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'Another Face', Caroline Jaine's Cambridge-Karachi project
Caroline Jaine, a UK based artist, writer, film-maker, with a background in diplomacy and media strategy, had paid a short visit to Karachi a few months ago for her very interesting Cambridge-Karachi project. As... Pakistani Student Sets World Record
Nestled in a valley, surrounded by hills is a small town in the Punjab, called Wah Cantt. (some 50 kms north west of Pakistan's capital city Islamabad, and close to the ancient Buddhist city of Taxila), where a...
created by rumana husain | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago
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247 views | 5 recommendations | 4 comments
The Karachi mix
"Go to any bazaar in Karachi, particularly in one of its older areas, like Saddar, and soon the metropolitan character of the city will start to unfold in front of your eyes… A child with hair as golden as the... 162 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
Why Doesn't the World Care?
A well-written, pertinent 'argument' by Mosharraf Zaidi about the immediate response to the devastating floods in Pakistan, and their long-lasting impact on the country. " The 2010 floods, however, are a game-changer. The country will not and cannot ever be the same. The... Millions affected by the country's worst floods in Pakistan
The country has not recovered from the tragedy of the plane crash in the Margalla Hills in Islamabad, which killed all 152 peopl eon board, and it is now dealing with the loss of more than a thousand people due to...
created by rumana husain | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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256 views | 13 recommendations | 0 comments
Singing in the Rain...
Besides many Pakistani and Indian folk and pop songs and ragas, the rain playlist according to The Express Tribune published from Pakistan includes the following songs. When the Monsoon fever hits the...
created by rumana husain | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
206 views | 14 recommendations | 3 comments
206 views | 14 recommendations | 3 comments
Landslide Lake disaster in Pakistan affects 3,000 people
In January this year, in the remote Hunza River Valley of northern Pakistan, a massive landslide burried a village (Attabad), killing 20 people. It also dammed the Hunza River and the new-formed lake grew into a...
created by rumana husain | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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390 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Legendary theatre actor dies at the age of 93
Uzra Butt has passed away. A legendary theatre actor and dancer in her young age, she joined the Lahore-based Ajoka Theatre in 1984 and was since acting on stage in Ajoka plays. When she performed in "Aik thi... 19 killed in Israeli raid on aid flotilla
According to news reports, about 700 civilians from 50 nationalities were aboard the flotilla carrying aid for Gaza. It came under attack by Israeli troops when the flotilla was still in international waters....
created by rumana husain | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
390 views | 16 recommendations | 4 comments
390 views | 16 recommendations | 4 comments
At least 95 killed in terror attacks on Ahmadis in Lahore
A massacre of scores of people belonging to the Ahmedi sect took place in Lahore this afternoon. This sect, which was declared as a religious minority in 1974 by the then prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, has...
created by rumana husain | 2 years ago | updated 1 year ago
473 views | 32 recommendations | 10 comments
473 views | 32 recommendations | 10 comments
An amateur bomber in New York
"To many people blew themselves up in too many creative ways for this buffoon to so callously ruin it all. We can't afford to be known as the country that put 'error' in 'terrorism'", writes Sami Shah, a standup comedian based in Karachi, referring to Faisal Shahzad. " the... Children's Books in Pakistan
The following article written by me has been published in the May 2010 issue of the monthly Himal Southasian magazine, published from Nepal. "There is pure delight in the oral tradition of storytelling. Children...
created by rumana husain | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
2731 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
2731 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Peace Initiative: Pakistani and Indian Media Giants Move Forward
For the past two years the largest media group of Pakistan, the Jang Group, has been working on a peace initiative with India. Entering into an agreement with the Times of India, the largest media group in India,...
created by rumana husain | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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284 views | 12 recommendations | 0 comments
A ‘family planning kit’ for Pakistani and Indian sports stars
Amidst the controvery in the marriage saga of a Pakistani and Indian sports stars, the Pakistani Federal Minister for Population Welfare, Ms Firdous Awan is not only supporting the wedding of Pakistan's cricket...
created by rumana husain | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
244 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
244 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
A Whirl of Cultural Activities in Karachi
My daughter Asma Husain was performing an Odissi dance, after a hiatus of ten years, in the Tlism Theatre and Dance Festival that recently concluded in Karachi. It was therefore a most exciting time for our...
created by rumana husain | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
482 views | 20 recommendations | 8 comments
482 views | 20 recommendations | 8 comments
