The
top brass of General Headquarters in Rawalpindi,
the heart of the Pakistan Army, is getting used
to a different daily routine. Instead of mulling
over the limited variations of precise battle
plans against India, they now have to spend
precious time on an expanding, deadlier,................detail
Jamia
Binoria recently shot into prominence after
a controversial documentary ran on the US-based
news channel, Fox News, showing two teenaged
Pakistani-American brothers forced into studying
religious education against their will at the
madrassah.........detail
Tariq
Ali was not the first one to pose the question,
“Can Pakistan survive?” when he
chose it as the title of his study more than
35 years ago. Since Pakistan came into being
after a non-traditional process, fears of its
mortality have been a part of its people’s
psyche............detail
Designer
Asad Tareen brings forth a refreshing summer
collection of formals and semi-formals made
by a team of select designers under the label,
‘Maysoon.’ “White is the colour
of summers in the tropical heat of Karachi.......detail
As
Zeb first took the mike to answer a question at the
press conference of the launch of Zeb and Haniya's new
album, Chup, she stuttered, before uttering, "Thank
you everyone for being here." And then in a humourously
apologetic tone..........detail
An
intelligent interplay of geometric severity and organic
pliancy, 'Dimensions of the Illimitable' by Imran Mir,
shown at VM Gallery, is a cogent argument not only for
abstract painting, but also for the continuing vitality
of a late modernist aesthetic............detail