Two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, proudly announces the launch of its latest iteration of Patakha Pictures’ filmmaking mentorship and funding program, “Her Earth Advocates.” This 7-month program, focused on the theme of climate change, is open to women of all ages (18+) from across Pakistan and is accepting applications until March 3rd, 2024. […]
Arts, Culture & Books
Violent or non-violent resistance? A historical analysis
“Violent delights have violent ends.” Says Friar Laurence in a conversation with Romeo. This beautiful line was a piece of advice to Romeo and Juliet as they were about to marry. Generally, it means that having an aggressive attitude even in love ends in disaster. Let’s not limit this alluring piece of advice only to […]
Remembering Syed Suleman Shah Versatile Artist of Sindh
August 18 marks the 27th death anniversary of Sidh’s versatile singer Syed Suleman Shah who became famous as Sain Suleman among his colleagues and fans. It is quite unfortunate that despite contributing significantly to Pakistan’s music industry the late singer remained highly underrated, particularly after his death. Shah was born in a religious family in […]
Barood Khana: Unveiling the Resplendent structure in Lahore fort
As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden glow over the majestic walls of the fort, I embarked on a journey of discovery to unravel the secrets of the elusive Barood Khana. Many among us are still unaware of this gem in Lahore fort. Beyond the well-known palaces and mesmerizing architectures there, […]
The Legend of Maula Jatt
The best way to demonstrate a hero’s true bravery is to pit him against a wicked adversary. The villain always outweighs the hero in power. The villain is the hero’s partner in carrying forward the film’s narrative and provides the reasons for a good old punch-up. The rivalry between Maula Jatt and Noori Natt is […]
Book review: The Spinner’s Tale by Omar Shahid Hamid
Omar Shahid Hamid is a Pakistani writer and a serving police officer of the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP). He is also the author of “The Prisoner” and a number of other novels. This book is his second book where he has been bold enough to point fingers towards Pakistan’s most perturbing issues— extremism and […]
FIFA World Cup 2022: Pakistani truck artists paint mural in Doha
A team from Pakistan painted mural in Doha, Qatar which is on diplay at Doha Museum ahead of FIFA World Cup. The group Phool Patti led by Ali Salman Anchan completed painting the mural after two weeks. Phool Patti was invited to Qatar as part of an official partnership with the Qatar Museum for its […]
Best and easiest trick to count triangles
Best and easiest trick to count triangles: In this article provides simple tricks with formulas to find the number of triangles for the following figures Counting triangles within Square, Rectangle, Quadrilateral Number of possible triangles within a triangle How to Calculate Number of Triangles in a Square | Trick to Count no of Triangles Calculate […]
75 Years Economic Journey of Pakistan: A Positive Perspective
Pakistan had developed from nothing to something, A state with no government, no administrative body, no constitution, no court, and weak economic and military conditions, started from scratch and today it has developed as World’s 24th largest economy in terms of GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) and 44th in terms of nominal GDP along with economic […]
Beggary: ‘A Societal Curse’
“The occurrence, persistence and incidence of begging, itself represents a failure of public and social policy.” Hartley Dean. Of all age-old social evils, begging is perhaps the most complex and demoralizing evil which has evolved over time from a loose network to an organized one all over the world. No society is free from that […]