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Art bazaar: Emerging talent proves high art can grow bottom up

Art bazaar: Emerging talent proves high art can grow bottom up

By Tooba Masood Published: April 14, 2012 Artwork by Fatima Zaidi, Rania Durrani, Sara Bakhtiyar and Salma Raza. PHOTO: EXPRESS/COURTESY T2F KARACHI: Energy levels at PeaceNiche T2F went through the roof on Friday. Thirteen artists, including Salma Raza, Sarah Bakhtiyar, Shamira Mahpara and Nabahat Lotia, scrambled around Faraar Gallery’s Jumma Hafta Art Bazaar, to set up their [...]

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Economy of Faisalabad

Economy of Faisalabad

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Faisalabad has a strong industrial base including textiles, jewellery, home furniture, chemical, food processing, soap making, paints, polymers and pharmaceuticals, assisted by the expanding transport network which includes newly-built motorway and highways to Lahore, Multan, Sargodha and Islamabad/Rawalpindi. Faisalabad is one of the three planned cities of the country.[citation needed]The eight bazaars of [...]

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Don’t call me Mona

Don’t call me Mona

Sunday Magazine Feature By Aqsa Mustafa Published: March 18, 2012 According to the actress, her journey is just beginning, and she is ready to switch countries to make it big. PHOTO: RIZWANUL HAQ Three months ago, Sara Loren, better known in Pakistan as Mona Lizza, TV actress, dancer, model, packed up her belongings and moved to [...]

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Why Muslims kill Muslims

Why Muslims kill Muslims

By Khaled Ahmed Published: February 25, 2012 The writer is a director at the South Asia Free Media Association, Lahore khaled.ahmed@tribune.com.pk Muhammad Ziaul Haq has compiled a biography of Pakistan’s premier TV anchor, under the title of Hamid Mir ki Kahani in which, on page 250, Hamid Mir makes a very interesting revelation about the thinking of Osama [...]

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Following Bhutto’s way: Religion above rights

Following Bhutto’s way: Religion above rights

Sikandar Khan Kalasha A member of the Kalasha community and a student of Economics at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece January 16, 2012 Using religion as a tool to promote a political idea has seriously affected the country and gained ground for the cancer of religious fanaticism. PHOTO: FILE Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the former prime [...]

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