Remembering Shoaib Hashmi — the legendary actor, teacher and playwright By: By Dr Amjad Parvez on May 18, 2023It was some time before the demise of Kanwar Aftab Ahmad, legendary drama and music producer of PTV when writer/actor Mustansar Hussain Tarrer, late Ravian/singer/cricketer Mushtaq Hashmi and I had gone to his residence to enquire about his health that we also decided to visit Shoaib Hashmi living close by in F Block, Model Town, […]
Remembering Anil Biswas whose songs captivated music lovers By: Dr. Amjad Parvez on May 17, 2023Anil Krishna Vishwas more known as Anil Biswas and fondly known as Anil Da, was an Indian playback singer and musician, considered one of the ancestors of playback singing in Indian cinema. To my generation he is more known as a pure melody maker of late 1940s and early 1050s. As a child I remember […]
Swiss settlement evacuated as two million cubic metres of rock is due to come crashing down on May 17, 2023Swiss authorities have ordered residents to abandon a tiny mountain village in the eastern canton of Graubunden because of fears it could soon be buried beneath a collapsing mountainside. A thick coat of fog covered the mountaintop overlooking the village of Brienz on Thursday, where vegetation has been replaced by a slope of mud and […]
Alhamra holds watercolour painting workshop titled Nurturing Artistic Brilliance By: Staff Report on May 17, 2023The Alhamra Cultural Complex at Qaddafi Stadium has commenced an inspiring eight-day Watercolour Painting Workshop, captivating art enthusiasts with its grandeur. The workshop led by the esteemed master, Dr. Ajaz Anwar, this workshop guarantees to be a transformative experience for all participants. Executive Director Alhamra Muhammad Saleem Sagar graced the Workshop opening ceremony who introduced […]
Julia Roberts debuts new look in must-see hair transformation on May 17, 2023Julia Roberts is turning heads with her fresh cut. The Pretty Woman actress recently debuted fringe bangs and proved that spring is always a good time to switch up your trademark look. Julia, whose signature style consisted of a long one-length ‘do, showcased her dramatic transformation at the Watches and Wonders event in Geneva on […]
Lambah informs us with choreographed details of behind the scene diplomacy and numerous backchannels By: Imtiaz Alam on May 16, 2023Late Ambassador Satinder Kumar Lambah’s memoirs about India-Pakistan relations under six prime ministers of India are quite revealing in terms of chronically detailed reminiscences of three decades of directly or indirectly handling India’s policy towards, what he perceives to be a problematic offshoot of partition on the ‘inviable’ basis of religion. It is full of […]
New York’s most inventive pizzas are cooked up at pop-ups on May 16, 2023I was sitting next to a forklift inside a brewery in Queens when I understood that everything I knew about New York pizza was wrong. Until that moment, I would have told you that the best pizza in the city comes out of a large oven that is either built into a wall or weighs […]
The world’s first Jumanji-themed park launches in the UK on May 16, 2023The world’s first Jumanji-themed land has opened its gates in the UK. The £17million ‘World of Jumanji’ attraction, set inside the Chessington World of Adventures Resort, ‘deep dives into the adventurous, action-packed stories seen in the box-office-hit Jumanji films’. Billed as the theme park’s ‘wildest adventure yet for families’, the new land features the world’s […]
‘The Mother’ review: Jennifer Lopez in Niki Caro’s enjoyably silly Netflix action thriller By: Agencies on May 15, 2023Make no mistake, the title character in the enjoyably ridiculous The Mother is given no name, but there’s never any doubt that she’s Jennifer Lopez. From the runway-ready fur hoodie she sports in the Alaskan wilderness to the flawless eye makeup and dewy complexion that withstand everything from childbirth to a knife fight in the […]
‘The Starling Girl’ review: A small-town teen questions her faith in nonjudgmental indie drama on May 15, 2023From “Saved!” to “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” Sundance movies tend to paint fundamentalist Christians as severe, cult-like zealots, hellbent on brainwashing the next generation. While such portrayals can certainly be cathartic for those scarred by conservative upbringings, it’s a refreshing change to see this milieu treated with the level of nuance that Laurel Parmet […]