In a clever move to dispel recent rumors of pig fat being used as one of the ingredients in Lays Chips (in Pakistan), the recent Lays TV commercial shows Junaid Jamshed, a role model for many, testifying to the ‘Kosher’ nature of these popular chips. According to Lays, the chips are in fact ‘Halal’ [...]
A Good Deal Hunter wore this t-shirt to work the other day which said ‘333 – I’m Only Half Evil’. The idea for this post occurred to me then and although I was hoping to find a greater variety of funny t-shirts on the net, here are the cream of the few I could find. [...]
World renowned auction house Christie’s is holding a sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art on 10th June. The auction focuses primarily on works of Indian and Pakistani artists from the second half of the 20th century, which saw a rebirth after the 1947 partition of India.
Among the Pakistani art featured is ‘Red Carpet [...]
To criticize Pakistan’s leaders, however - much though they deserve it – is to miss the point. It is ordinary people, locked in a series of personal Pakistans, who seem unable or unwilling to unite over the threat of their nation. Pakistanis will point to the oppressive hand of history or the machinations of foreign [...]
Concern for Children (CFC) is a registered not for profit organization that works to improve the quality of life for children in Karachi’s urban slum areas.
For the past ten years CFC has run a variety of projects in Machar Colony, Karachi’s largest unofficial slum, housing 750,000 people on an average household wage of Rs 2500/month. [...]
The Indus Art Gallery is hosting a Group Show of Paintings by Hanif Shahzad, Shahzad Zar and their students. The artists have previously exhibited their work in several group shows at prominent galleries. The chief guests for the exhibition are Anwar Maqsood and Fatima Suriya Bajia, both prominent patrons of the arts.
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A former student of Karachi School of Art, Qamar Siddiqi is one of the outstanding graduates of his generation. He tends to work in sequences linked by themes of universal interest. Each one of his skillfully painted large canvas in bold colours contains a continuation; a complete story inspired by considered beliefs. In earlier sequences [...]
Luminaries, an exhibition of Colonial cut glass lamps and hanging lights, is a much needed opportunity for home owners and gift buyers to break from the common designs flooding lighting stores in Karachi. Although the designs are more traditional in style, they fuse effortlessly with contemporary and modern homes as well, bringing a new charm [...]
An exhibition of beautiful, well composed miniature paintings by the NCA graduates of 2008. Click here for further event details.