Salar Nader’s tabla performance met with great applause on December 7, 2017LAHORE: Several performances by renowned tabla player Salar Nader and classical music singer Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan rocked the musical evening titled “Sur Taal” as the audience got entertained with the tremendous music. Both artists performed on several music forms like thumri, khyal, Sufi music and classical songs at Shakir Ali Museum on Tuesday. The […]
Tabla players Salar Nader Khan and Shafqat Ali Khan to enthral Lahoris with their music on December 5, 2017LAHORE: Renowned US based tabla player Salar Nader Khan will enthuse Lahoris with his performance in a musical evening titled “Sur Taal”, which will be held at Shakir Ali Museum today (Tuesda). Salar Nader Khan was flanked by Pride of Performance recipient Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan during a jointly held press conference at Shakir Ali […]
Life remains paralysed in most parts of city on November 26, 2017LAHORE: Life came to a halt on Saturday, as citizens remained confined to their respective offices and houses for several hours due to the deteriorating situation of law and order in the provincial capital. People faced numerous problems due to daylong protests and sit-in demonstrations in different parts of the city against the government in […]
‘Bahria Town dispossessing indigenous Sindhi and Baloch communities’ on November 23, 2017LAHORE: Two women from Karachi, speaking at Faiz Festival, raised their voices against the real estate giant Bahria Town, which they said was going to disturb the beauty of the most populous city of Pakistan in the name of development. They also spoke to raise awareness of art, urbanisation and development in Karachi. Both women, […]
To counter extremism, pick up a guitar and claim an audience’ on November 19, 2017The simple act of picking up a guitar and claiming an audience through it is enough to counter the extremist narrative. It is rebellious enough to knock down extremist propaganda, veteran journalist Nadeem F Parachi said on Saturday. He was responding to a question at The Evolution of Pakistani Pop Music: Koi Naghma Koi Khushboo […]
‘Compendium’ by Hassan Babar opens at Shakir Ali Museum on November 8, 2017LAHORE: A three-day solo exhibition of artworks titled “Compendium” by visual artist Hassan Babar kicked off at Shakir Ali Museum on Tuesday. Punjab University College of Art ad Design’s Principal Prof Dr Shahida Manzoor and Manzoor Ahmed inaugurated the exhibition. The exhibition featuring hand-woven textiles has been organised by the Pakistan National Council of the […]
Lahoris go gaga over cricket homecoming on October 30, 2017 LAHORE: Cricket lovers, including children, adults and elderly people, have thanked Sri Lankan Cricket Board for sending their cricket team to Lahore after a hiatus of eight years for the third and final T-20 match against Pakistan. The third T-20 match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka was played at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium amid tight […]
Hindu community celebrates Diwali on October 20, 2017LAHORE: Like each year, the Hindu community on Thursday celebrated Diwali, also called the festival of lights, to honour Ramachandra (the seventh avatar of Hindu god Vishnu) with full religious zeal and fervour by performing religious rituals in the provincial capital. In this connection, the central ceremony of Diwali was held at Krishna Mandir (temple) […]
People throng graveyards on Ashura on October 3, 2017LAHORE: A large number of people visited graveyards across the city for offering ‘Fateha’ on the graves of their loved ones on the eve of Ashura. However, security and traffic arrangements were not satisfactory at most of the graveyards. Citizens were seen angry with the district administration, metropolitan corporation and other departments concerned for not […]
Mourners fill the streets of city on Muharram 9 on October 1, 2017LAHORE: More than 500 big and small mourning processions were taken out across the city in connection with Muharram 9, on Saturday. The main procession of Muharram 9 was taken out from Khaima-i-Sadaat (Pando Street, Islampura) that culminated at the same place after passing through its traditional route. Another big mourning procession was taken out […]