Friday, November 19, 2004
Miami Cubans Get a Taste of Pakistani Haleem
Mukhtar Yusaf knows about patience. For 18 years he has worked as a waiter, explaining menus and specials to customers night after night. He is from Pakistan, where patience is a way of life, especially when it comes to cooking.
“There are no shortcuts to flavor,'’ Yusaf says, brandishing a wooden ladle in his small, impeccably …
German Film Festival Opens in Karachi
The Goethe Institut will screen seven feature films on its newly opened premises over a month. The film festival will begin on Thursday. The movies will be screened on Thursdays and Mondays at 7pm.
According to a brochure issued by the German cultural centre, the first film to be screened is titled Halbe Treppe (Grill point). …
Pakistani Theatre Troupe Plays in Mumbai to Build Bonds
AWAIS Javed (22) fought with his parents. Mohammad Hanif (22) has put his plans of taking the civil services exam on hold. Rana Waqas Ahmed (22) juggles his lectures in physiotherapy with rehearsals.
All this for theatre—and peace between India and Pakistan.
Twenty-one students from various educational institutions in Lahore are in Mumbai—for the first …
