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Pakistani bombshell Meera says she’s improved Indo-Pak ties. Meera, who says she’s 23, regards herself as a ”token of love, friendship and peace between the two countries.” India, has given her so much love that ”I cried for three hours in Kanpur recently where they gave me the Aman-e-Carvan award,” she says. Declaring herself to [...]

Korah Baghat, a 27-year-old resident of a remote village in Cholistan, describes Lahore as a ‘wonderland’. ‘The folks of this city are wonderful people. They shook hands with me, embraced me, sat with me on the ground, shared food and water with me in one pot,’ “The people don’t buy vegetables from us. They prefer [...]

The long wait for Pakistani movie buffs to watch Mughal-e-Azam, one of the greatest of Indian films, is finally over. The film, released in 1960 in India, went on to become an all-time classic and catapulted its director, K. Asif, into the all-time greats of Bollywood. Pakistan president General Musharraf has given his approval for [...]

Since making her debut in 1984, Oscar-winner Jolie has acted in many box-office hits but is known to her fans in Pakistan more for her role in Tomb Raider. “Pakistan has been hosting the Afghan refugees for many many years and the UNHCR greatly appreciates its support,” she told reporters after the meeting. Jolie has [...]

After cricket diplomacy, it’s now film diplomacy that appears to be at the forefront of Indo-Pak ties. With the first Indian film — ‘Bullet, Ek Dhamaka’ — running in theatres there, two other Indian distributors are negotiating with the Pakistan government to get approval for releases. Similarly, Bullet has been shot in Bulgaria and financed [...]

The film is currently at an advanced stage of pre-production. The producers say their production staff has done extensive research on Pakistan. One of the producers says, “We know exactly what is available for our production needs in Pakistan and how much we have to bring in. Simply put, our crew needs the production infrastructure [...]

A BRITON who held television viewers spellbound as he enthusiastically sampled every aspect of life in Pakistan, from dire poverty to the gun law of wild tribal areas, was given his reward yesterday — the promise of Pakistani citizenship. In one of the more challenging reality shows, George Fulton, a burly 26-year-old journalist from Cheshire, [...]

What happens when the cultures of two countries like Pakistan and America collide? A marriage. The movie, which Zee claims is the first made by a Pakistani-American, centers on arranged marriages, a common practice in South Asia, in which parents pick the wedding partners of their children. In doing so, Zee takes a serious topic, [...]

The history of Jashn-E-Qaqlasht dates back to the time immemorial. However some local historians believe that the festival is almost three thousand years old. This event used to be organized by the Rais rulers of Chitral and was continued by the succeeding Katoor family. After Chitral’s merger in the federation of Pakistan, holding of the [...]

Bright sun, gusty wind and colorfully decorated kites dominated the Saturday afternoon sky as students and families from throughout the area gathered in traditional clothing to celebrate the Basant Festival on campus. The festival is the first of its kind at NT. The association hopes to make Basant an annual event. Haider said the association [...]