KARACHI: Screening of Students’ Short Movies & Documentaries at the Alliance Francaise, French cultural centre started here on Tuesday. All in all, six short films were screened as the audience, mainly students, filled the hall. The event was in collaboration with the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, where work of two […]
KARACHI: Musadiq Sanwal, the editor of Dawn.com, passed away on Friday after battling with lung cancer for more than a year. Born in 1962, Sanwal will be remembered for his dedication to journalism, his closeness to his colleagues and love for the arts, most importantly music which he learnt in his younger years and performed […]
KARACHI: With the rich art culture originating in the Subcontinent since the aesthetic Mughal era, Pakistan is home to few of the finest painters and artists around the world. However, these artists are at a loss of a platform to showcase their talent globally. Art legends, such as Abdur Rahman Chughtai, Sadequain, Gulgee and Jamil […]
KARACHI: A fascinating combination of expressionism and impressionism, Shazly Khan’s stylistic art depicts the feminine form in its multifarious roles. Feminism, friendship and fertility are the three most obvious aspects of her art which, over the years, has evolved into a potent but subtle form steeped in a powerful stylistic imagery. Her ‘Epic Journey’ covers […]
Studied at the National College of Arts in Lahore and the SLADE School of Fine Art in London, now living in Australia, artist Nazia Ejaz has shown her work locally and internationally. Her work explores her connection with Pakistan as she looks to establish a relationship with a new landscape. She exhibited her paintings in […]
KARACHI: With the exception of a few milestones in the second half, year 2013 remained almost flat with no major development in the telecom sector. However, experts say that it set the stage for the next year. “I am seeing 2014 with a lot of optimism, it will be better than the previous five years,” […]
KARACHI: The Democrats panel won the Karachi Press Club elections for 2014 on Saturday with majority. According to the results, Imtiaz Khan Faran of daily Awam was elected president with 486 votes. His rival, Ayub Jan Sarhandi (Daily News), secured 61 votes. The seven members of the governing body were also elected. They are: Irshad […]
KARACHI: The Sindh government has planned to celebrate a cultural week throughout the province in February. The government plans to invite foreign diplomats to participate in the celebrations. Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, while speaking to the consul-general of the Kingdom of Jordan Yousuf Farruk on Tuesday, said that such activities and participation in each […]
Karachi: The 19th death anniversary of noted poetess Parveen Shakir will be observed on Thursday (today). Different programmes will be organised in connection with the death anniversary of the poetess, who died in a tragic car accident while on her way to work in 1994. Quran Khwani will also be held on the day and […]
KARACHI: Embodying different cultures of Pakistan, ‘Colours of Pakistan’ carnival was celebrated at the Defence Authority Public School (O’ & A’ levels) Seaview. At the grand funfair gala, the students represented different cultures with colourful folk dresses. Former secretary information Mehtab Akbar Rashdi was the chief guest of the function. Rashdi said cultural programmes help […]
KARACHI: A three-day exhibition of contemporary artists’ works commenced at the Arts Council on Thursday evening. The painters whose exhibits are on display range from some of the known names in Pakistani art to the relatively less known. The more than 60 artworks are done in different media and almost all of them try to […]
KARACHI: Abdul Sattar Hakim hurriedly sorts out the stacks of the court summons, stuffs them in his bag and rushes out of the Sindh High Court building on a motorcycle. The 60-year-old court bailiff’s race is not against time, but against technology – he has to serve the notices to the litigants before an e-mail […]
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KARACHI: The Sindh Cultural Festival kicked off in Karachi on Sunday with great zeal and enthusiasm, and Pakistan-People’s Party Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the occasion saying the Basant festival would be celebrated in Sindh this season. Inaugurating the festival at the Mohatta Palace, Bilawal said he was a proud son of Sindh – the […]
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