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A man of contrasts His shop is like no other jewellers’ in Karachi. “The only shop on Abdullah Haroon Road with a tree at the entrance” is a huge, unkempt one with a high ceiling...		Frontline film-making Open up any film industry magazine or website and chances are you’ll find a listing of three dozen film festivals taking place in a single month, sprinkled across the globe....
Anger management It’s a question that’s been echoing around Hollywood for what seems like forever; one the Stranglers asked more than a generation ago: “Whatever happened to the heroes?”...		A songbird called Humaira Humaira Arshad is quite a familiar name to Pakistani music, and her voyage into the field spans over a decade, having its own share of ups and downs....
A revival of radio Set in a warehouse in the Commune Artist Colony, K’la (Art in Hindi) performed its first ever play, Tihai, to an interesting mix of audience: those well known and working...		Va Va Virtues “I design for passion,” enthused designer Saadia Mirza who recently held her first solo fashion presentation in Karachi. An intimate 80-strong posse of Karachi’s glittering...
Something ‘fishy’ These days it is not uncommon to have fashion shows as part of a launch, be it for something as unrelated as cars. In fact, these days practically all culture-related activities...		The brighter side of life The launch of a new entrant into the snack food market at a local hotel in Karachi began with a presentation in which the aims and objectives of the project were elaborated....
Musicbox Pakistani music has certainly turned flexible, accommodating a host of eclectic elements from within the country as well as across borders. The sad bit, however...		Reviewspreviews In an era ruled by special effects and daring stunts, Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg’s Bandidas proves that western movies are still in demand...