Bomb Explodes near Sonu Nigam’s Concert Venue

KARACHI: A man was killed and at least eight others were seriously injured when a car bomb exploded in Zulfiqar Street near the Carlton Hotel, where the police had established a cordon for the security of musical concert of famous Indian singer Sonu Nigam at the Golf Club on Saturday … Read more

Pakistani Artists Exhibit ‘Rag Paper’ Paintings in US

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum presents Karkhana: A Contemporary Collaboration, on view through March 12, 2006. Karkhana: A Contemporary Collaboration will feature a series of works by six contemporary Pakistani artists: Aisha Khalid, Hasnat Mehmood, Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Nusra Latif Qureshi, Talha Rathore, and Saira Wasim. The exhibition will be … Read more

Lahore Witnessing Art Exhibition Boom

With September approaching fast and summer getting mild, the art scene in Lahore is gaining momentum as three painting exhibitions are being held in the last week of August. Of the three art shows, one opened at Ijaz Gallery on Saturday whereas the rest would be held on August 28 … Read more

Sushmita , Saif , Malaika in Karachi

Karachi rocked with Sushmita Sen, Saif Ali Khan and Malaika Arora who flew in exclusively to perform here. With the latest wave of cultural exchange between India and Pakistan a number of Indian actors have flown in to Karachi and Lahore, either to perform or to promote their films, and … 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

Pakistan-India concert for tsunami victims

In the first and largest event of its type, Indian and Pakistani film stars and artistes performed together in a six-hour concert to raise funds for tsunami survivors. Called “Help!”, the concert held in Bombay, was broadcast on several news and entertainment television channels, including Geo TV. Indian film legend … Read more

Pakistani stars to perform for tsunami relief

Pakistan’s film industry has offered to take part in an entertainment extravaganza conducted by Bollywood to raise money for the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund to help tsunami victims. The offer was made to Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt, who recently completed the film Nazar, an Indo-Pak venture with Pakistani star Meera … Read more