For Tanvir, all the world was a stage

KARACHI, May 26: Kaghzi Bazaar is one of many markets in town that supply bulk of illegal packets of under-the-counter cigarettes. With millions of cigarette sticks on roll, it provides plenty of puff to an intricate network involved in their ...

There is perhaps no one, in our country at least, who has not, at one time or another in his or her life, been influenced by the beauty and softness of a ghazal. Reading a ghazal is one thing and listening to it, set to music, is totally another ...

I stopped outside a house near Islamabad's Covered Bazaar. This is where Begum Sarfraz Iqbal lived. The road is now named after her. And this was where I interviewed Faiz Ahmed Faiz so many years ago. It was published in The Muslim, Islamabad, on ...

Calligraphy has historically been not just a creative style of writing but also a visual art form in the city. However, its disappearance from Delhi's aestheticism is rather pitiful. While not everyone believes that it is dropping out of sight, ...

KARACHI (PPI): Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Administrator Syed Hashim Raza Zaidi has said that storm-water drains are natural source of water drainage, therefore, arrangements for keeping them in fine condition should be made on constant ...

Mahmood Farooqui's recently released Habib Tanvir's Memoirs will give you a glimpse into the unique director, actor and playwright who even Peter Brook looked forward to working with Mumbai Kanika Sharma ...

According to Press reports, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is not going to collect even Rs 2000 billion against the target of Rs 2381 billion fixed in budget 2012-13, thus creating a serious problem for the new government in its very initial ...

KARACHI: Businesses and transport in Sindh remained closed on Thursday on the day of mourning called by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement against the abduction and killing of three of its workers in Malir a day before. The All Karachi Tajir Ittehad, ...

During a ride on Delhi Metro, one can literally find the great Indian cultural diversity packed in a compartment with almost all Indian languages being spoken. But when it comes to literature, one finds Delhi much more insular. While it boasts a ...