Ajoka theatre celebrates Mantos birthday

Ajoka Theatre's latest play Rozan-e-Zindan Se was staged at National Art Gallery on Thursday in collaboration with Pakistan National Council of the Arts. Premiered for the first time in Lahore last February as part of their centennial celebrations, ...

Ajoka Theatre's latest Punjabi play Mera Rang Day Basanti Chola, performed recently to a packed audience at Lahore's Alhamra Arts Council, embodies the group's longstanding tradition of celebrating the unsung heroes of the subcontinent who often get ...

SO, WHAT do you think of Musharraf's return to Pakistan? I wanted to confirm it with a US diplomat; a country considered one of the three A's that run Pakistan — Army, America and Allah. Oh, we turn down the volume when he speaks. The diplomat ...

Peace activists, who gathered at Lahore's Fawara Chowk in the Shadman area, on the 82nd death anniversary of revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on Saturday to press for the renaming the roundabout after him were attacked by religious ...

ISLAMABAD: From the darkest days of poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's life came the inspiration for the stage play Rozan-e-Zindan Se, which captivated the hearts and minds of theatre goers on Thursday evening. The mesmerising production by Ajoka Theatre ...

A play on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, scheduled to be staged here as part of a global seminar on Dara Shikoh, has been cancelled because of "objections" by organisers who are now replacing it with a performance by a troupe from Pakistan. "The play ...

Our Correspondent Tuesday, March 19, 2013 From Print Edition LAHORE REVOLUTIONARY, freedom fighter and a voice of the subcontinent’s pre-independence oppressed people ‘Sardar Bhagat Singh’ was once again brought to life on Alhamra Hall No.II ...