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[5 Apr 2009 | Comments Off | Amna Khalique]
Elegant Pregnant

Pregnant moms in Karachi have something to celebrate – other than the birth of their child, that is: the launch of Samar Mehdi’s maternity line, Positive.

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[5 Apr 2009 | Comments Off | Nadir Hassan]

Given the paucity of foreign bands that make their way to Karachi for live performances, the Goethe Institut’s decision to invite electronic duo Mouse on Mars for a concert was laudable.

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[7 Mar 2009 | Comments Off | Aamra Ahmed]
Correcting Corruption

Brigadier Anwar Khan, regional manager of TCF Schools inaugurated the fourth poster painting competition on “A Child’s View of Corruption” at the Arts Council, Karachi, organised by Transparency International Pakistan.

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[6 Mar 2009 | Comments Off | Rabiya Ali]
Good Hair Day

Toni&Guy’s professional hair care range, label.m, has finally come to town.

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[5 Mar 2009 | Comments Off | Zahra Chughtai]
Art and Craft

Artist, designer and author, Noorjehan Bilgrami’s workshop, Koel, will provide a meeting ground for the arts and crafts, showcasing works by painters, ceramists and sculptors, while it gives equal time and space to the crafts.

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[4 Mar 2009 | Comments Off | Faiza Shah]
A Fine Excess

Faraz Maqsood Hamidi launched his debut anthology of English poems, Skin.

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[3 Mar 2009 | Comments Off | Amna Khalique]
What’s Your Shanaakht?

The Citizens Archive of Pakistan wants to preserve the heritage that is unique to the country as well as to create a digital archive that will eventually be part of the Living History Museum of Pakistan.

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[2 Mar 2009 | Comments Off | Faiza Shah]
Chromatic Harmony

Arif Mahmood’s exhibition titled The Stretched Canvas displayed an engaging marriage of two mediums of art: photography and painting.

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[4 Feb 2009 | Comments Off | Faiza Shah]
Newsliners: Tribute to a Pioneer

Painter, printmaker, architect, professor and sculptor – the father of contemporary Pakistani art, Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq remains alive in the memories of those whose lives he touched in his eccentric but gentle ways.

The Indus Valley School of Arts and Architecture commemorated his 10th death anniversary on January 20. Friends, family, students and colleagues gathered on the campus lawn, around the sculpture bequeathed by the artist, symbolising his vision for the school. Behind the sculpture, a large unfinished portrait of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, which has been hanging in Ardeshir Cowasjee’s house since Akhlaq’s death, stood facing the gathering.

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[4 Feb 2009 | Comments Off | Ali Burhani]
Newsliners: Protest Art

Some of the boldest posters included one showing the swastika transforming into the Star of David – let’s not even try to imagine the reaction a Jew would have upon viewing it. Next, a poster on mass consumerism highlighted the Jewish monopoly over the global corporate culture, with the names of the corporations creating the lines of the Star of David.