Stories by Peerzada Salman
Peerzada Salman is the Special Correspondent for Arts & Culture for Dawn in Karachi, having been associated with the newspaper since 2003. He writes weekly columns on Karachi’s history and Pakistani showbiz alongside his coverage of cultural events.
KARACHI: An exhibition titled Fading Boundaries is underway at the Café d’Art of the Arts Council of Pakistan,...
Published 04 Dec, 2025 06:24am
KARACHI: A delightful event took place at the World Culture Festival on Wednesday evening when ‘Flavors of UAE —...
Published 04 Dec, 2025 06:24am
Spirit Sisters theatre group presents Woman in Waiting as part of culture festival
Published 04 Dec, 2025 06:24am
KARACHI: An insightful workshop-cum-interview of the inimitable sitar player Ustad Ashraf Sharif Khan Poonchwala set...
Published 03 Dec, 2025 05:54am
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah inaugurated the School of Visual and Performing Arts building at the ...
Published 02 Dec, 2025 06:56am
PARKING a vehicle on most of Karachi’s streets and roads is a problem that has been troubling citizens for ...
Published 01 Dec, 2025 06:24am
KARACHI: Albert Camus’ piece The Myth of Sisyphus has inspired many works of art —poems, novels and paintings....
Published 01 Dec, 2025 06:24am
Open-mic session, dance workshop and Kamli screening held on 30th day of mega event
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:39am
KARACHI: Meher Afroz’s credentials as an artist are unmatched. She is Pakistan’s top-notch painter and ...
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:39am
KARACHI: In terms of theatrical performances so far put up at the ongoing World Culture Festival at the Arts ...
Published 29 Nov, 2025 04:44am
KARACHI: The fifth and penultimate series of the Peace & Pieces exhibition as part of the ongoing World Culture...
Published 29 Nov, 2025 04:44am
MOHSIN Bhopali was a renowned post-independence poet and one of the first versifiers to write haiku in the Urdu...
Published 24 Nov, 2025 06:33am
ON Nov 19, 1975, tragedy struck in one of Karachi’s neighbourhoods: Fayyaz Plaza, a three-storey housing complex ...
Published 18 Nov, 2025 05:21am
KARACHI: The inner struggle of an individual is, arguably, the hardest to depict in an artwork. Hardest, but...
Published 16 Nov, 2025 05:47am
KARACHI: The inner struggle of an individual is, arguably, the hardest to depict in an artwork. Hardest, but...
Published 16 Nov, 2025 05:47am
KARACHI: Jazz musicians are known for their improvisational skills. The more creative they are with this particular...
Published 12 Nov, 2025 06:19am
SOME theatre practitioners and critics believe that our region has not produced quality playwrights. Without ...
Published 11 Nov, 2025 06:52am
KARACHI: Three pieces of performing arts were lined up at the World Culture Festival 2025 organised by the Arts...
Published 10 Nov, 2025 05:43am
KARACHI: An insightful theatre workshop by Malaysian actress and acting coach Bella Rahim as part of the World...
Published 09 Nov, 2025 07:02am
KARACHI: The 12th century poet Fariduddin Attar’s allegorical work Manteq al-Tayer (conference of birds) is about...
Published 08 Nov, 2025 05:53am
