• February 4, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

By: Hidayat Khan PESHAWAR: When Dasonti Singh ran Sohrab Modi’s Pukar at The Picture House in 1940, the audience fell in love with the old school cinema hall. The cinema’s future success and viewership was ensured a year later when Singh brought Modi and Prithviraj Kapoor’s Sikandar to the screen. The film immortalised Kapoor as […]

• February 3, 2014
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

PESHAWAR: Two explosions inside a cinema here on Sunday night left four people killed and 31 injured. According to police officials, two hand grenades were lobbed inside the hall of Picture House, one of the oldest cinemas in Peshawar situated on the Cinema Road near Qissa Khwani Bazaar, during the screening of a Pashto film. […]