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FIRST PERSON: The trendsetter One of the sad things to have happened to fashion in Pakistan is that everyone associated with the industry has been lumped together — from designers to the veranda tailor to...		FOCAL POINT: The karo kari issue We are being conditioned to believe that women have been empowered. Movies, television plays and theatres from across the high seas are all infused with kickboxing, body piercing, slick talking, money-making,...
FRONT SEAT: A local touch in a foreign land Aligarh-born, Houston-based, Masood Ahmad is highly conscious of the weals and woes of Pakistani immigrants in North America. This awareness is manifested in the many plays that he has staged in...		STAR BUZZ: What’s in a rose? There’s fragrance in the air and Junaid Jamshed’s behind it — literally. Yes, this time he is back in the news for a very different reason — making of a perfume....
SPOT LIGHT: The melody of sweetness Somewhere up there, Faiz sahib must be smiling. The new video which is based on his poem, Shorish-i-barbat o nae or the ‘Clamour of lyre and flute’, is something out of...		REVIEWS PREVIEWS: I Spy Inspired by a popular ‘60s TV series, I Spy is the latest Eddie Murphy flick that deals with espionage and undercover agents. Like his other movies that have hit the screen...
SPOT LIGHT: Lights, camera, action! Ready everyone? The call reverberated on the sets of Afreen Baig’s under-production musical serial Kya yehi pyar hai in the gardens of a local hotel situated by the waterfront, with the...		LIME LIGHT: The business of beauty The evening was a gala affair with a considerable number of stars in attendance. The reason for the glitterati being there was the launch of a men’s and a ladies salon...
The talent hunt It is a difficult task to face an audience of hundreds of music enthusiasts when one is a novice in the field. But sometimes, a novice or two can make people...		MUSIC BOX: The sound of tomorrow Creative, conceptually uplifting music is getting harder to come by as the guitar age approaches its twilight. With Arabian Travels, a compilation of various artists fusing electronic beats with ethnic cyber-soul,...