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Indian film actress Kareena Kapoor has signed Javed Sheikh’s upcoming film ‘Khulay Asman Kay Nichay’ (KAKN) in Mumbai. Pakistani film actress Sana will be co-starring with Ms Kapoor, Lollywood sources told Daily Times on Thursday. Javed, who is currently filming in India, said that he would definitely be signing an Indian actress for KAKN but [...]

Folk musicians and singers from Thar’s Manganhaar community enthralled audiences with their traditional performance at the Manganhaar Music Festival here on Tuesday and impressed upon them that folk music and mystic poetry impact people and communities from within their soul. The festival was kicked off with a performance by Chanesar who played ‘Khamach’, an indigenous [...]

Very rarely do you come across a film that reflects the moods of the years gone by. KHAMOSH PANI ['Silent Waters'], directed by Sabiha Sumar, is one such film. The thought-provoking film transports you to Pakistan during 1979, with frequent flashes of 1947 injected in the narrative. KHAMOSH PANI is an intelligent film, slightly similar [...]

In 1983, a ‘princess’ married a ‘woodcutter’. She was 24 and he, 35. Most of her family refused to attend the wedding in Lahore. Her father’s family, the Pirs of Shergarh, were Syeds, proud descendants of the Prophet of Islam. Her mother’s family, the Alis, were Pakistan’s biggest industrialists. Whereas, his family were Punjabi Khatris, [...]

Mehr Khan Williams, a Pakistani national, has been appointed as UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Commission. Khan Williams has worked for the United Nations since 1976. She has held senior management positions in New York, Florence and Bangkok with UNICEF and has also served as Acting Director of the United Nations Information Centre [...]

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 [...]

The Caritas Pakistan, a non-governmental organisation, has built a playground for blind girls in Youhanabad. Abdul Rauf Rohilla, district governor of the Rotary Club Midtown, inaugurated the playground on Sunday. He praised Caritas Pakistan for helping the blind and pledged that the Rotary Club was always ready to cooperate with Caritas…

A writer [who] belongs to the remote Northern Areas has been awarded ‘best book writing award’ for her book on the people and culture of Baltistan. Uzma Saleem, has been selected for the award by the National Book Foundation Islamabad for her book titled “Bay Say Bachary, Bay Say Baltistan”…

It was an evening to remember. An evening, which was filled with nostalgia, eventually gave way to hope – hope for eternal peace in South Asia, and in rest of the world. The occasion – launch of “Ghoom Taana”, a semi-autobiographical video, directed by Saqib Malik, and features Salman Ahmad, lead singer of internationally acclaimed [...]

Talks are abuzz that lissome Katrina Kaif has consented to act in a film that will be directed by a Pakistani filmmaker. Reports say that Javed Raza of Pakistan has signed Katrina and another Indian male actor to play the leading roles in his film which is titled as Koi Pyar Na Karey…