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Shooting for the first Indo-Pak television drama series, Muhabat Ka Sehar, will start on October 12 in Switzerland. The 19-epsiode series is written by Asghar Nadeem Saeed and will be directed by Ravi Roy. The cast includes Indian actors Moona Singh and Nandani and Pakistan actors Muammar Rana, Nirma and Sonia Falak…

The Provincial Education Department has been instructed to submit a feasibility report to introduce journalism at college level in the Punjab province. He told the gathering that he himself had studied as well as taught at the PU Mass Communication Department and remarked that journalism was an art. He also observed that education of journalism [...]

The National College of Arts (NCA) will open admissions for its upcoming film and TV department next month after a meeting of the academic committee, sources told Daily Times on Wednesday.The sources said that activities related to the film and TV department had started with two Iranian filmmakers expected to visit the NCA soon to [...]

Pakistan Pavilion at a leading US apparel show ASAP at Las Vegas has attracted a large crowd on the first day. According to information reaching Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) here Tuesday, 17 Pakistani exhibitors received a positive and encouraging response at the show which was opened on August 30, 2004. Fruit of Looms has an [...]

A seven-day festival of films starring the legendary Waheed Murad, popularly known as Chocolate Hero, will open at a local cinema in the city on September 3. The festival is being organised by the All Waheedi Club, a community of Waheed Murad fans from all over Pakistan. Seven films by Waheed Murad – Armaan, Awaz, [...]

Pakistan will feature as the “Focus Country” at the ASAP Global Sourcing Show starting on Sunday at Las Vegas, USA. “The ASAP Global is the largest garment sourcing show held in the US,” its country manager in Pakistan Nadeem Sarwar said at a news conference here on Saturday. “This special status allows Pakistan several free-of-cost [...]

Even as the Governments of the two countries are still deliberating on steps for greater cultural exchanges between India and Pakistan, including release of Indian films across the border, Dobara, is all set to have its premiere in Lahore on September 4. The premiere of the film, which features, for the first time, Pakistani actor [...]

The cinema owners, film producers and writers at a seminar on Thursday criticized the government for burdening the cinema houses with heavy taxes , providing no relief to film industry and allowing Indian movies in the country through cable operators, and demanded steps to address the situation. The seminar on “How can the Pakistani film [...]

Yash Chopra’s forthcoming film aims to bridge the differences between people in India and Pakistan through a touching love story between an Indian pilot and a Pakistani girl. Even though a major part of the movie has been completed for quite some time now, Chopra had not revealed its title. But now it is confirmed [...]

E-Journalism, vital requirement of the 21st century epoch for swift dissemination of news and views, around the globe, eventually touched the zeniths of a magnificent recognition in Pakistan when PIP, the apex and strapping voice in the journalistic arena in the country held the first-ever seminar on the topic here Saturday…