Ramchand Pakistani Wins Indian Hearts
Pakistani director Mehreen Jabbar’s critically acclaimed film Ramchand Pakistani is receiving accolades throughout India when it premiered at New Delhi’s Osian Cinefilm Festival. Though the film is not without its …
Continue reading »Pakistan-born Photographer Wins Pulitzer Prize
Adrees Latif, 34, a Pakistani-by-birth photojournalist has won the Pulitzer prize for his photography for Reuters in Myanmar. Adrees’s photograph of the fatal shooting of a fellow journalist, the Japanese …
Continue reading »Pakistan’s Hottest Female TV Star and ‘His’ Mission
Ali Saleem, or Begum Nawazish Ali as known to hundreds of thousands of Pakistani television viewers, remains upbeat about what he or she does best. It’s a message Saleem usually …
Continue reading »Pakistani Film on Hindu Boy Aims to Bring Nations Closer
‘Ramchand Pakistani’ - a Pakistani film based on the real life drama of a seven-year-old Pakistani Dalit Hindu boy - Rambchand - which is set for an international release early …
Continue reading »Pakistan’s First Female Cartoonist and her ‘Gogi’ in Canada
Nigar Nazar speaks of her creation with obvious affection. “Gogi is a Pakistani woman who wears polka dots � because I love them.” Though internationally recognized and honoured as …
Continue reading »Pakistan Film a Big Hit at International Film Festival
It’s being hailed as the film which has revived a moribund Pakistan cinema. It has received accolades for boldly taking on the fundamentalist Mullah lobby in Pakistan, and the world …
Continue reading »A Pakistan Holiday for a British Journalist
The notion that Pakistan is more dangerous than Iraq is absurd. I hired a car in Islamabad and headed out onto the partially completed M2 motorway that will eventually connect …
Continue reading »Cuba’s Pakistan Quake Documentary Premieres
The film, by director Roberto Chile, was presented by Cuban Charge’d Affairs Ivan Mora who said it was a privilege and honor to screen the latest effort of a filmmaker …
Continue reading »First Indian Movie in Pakistan Theatres in 40 Years
Mughal-e-Azam, or The Great Mogul, is an historical romance made in 1960 in Mumbai but set in Lahore at the time when Muslim leaders ruled India. Film lovers lined up …
Continue reading »Karachi Man is the Most Popular Female Star on Pakistan TV
Salim’s chiffon-wearing alter ego, Begum (Mrs.) Nawazish Ali, has become an overnight star, using style and pomp to confront prickly topics with Pakistani politicians, Islamic religious figures and celebrities, posing …
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