KARACHI: Karachi police have registered an FIR against unidentified assailants into an armed attack against senior journalist Hamid Mir. The case was registered on behalf of sub-inspector Shahadat Khan under section 15 of Anti-Terrorism Act and 324/34 and 427 of PPO at the Airport Police Station. According to the FIR, the attack on Hamid Mir […]
KARACHI: Apart from giving hope to the people of Karachi, Hathyar Nahi Piyar wants them to stop and ponder and then change the existing narrative of the city from that of violence to one of diversity. To implement this project, Hathyar Nahin Piyar – a brainchild of NGO Pursukoon Karachi – gathered artists, who are […]
KARACHI: A training workshop for journalists organised jointly by International Federation for Journalists (IFJ) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) started on Sunday. The IFJ acting director Jain Warthintun and Ujal Achar will conduct the 4-day workshop. There will be special sessions on media monitoring, advocacy and women on the first day of the […]
KARACHI: An educationist and editor of a children’s magazine, Shamoon Qaiser, was shot dead by robbers on Saturday night after he had withdrawn money from an automated teller machine (ATM) at Nagan Chowrangi. The 30-year-old victim, who had married only a year ago, had reportedly resisted the robbery bid outside the ATM booth at a […]
By: PEERZADA SALMAN KARACHI: There’s something weirdly attractive about art that has shades of glumness about it. It’s a force that eggs on artists to investigate, to probe, to decode. They do not propagate hopelessness; the idea is to explore those aspects of life that can make life look like an uneasy exercise. Irfan Hasan […]
KARACHI: One of the most favourite reality television shows ‘MasterChef Pakistan’ is going to be screened soon on a local entertainment channel of the country, Chef Zakir, Chef Mehboob and Chef Awan will be the judge of the cooking show. In Pakistan Knorr is presenting the ‘MasterChef’, which will be screened by one of the […]
KARACHI: The media should report sensitively on minorities so that its reporting does not incite hatred or conflict, said the chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Zohra Yusuf on Tuesday. Speaking at a training workshop for journalists, ‘Peace Building, Social Harmony and Conflict Prevention Project’ organised by Caritas Pakistan Karachi, she stressed […]
KARACHI: Some art pieces can be disturbing. If you look at them, you can actually visualize the amount of suffering another human being has gone through, as portrayed through their depiction. It is certainly a reflection of the soul, a sensitive soul, which captures a kind of pain one can never really ascertain. Huma Bhabha’s […]
Karachi: A senior reporter of The News was robbed and beaten up by armed men near Jama Cloth Market on Sunday night. Fasahat Mohiuddin was heading toward MA Jinnah Road when three armed men on a motorcycle came to him and pointed a pistol at him. They told him to open the bag he was […]
By: Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: The exhibition ‘Embarking on a Visual Voyage’ by Chitra Pritam, featuring paintings colourful paintings of boats travelling anchoring near coast of the sea, at Artscene Gallery will conclude here on Saturday (today). Above 20 such paintings were on display, grabbed attention of number of art lovers, artists and others. The artist […]
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