Art Exhibitions at the Khaas Art Gallery

The Team at Khaas Art Gallery The Khaas Art Gallery, Islamabad, started off as ‘The Art Gallery’ in 1992. The foundation for the establishment was set in 1992 by local artist Momina Zuberi. Zishan Afzal Khan, art collector and gallerist; came in to partner with Momina on the Gallery, which in 2002 took on the […]

Multan: The City of Saints

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Which Pakistani city has been; The capital of a kingdom mentioned in the Mahabharata? Conquered by the Greek king Alexander? Called Dar-ul-Aman during the rule of the Mughar Emperor Akbar? Recognized as the birthplace of Baba Farid, considered to have been the first Punjabi poet? The answer to all of the above is Madinat-ul-Auliya, or […]

Few Interesting Facts about Pakistan

Type ‘Pakistan’ into the Google search box and you’re not very likely to come up with a lot of positive news. For years now Pakistan has been struggling with a host of challenges; internal and external. But here are few facts about Pakistan you don’t hear a lot about; Pakistan, a country that stands resilient […]

Gaming In Pakistan

HADOUKEN! True Pakistani gamers will recognize coin-operated arcade games as the precursor of present-day gaming in Pakistan. The arcade games were operated in small shops in almost every little locality of the country, especially the big cities, and ‘tokens’ cost about 50 paisas. All around the world and in Pakistan during the early 90s, boys […]

Burka Avenger – Pakistan’s first ever female Superhero

Pakistan is fighting back. The everyday Pakistani is fighting back. Maybe it’s not with guns and grenades, but it is just as effective. In small pockets all around the country, people are using comedy, music and now animations to spread awareness about the evils of illiteracy, extremism, corruption and others that plague our society today. […]

Emerging Talent from Pakistan

As I sit down to type a few words about Pakistani talent, I can’t help but think, “how do you write about something that has seems to be endless?” Sure, perhaps the ban on YouTube has hindered a surefire way of interesting feats by Pakistanis making it to our laptops; but there’s still Twitter, Facebook […]

The Pakistani Techpreneur – A symbol of faith in tomorrow

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Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking. Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop The ‘failed state’ tag has often been attached to Pakistan in the recent past, especially due to the internal strife it has endured and its difficult economic situation. And while a […]

Emerging Comedic Talent of Pakistan

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A mention of Pakistani comedy and the first names that come to mind are comedic geniuses Umer Sharif and Shakeel Siddiqui, the satirical Sohail Ahmed, Anwar Maqsood, Bushra Ansari and the late legend Moin Akhtar, to name a few. Their comedic timing, clean humor and mass appeal is yet to be paralleled by others. The […]

Memoirs From the National Spelling Bee Competition by Dawn Media Group

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Spellbound! The Bee No other co-curricular competition in Pakistan today is as big and as electric as the National Spelling Bee being conducted by the Dawn Media Group since 2005. For those new to the concept, the ‘Bee’, as it is fondly called, is basically a spelling contest in which participants have to spell words […]

Exploring the History and Culture of Art and Craft in Pakistan

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It would indeed be surprising if a region with a history as interesting as the subcontinent’s, did not have any memorabilia to showcase and represent its rich and varied culture. Pakistan is very lucky in this context that it is home to the cultures and traditions of a historical people. Be it the local music, […]