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Valentine's Day: Love... actually?
The next time you buy roses on Valentine's Day, remember that the tradition began rather more violently.
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The House of Ensemble embraces spring
The fashion house leads the way in setting this season’s fashion trends.
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Buy the damn rose!
Forget intellectualism, definitions of love, and commercial exploitation. Just buy the damn rose!
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Singled Out
The woman I set out looking for more than a decade ago is still nowhere in sight
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‘Mufti Sahab, yeh kya baat huyee’
This Valentine’s day, I am in love. And here I am writing a love letter.
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No money, no honey
Take a look at how business ventures are capitalising no Valentine's Day.
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Jhoom in love
Ali Zafar is back with a bang as his third studio album Jhoom hits stores today.
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Faiz’s 100th: Bollywood celebrities walk their way to Pakistan
Javed Akhtar, Shahbana Azmi travel to Pakistan on foot through Wagah in order to join celebrations in Lahore.
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Jagger, Dylan to perform at the Grammys
Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan will show the young ones how to strut their stuff at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
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Alternate: A hair and makeup story
Sunuba makes a mark on the ramp with eccentric hair extensions incorporating lights, feathers and gigantic globes.
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Serving indigenous music
Pakistan’s Haider Rehman, a flute player and tabla nawaz, returns after performing at the World Music Festival.
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Dance for a cause
After drawing attention at a mall, ActOne and team are set to take Karachi by storm with their dance moves.
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Dogs sexier than smartphones
Gadgets are more of a turn-off than a turn-on, says study.
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Passing on the daffodil
According to the WHO, approximately 84 million people will lose their life to cancer between 2005 and 2015.
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Everybody in Russia 'not' in love with Valentine's Day
Many nightclubs and other businesses urged not to plan any special events on Valentine's Day.
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Belgium’s beloved chip stall fights to survive
People consider fritkots part of the Belgian lifestyle, a place to mingle and discuss sports and politics.
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True Grit spurs Berlin film fest start
The Berlinale will screen nearly 400 films from 58 countries including 3D pictures from art-house directors.
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Peter Pannke: following the mystics
Peter Pannke is one of the many disciples of the great mystics, often leaves his hometown to travel to Pakistan.
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Celebrating McQueen
Fahad Hussayn on his style guru, the British couturier Alexander McQueen.
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The lawn brigade
Fifteen years ago, no one thought lawn would nudge its way into mainstream fashion and become the next big thing.
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The art of classic beauty
Elegant style doesn't come with money, it has to be learnt.
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Up north and personal: Let it snow
The snow glistened and sparkled for all of two days before the day time thaw turned it soft.
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Incurable Bieber fever
Bieber continues to makes headlines on a daily basis and has swept through many a award ceremony in 2010.
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Madrid's new take on graffiti
Spanish capital invites graffiti artists to paint shutters protecting stores to stop them from being defaced.
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Japan collaborates with Multan
Japanese calendar exhibition and film show launched at Multan Art Council.
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Laal's cause
Members of the band feel Laal is not just a band: it is a cause to support the leftist ideology.
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Islamic rappers spread the word
Much celebrated for calligraphic designs, Islamic art now takes a modern turn with the streak of rap music.
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Just spray it
Painting the town red with graffiti.
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Bless me iPhone for I have sinned
iPhone app aimed at helping Catholics through confession sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the United States.
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Obama finally quits smoking
Obama's wife Michelle is "very proud" the former puffer-in-chief can say he doesn't smoke.
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Handbag-wielding granny attacks jewel thieves
Angry grandmother uses handbag to fight off gang of sledgehammer-wielding robbers attempting to raid jeweller's shop.
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Big questions for a small art form
Miniature art was the Mughals’ preferred art form. Today, it has evolved into a number of branches.
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Ken and Barbie's fate put to Facebook vote
Facebook users asked to vote on whether one of the most iconic US couples ever should be reunited after 7 year split.
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Pakistan’s Metro Man is here to stay
Despite the dire economy, rich urbanites have more disposable cash than ever and are now spending it on their image.
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Twitter Alert: Amitabh concerned about Egypt
The Egyptian unrest spreads far beyond the domain of politics as celebrities around the world post concerned tweets.
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World Cup anthems
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka get into the groove.
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Cricket greats feature in new Bollywood film
Some of the game's greatest players are gearing up for an appearance of a different kind, in a new Bollywood film.
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Sheema Kermani dazzles a discerning audience
‘Performing in Lahore has always been a good experience’.
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Bold pieces of art on display at Rohtas
Two artists present a fresh take on portraying the concept of virginity and the perception of femininity.
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For the love of art
The launch of the Google Art project has transformed the doors of 17 museums including the National Gallery in London.
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Auction for a cause
Half a million rupees raised for charity at the Indus Valley School photo auction.
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The Faiz photo exhibition
The photographs captured glimpses of the poet's life between 1944 till his death in 1984.
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Food, laughter and Saad Haroon
I didn't know Haroon is famous for picking on his audience, this event was no exception.
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Karachi’s best kept ‘secret’: Foreign brands at local prices
H&M, Zara, Mango, you name it, Zainab market has it.
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Our writers need to switch back to Urdu: Jamal
Panellists talk about writing in different languages, standing up for one’s own perspective.
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Urdu short story: Yesterday, today and tomorrow
The session on Urdu short stories was undoubtedly one of the finest the event had to offer.
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Karachi Literature Festival: Reading – the door to many lives
Panellists discuss issues ranging from the death of reading to govt policies to aid publishing.
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From a “place too far and remote” to the “rollercoaster effect”
An abundance of English literature from Pakistani writers, say panellists.
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Documentary fills audience with the colour of hope
The Land of a Thousand Colors is a documentary film on the tangible and intangible culture of southern Punjab.
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Karachi Literature Festival: Men, women, third gender all welcome
The discussion on Sufism in Pakistan began with a topic that tugs at the hearts of all Pakistanis: suicide bombings.

















































