Pakistan Calling Film Festival Being Held For the First Time
Attention All Film Makers: Pakistan Calling Film Festival is Here! In the past few years there has been a revival of cinema in Pakistan, so to support that development, the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Karachi, in collaboration with the VM Art Gallery (which was set up in 1987, and has become […]
Pakistan Calling: An Initiative to Change Perspectives
In the past decade, Pakistan has mainly been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. To dispel this negative image it had become imperative to let the world know that Pakistan is a country which is home to brave, compassionate and resilient people who live in the face of adversity, and yet with a […]
International Day of the Street Child 2016
Private organizations all over the world are trying their utmost to tackle the grave issue of an estimated 120 million street children. One of which is celebrating the International Day of the Street Child, so to give these children a platform where their voice can be heard. International Day of the Street Child: How it […]
Remembering Allama Iqbal: 78th Death Anniversary of Shair e Mashriq
Allama Iqbal: The Man On 21st April 1938, a man who was a poet, philosopher, lawyer, educationist, politician, and social reformer all molded into a single personality, left this world for his eternal abode. He was known as the Poet of the East, the Architect of Pakistan, the Sage of the Ummah. He was none […]
Pakistan’s Street-Connected Youth Shine at Street Child Games 2016
Pakistan’s Street-Connected Youth Make us Proud Once Again! Pakistan’s Street-Connected Youth brought laurels to the country by winning Bronze in the Street Child Football World Cup in Brazil in 2014. Now at the first ever Street Child Games which was also held in Brazil; from 14th to 20th March, the Pakistani team comprising of Mohammad […]
Bio-Entrepreneurship Course at the University of Peshawar Showcases Tremendous Talent
For the First Time in Pakistan a Course on Bio-Entrepreneurship at the University of Peshawar The Centre of Biotechnology and Microbiology at the University of Peshawar aims at educating and training the next generation of biotechnologists and microbiologists. It is also fully focusing on scientific research and discovery keeping in mind the needs of a […]
A PhD Thesis being Produced on Bashir Hussain Nazim by AIOU
Seminar in Memory of Bashir Hussain Nazim Held at AIOU (Allama Iqbal Open University) A seminar was arranged by the Department of Mass Communication at AIOU to honor and acknowledge the contributions of Bashir Hussain Nazim (who passed away in June 2012). An announcement was made by the Vice Chancellor, Dr. Shahid Siddiqui that the […]
Lahore Literary Festival 2016
Lahore Literary Festival: How it Began The Lahore Literary Festival was founded by Razi Ahmed. It is being annually held since 2013, and has become an event of international standing. Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) 2016 The LLF 2016 took place from 20th to 21st February at Avari Hotel. Nearly a 100,000 people attended which included […]
First Ever Conference on Pakistani Writing in English Held at Lahore
First Ever Conference Organized by International Centre for Pakistani Writing in English (ICPWE), Kinnaird College (KC) The conference took place from 17th to 18th February. It was attended by intellectuals, researchers and students from Islamabad, Faisalabad, Karachi, Lahore and Quetta as well as some reputed international specialists. Institutions such as Punjab University, Lahore University of […]
National Culinary Team of Pakistan Debuts at 14th International Istanbul Gastronomy Festival
National Culinary Team of Pakistan Sails Through the 14th International Istanbul Gastronomy Festival Winning 15 Gold, 13 Silver, 1 Bronze, 4 prestigious Trophies and 30 internationally endorsed certificates from among 75 different categories is no ordinary feat, but this was achieved by National Culinary Team of Pakistan with practical ease. They displayed an immensely high […]
Pakistan Gets 3rd Position in South Asian Games 2016
Pakistan Takes Part in South Asian Games 2016 When it comes to sports; Pakistan lags behind no other country and participates in events all over the world. One such competition is the South Asian Games, whose 12th edition was held this year from 5th to 16th February in Gulwahathi and Shillong, India. History of South […]
Wall of Kindness Being Setup All Over Pakistan
Wall of Kindness: The Concept An unknown person in Mashad, Iran created a simple yet thoughtful way of propagating charity for those who cannot afford and especially for the homeless. He merely put up some hangers on a wall and left the message “If you don’t need it, leave it. If you need it, take […]
Asia’s First and Largest International Social Sciences Expo Being Held in Pakistan
Asia’s First Ever Largest Social Sciences Expo Comes to Pakistan Social Sciences Expo will be Held on 24th – 25th February at the Pak-China Friendship Center, Islamabad. It is being organized by the Inter University Consortium for Promotion of Social Sciences, IUCPSS (which is a coalition of 30 national universities) and Jang Group, to celebrate […]
Ismail Ka Urdu Sheher (IKUS): Pakistan’s First Music Book Album
Ismail Ka Urdu Sheher: A Music Book Album Ismail Ka Urdu Sheher is 100 paged science-fiction graphic novel, accompanied by a 12 track album (featuring artists such as Zoe Viccaji, Abbas Ali khan, Sara Haider, Omran Shafique, Gumby, Jaffer Zaidi & Samra Khan, where each chapter is musically depicted by one song). Also a section […]
Pakistanis Inducted in International Halls of Fame
Many Pakistanis due to the exceptional performances in their respective fields have had the distinction of being admitted in international Halls of Fame. World Squash Federation (WSF) Hall of Fame The WSF was established in 1967, and only the greatest of players have a place in its hall of fame. Three of our own are […]
Pakistan’s Military Bands: Mesmerizing Melodies and Much More
Pakistan Army School of Music The Army School of Music was founded in 1952 under the administration of Captain Donald Keeling, who was the Director of Music from UK. It was inoperative from 1953-54. Then under Captain Baker it was resumed in Lahore. In 1956 it was shifted to Abbottabad (which has become its permanent […]
Pakistan’s First Book Museum Established in Islamabad
National Book Museum: An Initiative of National Book Foundation To rekindle the declining interest in books, NBF has established a book museum at its head office in G-8/4, Islamabad. It is spread across one big hall having various enclosures and its decor symbolizes our rich cultural heritage. At present there are a total of 500 […]
A Pakistani Cobbler Has Written 5 Award-winning Books on Poetry
Munawar Shakeel: A Scholarly Craftsman As cobbling was the family business, and also because his father died when he was just a young boy, Munawar has been working as a cobbler for the past thirty years, as well as a part-time a newspaper vendor in his town of Rodala in Faisalabad. Although he wasn’t capable […]