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Nadia Aziz is slated to create a history in Pakistan by refereeing in a squash match during the National Women’s Championship to be held in Wah on March 16. Former squash player Nadia would be the first Pakistani women squash referee and would oversee the league matches of the championship.

He does it so well that not even the sharpest of experts can tell the difference between the real and the copy, except that the latter has a fresh look. Although, if required, he can make his work look 3,000 years old. Ustad Ghulam Mustafa rarely comes to Islamabad and this particular display had been [...]

Women in Pakistan are also journalists, filmmakers, lawyers, architects, entrepreneurs and activists who are making a determined effort to get their voices heard in the din of political talk. Perhaps they should have seen the group of women who crossed the border and came into the capital for just a holiday, leaving their husbands, children [...]

Designed to act as a catalyst to improve educational achievements amongst young people, especially those of Pakistani background, the posters portray women as positive role models. A collection of posters depicting Pakistani women in non-traditional female professions has gone on show at the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham. Launched on March 8, International Women’s Day, [...]

Pakistan’s leading Sufi singer Abida Parveen performs in city for first time 51-year-old songstress has no room for Sufi-addicted Bollywood producers right now. The 51-year-old singer is no stranger to Delhi, spreading a new light with her music at Humayun’s Tomb once the sun has set, but this is her first time in Mumbai. How [...]

The embassy of Germany is active in organising cultural events, so what better way can there be to entertain visitors from abroad and keep up the good work than to organise a cultural event that is the epitome of local culture. Then followed about ninety minutes of a performance that was both exhilarating and uplifting, [...]

Both the finalists will play a 40-over match for the top honours and expressed their determination to win the historic final, however the hosts Lahore women team have a psychological edge after winning the Super League encounter against Karachi region quite comfortably. When asked about the form and fitness of the players, Lahore Women captain [...]

Who would want to watch a programme about Luton and particularly about Luton’s Pakistani community? Poor unloved Luton was recently voted “Britain’s crappiest town” and its media image veers from cheap ‘n’ cheerful Luton Airport to reports of police raids. So when writer and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor was commissioned to make a documentary film about [...]

Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi, whose good looks and cavalier style has won him many female fans in his country, was mobbed by fair sex in this sleepy Indian holiday resort as well. For about 30 minutes, Pakistani heart-throb had to endure mock chiding from his Indian female fans who had come to watch him at nets [...]

While working in a post office in the UK, he kept on painting as a hobby along with sorting out letters. Later, he started displaying and selling his works in the art streets for a meagre 5 to 10 pounds. Slowly people started noticing his unusual work and he got recognition through his major solo [...]