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Love in the time of Slackistan
ISLAMABAD: It’s mid afternoon in Kohsar Market’s Mocca Coffee and the temperature rises something fierce when the couple walks in looking frosty and unfrazzled; if looks could kill… The long-time on-screen/off-screen lovebirds need no introduction for anyone worth their paisa in Islamabad. For the clueless: Meet director Shahbaz Shigri, 23, and screenwriter/actor Aisha Linnea Akhtar, [...]
Continue reading...World Refugee Day: Without hope
20. June 2011
One refugee without hope is too many” is the message behind the UNHCR’s “One” campaign that started last week. On the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 55/76 where it was decided that June 20 would be celebrated as World Refugee Day. A refugee, as [...]
Continue reading...Coke Studio Season 4 Episode 3 – Great discoveries and wasted talent
20. June 2011
After taking the audience by storm with Sajjad Ali’s “Kir Kir” and the epic “Kangna” in episode 2, “Coke Studio”returns with a more experimental approach towards music. This episode features some really amazing talent in the form of Mole’s instrumental and yet another young female vocalist, Quratulain Baloch, who is definitely a great addition to Pakistani [...]
Continue reading...Bol premieres in Karachi
20. June 2011
On June 19, the deserted Zaibunnisa street came to life when celebrities and media personnel arrived in hordes and struggled to find parking spots near Atrium Cinemas. Subsequently, they made their way to the cinema for the much-awaited premiere of Bol — the biggest venture in Pakistani entertainment this year. Those who randomly tried to wander [...]
Continue reading...Theatre in Pakistan – From English to Urdu
20. June 2011
LAHORE: In the past year, many producers known predominantly for their work in commercial English theatre are now transitioning into commercial Urdu theatre. The trend is part of an effort to cater to a larger market, while also developing an economic model that can help sustain the industry. For many people sitting through a classical [...]
Continue reading...The other side of Moin Akhtar
20. June 2011
KARACHI: Much acknowledged for his onscreen wit and humour, there is very little one knows about the other side of Moin Akhtar – an avid reader who had maintained a home library, a serious man who had a philosophy of making a difference, an actor who never found time to watch TV and a writer [...]
Continue reading...Pakistan’s fashion industry – Caught in a bubble
15. June 2011
Exploding bombs, bickering politicians and a deteriorating economy — these are routine features of everyday life in Pakistan. Yet remarkably so, the country’s thriving fashion scene remains conspicuously detached from these harsh realities. Triggered to commercially cater to popular elite tastes, leading designer apparel ironically exhibit sumptuousness and flamboyance that drastically contrasts with the country’s [...]
Continue reading...World No Tobacco Day: In Pakistan, the cancer continues to spread
31. May 2011
KARACHI: Farhan, 32, has lost his father and his grandfather to cancer. Both died in their early 50s. Despite this, Farhan smokes nearly two packets a day. “I started when I was barely 13. It was just about being part accepted into the group,” he recalls. “From a cigarette or two I didn’t even realise [...]
Continue reading...Singer Abrar ul Haq shows support for recovering addicts
1. May 2011
Singer and Sahara for Life Trust chairman Abrarul Haq along Ali Zafar visited the Aas treatment facility for drug addicts on Friday. The treatment hospital in Daska is being successfully run by the local NGO Young Blood Foundation in Daska. The Young Blood Foundation chairman Bashir Ahmed Naz, president Tanveer Ahmed Mughal, general secretary Haji Zahid [...]
Continue reading...Moin Akhtar: Great loss to laughter
23. April 2011
Everything I did is a part of history now. To live with history is difficult but there will be people, who will say one day, there was a man who did it and did it so differently. Those were the last words of the legendary Moin Akhtar, before he left the world’s stage – to a [...]
Continue reading...Moin Akhtar passes away
22. April 2011
Renowned film, stage and television actor Moin Akhtar passed away in Karachi on Friday. Akhtar died as a result of heart complications. He had undergone heart surgery. Actress, Bushra Ansari said she always felt tremendous pride being compared to Akhtar, and the actor’s death has come as a great shock. “All he did was work, [...]
Continue reading...Blue and Buff: 3D Avatar finally hits Lahore
18. April 2011
While those in the city by the sea have enjoyed the wonders of 3D animation and film for a good while now, people in Lahore had to sit back, sigh and grit their teeth in envy. It may be a real hike all the way to Township, but CineStar has made the trek worthwhile by [...]
Continue reading...World Street Children Day
13. April 2011
GUJRANWALA / MULTAN: The number of street children in Pakistan has been increasing every year despite the Child Protection Bureau’s (CPB) attempts to control the situation. “I have been gathering trash for two years now. I used to go to school but I dropped out because my parents had no money and needed my help,” says [...]
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23. June 2011
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