Pakistan’s best designer starts India retail

In a historic fashion, business and diplomatic move, Faiza Samee, the Pakistani designer who once dressed former prime minister Benazir Bhutto for her wedding, has begun retailing in Delhi, the first ever for a Pakistani designer in India. Samee, who will be selling at the Carma fashion boutique in Mehrauli, … Read more

The Last Samurai

“This movie is a thing of beauty, with the substance to match its style.” Hollywood — and America’s — fascination with all things Asian continues in Edward Zwick’s “The Last Samurai,” a movie that successfully merges a Western with a samurai movie. Zwick triumphantly pulls off what sounds like the … Read more

Sheherzade: Hollywood Movie Plans Pakistan Shoot

A THREE-MEMBER Hollywood delegation including the director and two producers of a film, Sheherzade, arrived in Lahore Tuesday to give a presentation to the Punjab chief minister and finalize the modalities of the multi-million dollar project on May 6. The News learned Tuesday the team was headed by Salman Pirzada, … Read more

Indian, Pakistani singers to fuse music at Immies

Cultural camaraderie between India and Pakistan hits a new high on Friday with virtuoso singers from both countries set to enthrall a packed audience at the MTV Immies in Mumbai. Versatile singer Hariharan teams up with the Karachi-based rock group Strings to keep the crowd tapping while Shaan joins up … Read more

Asim Reza – Creative Brief

For a quiet man, Asim Reza has a lot to say. His work speaks for him, whether in the mythical setting of an advertisement or in the documentation of a dancer’s synchronized footwork. The quest for artistic greatness influences his life and though he doesn’t blow the trumpet on his … Read more

Daring Emirati Sheikha Plans to Settle in Pakistan

Sheikha Mohammad Hamoud Alhamdi, a 21-year-old from UAE, who has married a local of Karak and considers Pakistanis loving and caring, is learning Pashto to share Arabic folktales and stories with her in-laws. “I would love to settle in Karak with my husband and all of his family as I … Read more