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How Karachi scores over Mumbai: The airport is better, the roads are pothole-free, and the people are warm, gracious and more polite, say the Vaziranis. ”We want to share (with you all) just how warm the people of Pakistan are,” gushes Mala Vazirani (47) who along with husband Suresh runs Transasia Bio-Medical, a Saki Naka-based [...]

UNLIKE MOST in the fashion designer fraternity who dress to “look” their profession, Nilofer Shahid comes across as a surprise. A pleasant one indeed. Dressed in a simple white kurta-pajama matched with a blue stole, this Lahore-based designer does not feel the need to visually announce that she is riding the high tide. But riding [...]

As the heads of India and Pakistan prepare for a meeting in New York that is expected to boost peace talks, a wedding show back home is propelling people-to-people contact — often cited by analysts as the bulwark of any permanent peace deal. In its sixth year, Bridal Asia is more an India-Pakistan bonhomie forum [...]

Do manners maketh a man? Do clothes matter? Does the tie around his neck or the kerchief in his pocket say something about him? Or, in the case of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Khurshid Kasuri, do his bejewelled cufflinks convey a hint of his personality? They may not be Van Cleef and Arpels but they’re certainly [...]

Shiny bustiers beneath transparent ponchos. Plunging necklines and stringy blouses. Strappy numbers that flatter the figure. If your perception of Pakistani women was based on what’s shown on PTV World, brace for a culture shock. If Karachi-based designer Cyma Almakky — some of whose creations are on show at the Bride and Groom exhibition in [...]

Fashion knows no boundaries…and who knows it better than the Delhites, who on Thursday witnessed a unique fashion show showcasing the very best of Indian and Pakistani creations. The fashion show, aptly titled “Jashn-e-Aman”, was a prelude to a bridal exhibition, which would kick off in New Delhi later in the month. “Jashn-e-Aman means celebration [...]

Shafaq has established herself as the leading jewellery designer for 22k gold jewellery. In fact many jewellery lovers and fashion gurus call her “the designer”. Her ensembles were a treat to watch. They were a piece after piece of stunning beauty. Some pieces had a magical flow of colours with unique precious and semiprecious stones. [...]

Pakistan’s fashion models are slowly managing to crawl on to international catwalks and into overseas magazines. But hidden behind the kohl-rimmed eyes and the perfectly plastered smiles are women who are paying a heavy price for stepping into designer stilettos.