Biryani of the Seas or BOTS is perhaps the only restaurant in Karachi offering an extensive menu based on sea food items. From Fish to Prawns to crabs and squids whatever you want to devour, BOTS will satisfy your taste buds. The location of the place is quite nice both at Clifton and KAECHS but the place offers outdoor seating at Clifton Branch and parking is a problem there. The newly constructed branch at KAECHS looks impressive with excellent Indoor dining area but I haven’t visited there yet.
Plus point: Strictly …

Junaid Jamshed was the first designer to showcase his summer lawn collection at the exhibition held at The Palm near Sea View on Thursday. The display will continue till January 29.
The collection
J Lawn 2012 with 55 designs in total, mostly comprises of geometrical designs as well as minimalistic, single prints (single colourway). The wide spectrum of colours, dupattas, offered in both chiffon and cotton, and embroidered borders replete with lace, made customers reminiscent of the work of lawn pioneers Sana Safinaz. A few believed …

Pizza Hut’s new meal deal is in town and this time it’s for more than 6 persons. Not good for couples though.

The hot new party box deal includes the following:

Regular Pizza- 3
Chicken Wings-12
Garlic bread-6

Vibrant ceremonial shawls and dyed textiles from Africa have been put up on display at the Mohatta Palace Museum as part of an exhibition, Sand and Silk—Textiles from Africa.
These 30 to 40 textile samples are from the personal collection of John Gillow, who has spent three decades studying textiles. He has also written a number of books on the subject.
Gillow, who hails from Cambridge, said that he was 17 years old when his interest developed in collecting textiles. “I roamed the bazaars of Istanbul and collected textiles, fur carpets and …

Her rise to fame was a matter of chance — an appearance in a modelling show for a friend’s event and the next thing Shagufta Ejaz knew was that she had practically launched her career on PTV. Spotted by acclaimed director Mohammad Baksh Samejo at the event, Ejaz had little idea about the limelight awaiting her. It was Samejo who introduced the budding actor to PTV which resulted in Ejaz getting an offer by Kazim Pasha for the lead role for his play “Jangloos”.
However, the actor’s major break came when …

Rewinding 2011 aims to recall all the worth remembering happenings of the year which is about to end.
Here is our compilation of major stories of second half of the year in part 2  which proves to be more eventful, while part 1 deals with the buzz of first half of 2011.
July 2011
Promo Launch of Reema’s New Film Love Mein Ghum
At first glance one is instantly swayed and enthralled by Reema’s slick promo for her film Love Mein Ghum. With Ali Zafar’s vocals and a glittering roll call of …

Fashion’s sudden eruption two years ago meant that specialized knowledge in the field became the need of the day. The fashion school initiated by PFDC got its official approval and formally became an ‘institute’. The first of its kind fashion school, Pakistan Institute of Fashion Design (PIFD), will now give official degrees in fashion to its graduates. One also saw senior fashion journalist Aamna Haider Isani regularize her own vocational Fashion Media 101 to provide a formal orientation for those wishing to step into fashion. Taking cue from Isani’s project, …

My mother tells me they had to reprint her cousin’s wedding cards to include the message that television screens would be put up at the marriage hall. The last episode of the epic drama “Waris” was due to be aired that night and who in their right minds would want to miss it?
Such was the zeal and aura of a Pakistani dramas back in the 80s and 90s. “Roads would clear up and there would be absolute silence in homes from 8 to 9pm, when the dramas aired,” recalls my …

PFDC L’Oreal Bridal Week marked the comeback of shalwars and short kameezes
GOTA
Since time immemorial, gota has been a natural ingredient of weddings but has been relegated to just mehendis or formal wear. During the PFDC L’Oreal Bridal Week (PLBW), fashion sensation Nida Azwer ingeniously brought gota into the mainstream with a gota-studded lehenga opulent enough to be worn at any grand wedding.
PALAZZOS
And for those who detest feeling constrained in fitted churidaars or think shalwars are too frumpy, talented designer Maheen Kardar gets palazzos back as does Sara Rohale Asghar, who …

The busy year 2011 on fashionscape of Pakistan is all about Bridal Fashion shows, fashion weeks and more fashion weeks. There were so many fashion weeks this year in Karachi and Lahore that I am sure designers need a break to revitalize their creativity.

Style 360 organized Bridal couture weeks both in Lahore and Karachi while PFDC has also contributed to host its 3rd and 4th edition of Fashion weeks in 2011. Karachi, Islamabad has seen their exclusive fashion weeks too. All in all it’s been a busy year for the designers in Pakistan.

Dedicated to country’s fashion fraternity here is our compilation to let you feel the intensity and charm of all those Bridal fashion weeks that has been now a part of our fashion history.