Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat Attracting Record Number of Climbers
As the Karakorum season approaches, a surprising number of teams are looking to tackle Nanga Parbat, the isolated 8125m peak in western Pakistan. At least ten expeditions will head for …
Continue reading »Ali Azmat Goes Philosophical with Solo ‘Social Circus’
The lead vocalist of Junoon - a radical rock band of the last decade, Ali Azmat, has launched his first solo album titled ‘Social Circus’. The album is released by …
Continue reading »Hit Reality Show Earns Briton a Pakistani Passport
A BRITON who held television viewers spellbound as he enthusiastically sampled every aspect of life in Pakistan, from dire poverty to the gun law of wild tribal areas, was given …
Continue reading »Ustad Nusrat’s Nephews Keep Legend Alive in US Concerts
When the late legendary qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan first sang in the United States, his concerts weren’t so different from those he performed in his native Pakistan. …
Continue reading »Karachi Art Director’s Award Winning Paintings Exhibiting in US
Lubna’s painting ‘Crows and Windows,’ recently won ‘Best in Show’ at the 2005 Sanctuary Art exhibit, a juried art show sponsored by the Massachusetts Audubon Society at the Moose Hill …
Continue reading »Twenty20: A Shot in the Arm for Pakistan Cricket
Perhaps the Asian market represents the litmus test if Twenty20 cricket is to transform itself from a novel newcomer to a bona-fide global format. The reduced-overs game has been embraced …
Continue reading »Karachi ‘Floating’ Restaurant Aims to be World’s First Stationary Ship
The construction work on the ‘Floating Kitchen’ project, which will also be called ‘Majestic Ship’, is in full swing on the shore of Sea View in Defence Housing Authority. It …
Continue reading »Rawalpindi Cock Fights Attract Die Hard Following
It takes 10 minutes to decide a fight between two roosters, but it requires at least 20 months to prepare a super fighting rooster. This traditional sport has no association …
Continue reading »Islamabad Professor Explains Feminism at Karachi Women’s Workshop
In a lucid style, the learned professor who heads the gender studies department at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, explained six phases of feminism, from liberal feminism to the echo-feminism in present …
Continue reading »Free Indian Surgery Saves Pakistani’s Eye Sight
A 19-year-old boy from Lahore — Omar Zafar — couldn’t bear to see his father suffer due to poor eyesight. He decided to contact eye hospitals in India. In a …
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