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A United States-based non-profit organisation has named Pakistani and Bangladeshi journalists for its media awards for population reporting, but rejected Indian applications because they lacked merit. Pakistan’s Dawn journalist, Ms Zubeida Mustafa will receive the 25th Annual Global Media Awards for excellence in population reporting from the King of Morocco on December 5 in the [...]

What does one call a stock exchange ‘bull’ in Urdu? This is just one of the many problems which Pakistan’s only business channel Business Plus is facing ever since it was launched in August this year. The Lahore head-office of the channel also has to constantly justify its area of operation in a city whose [...]

The air around Alhamra Cultural Complex was charged with excitement as throngs swarmed to see the opening of the much-awaited World Performing Arts Festival on Friday night. The festival, which was organised by a known cellular company and the Rafi Peer Theatre (RPT) boasted up-to-the-mark performances and excellent stage light arrangements. Disco lights had been [...]

A new cable television channel that claims to be the first US Muslim lifestyle network in English debuts next week, bringing to fruition an idea born in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Bridges TV founder and chief executive Muzzammil Hassan, who moved to the United States from Pakistan in 1979, says his wife [...]

The renowned ‘Orfeon Chamber Choir’ from Ankara, Turkey, gave a charismatic performance at the Turkish embassy auditorium on Thursday evening to mark the 66th anniversary of the directive issued by Quaid-i-Azam to observe November 18 as ‘Kemal Day’ throughout the subcontinent. The performance started a little late because of the delayed arrival of Foreign Minister [...]

The Goethe Institut will screen seven feature films on its newly opened premises over a month. The film festival will begin on Thursday. The movies will be screened on Thursdays and Mondays at 7pm. According to a brochure issued by the German cultural centre, the first film to be screened is titled Halbe Treppe (Grill [...]

AWAIS Javed (22) fought with his parents. Mohammad Hanif (22) has put his plans of taking the civil services exam on hold. Rana Waqas Ahmed (22) juggles his lectures in physiotherapy with rehearsals. All this for theatre—and peace between India and Pakistan. Twenty-one students from various educational institutions in Lahore are in Mumbai—for the first [...]

Top Indian actress Aishwarya Rai’s latest film Bride and Prejudice will hit Pakistani cinemas by December-end. This is seen as a necessary stepping-stone to the co-production of films between India and Pakistan, the Daily Times quoted sources as saying. According to the paper, Samina Peerzada, a Pak-based film critic who is a staunch supporter of [...]

The famous heroine of Punjabi films Sheeba Bhakri is ready to spread the message of harmony across the border in Pakistan through a Pakistani Punjabi film ‘Badda Choudhury’. After registering her name as a successful actress in both Punjabi and Hindi films, Sheeba Bhakri is going to enter into the Pakistani film world opposite the [...]

Twenty-one year old Pakistani actress Meera is making her Bollywood debut in Soni Razdan ‘s suspense thriller Nazar . Meera is shooting for the film in Goa nowadays. Meera, fondly referred as ‘Madhuri Dixit of Pakistan’, has taken her first step into Hindi film industry. She frankly admits that she was always fond of Hindustani [...]