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The leading kids’ entertainment channel of international repute, ‘Cartoon Network’ has been launched in Pakistan, whereas Strategic Alliances has been appointed by the channel to handle its advertising sales in the country, a news report said Friday. The Network has set-up a dedicated beam for Pakistan, airing its premium quality programmes featuring cartoon stars like [...]

IMAX Corporation and the Government of Punjab Province, Pakistan today announced an agreement to install the first ever IMAX theatre in Pakistan. The theatre will be located in Lahore, Pakistan, and be part of a multi-function shopping and entertainment park the Punjab Government is developing. The agreement was reached on September 28th, construction will begin [...]

Musharaf Hai, chairman of Unilever Pakistan has made it to Fortune Magazine’s 2004 ranking of the 50 most powerful women in business. Hai, who is ranked at number 46 on the list, is the only woman from Pakistan to make it to the popular ranking. ‘The most prominent businesswoman in a country where women usually [...]

“Silent Waters” was shown as part of this year’s New Directors/New Films series. Following are excerpts from Elvis Mitchell’s review, which appeared in The New York Times on March 30; the full text is available below. The film opens today at the Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street, Greenwich Village. “Silent Waters” is several different [...]

Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy presented his documentary “Crossing the Lines: Kashmir, India, and Pakistan” to a diverse group of about 70 undergraduates, graduates, and faculty Monday evening in the Cabot Auditorium. The film is about the India-Pakistan conflict as it relates to issues of Kashmiri control. History professor Ayesha Jalal described Hoodbhoy as “a household name [...]

The Mass Communication Department of the Punjab University has spiced up the lives of the students and the people within its 15-kilometre of radius with its three hours long daily transmissions. ‘I have always detested reading notices on the notice board, so tuning into the PU FM and listening to the Campus Round Up updates [...]

An exhibition of political cartoons by Mohammad Zahoor opened at the French Cultural Centre here on Tuesday. The exhibition was organized by Alliance Francaise in collaboration with Daily Times , the newspaper Mr Zahoor is presently working with. The originals of more than 40 cartoons drawn by Mr Zahoor, which have been published in the [...]

A group of Pakistani journalists has arrived in India for an unprecedented visit to the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. Indian officials say the delegation crossed the border between the two nuclear rivals Sunday at Wagah in India’s northern state of Punjab. It is the first such visit since India and Pakistan gained independence from Britain [...]

A Saudi folklore troupe enthralled hundreds of diplomats and general people at Islamabad’s Jinnah Convention Centre on Sunday. The 28-member troupe, four drummers and 24 dancers, especially flew into Pakistan to perform on the occasion of the 74th National Day of Saudi Arabia. Since entry to the show was open, a large number of people [...]

Music beyond borders is passe. Now it’s time to take things beyond music. Grammy-nominated sitarist Shujaat Husain Khan and Pakistani-American writer-poet Aneela Khalid Arshed are ready to bring out their first joint album Beyond Music which hopes to touch people with its inner meaning. ”The basic idea is to promote peace. But we also want [...]