Exploring the City of AzaleasWhile visiting Beijing some 18 years ago, we had toured the Forbidden City. It was a massive palace with 9,999 and a half rooms, walled and surrounded by a moat. While the Changing of Guards ceremony...
Following a shadowy plot that played out in and around ManhattanGeorge Washington faced some big problems as he tried to fortify New York City against British forces in the summer of 1776.His ragtag army was woefully short on weapons and battle experience. The Bri...
Trailer for upcoming murder biopic is ‘unsettling’The official trailer for 'The Haunting of Sharon Tate' starring Hilary Duff is here and it is just as unsettling as one would imagine. The Daniel Farrands-directed film reimagines the events that led...
‘Ishq Mitha’ is the wedding song you’ve been waiting for!The makers have beautifully recreated the famous 1990s track "Gud naal ishq mitha" by Punjabi pop stars Bally Sagoo and Malkit Singh. The new version of the song has been rendered by Navraj Hans and H...
When scholars, analysts, policymakers, writers and journalists got together under one roofThe Afkara-e-Taza ThinkFest 2019 brought together distinguished academics, writers, poets, artists, analysts and performers from all over the world. The Alhamra Arts Council was converted into an inte...
What ‘Twitterature’ thought of ThinkFest ’19FAISAL SHERJAN — Session on economics at #ThinkFest. "Why has our economy gone through cycles of Growth and Bust. " nothing new being offered by 3 ex Ministers. Not surprising given they made no real...
ThinkFest caters to citizens’ need to engage with ideasAs Aqil Shah opened Day 1 of Lahore's ThinkFest with a bang, Dr Ayesha Jalal's talk with Raza Rumi was an equally dazzling start to Day 2. Ayesha Jalal is one of the most respected academics from Paki...
Afghanistan voted as the most religious country of the world; Pakistan ranked #6According to the statistic by PEW Research, Afghanistan has been ranked as the world's most religious country. In Afghanistan 99 percent of the citizen are religious. Almost 80 percent of the populati...