Models display creations by Pakistani student designers from STEP educational institute, in Lahore. The fashion show was organized to display collections from emerging students of STEP from the faculty of Art & Design summer collections.
Various student designers showcased their work at a catwalk to present fashion inspired by traditional designs.

The 8th Youth Performing Arts Festival of the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop (RPTW) kicked off on Thursday, 3rd December to 7th December at the Peeru’s Café, Lahore. This was the first time that the youth festival wass being organized at Peeru’s Café instead of the Alhamra Cultural Complex due to the non-availability of sponsors.
Every year institutes and bands from across Pakistan participate in the festival. However, this year the majority of the participants are from Lahore. This year there was no formal opening ceremony for the festival and no bigwigs …

Umair Arif is a famous young kathak dancer & choreographer, He teaches all forms of eastern dances. He is also into yoga. He is the disciple of famous names in the field of classical dance Ustad Sajjad Hussain kathak kalawant patyala gharana, madem aimi minwala, Bina Jawwad & have taken workshops from renowned kathak dancer Nahid Siddiqui.
He is award winner as best solo dancer & best choreographer in “International youth Performing Festival 07″ & Best performer in “National Youth Performing arts Festival 08″ . He is working as a head …

Sara Taseer Shoaib is bringing her finest collection of diamonds to Karachi on 11 August, 2009. The showing will have all her signature everyday pieces as well a full range of her sets which are limited editions for the upcoming wedding season. The jewellery is designed by Sara and is manufactured in Hong Kong and Singapore where she resides. Most pieces are limited. The event requires you to have an invitation. You can request one with an address on face book page.
Sara Taseer Shoaib is a trained gemologist qualified from …

Lahore based designer duo Nickie and Nina recently showcased their latest collections in a fund raising event in Geneva, Switzerland. Organized in collaboration with the Swiss Pakistan Society, the event also featured a concert by Ali Zafar, who entertained the expatriate community with his hit songs as well as some Bollywood classics. Accompanying Nickie and Nina to the fashion showcase was a troupe of fashion models and event organizer Qasim Yar Tiwana.
The models walked out wearing four collections from the label – the Nur Jehan Collection, the Queen Rania Collection, …

Don’t get surprised if you spot the most stunning model of the town at the modest interior of PIVIC Saddar arguing at the absence of Roshan Ara Begum rather than rocking in frenzy at some lazy number of Beyonce Knowles at a trendy elite party. The popular Nawab Sultan of Umrao Jaan Ada, IMRAN ABBAS in person too seems to belong more to the oriental Moghul era with a refined sense of aesthetics rather than today. Don’t get surprised; just reaffirm your faith in the age old maxim that appearances …

The issue of legalizing homosexuality has led to heated arguments in the corridors of power in New Delhi, but that hasn’t stopped a Pakistani gay from professing his love for an Indian man.
A middle-class accounting student from Lahore, who founded a website called ‘Pakistan Gays’ two years ago for homosexuals, says he is in love with an Indian man he met on the Internet.
Yet he harbours no hope of living in a gay relationship in either Pakistan or India where homosexuality is illegal and tolerance for gays low.
“It is difficult …

Friday, October 17, 2008
Lahore
Defying the serious law and order situation in the country, thousands of people participated in the inaugural ceremony of the 7th eight-day-long Rafi Peer Theatre’s Youth Performing Arts Festival at the Alhamra Cultural Centre, Qaddafi Stadium, on Thursday evening.
The festival showcasing over three dozen different kinds of performing arts activities by the vibrant youth of the country including mime, short plays, multimedia plays, theatrical performances , film screenings, and musical events proved to be a blessing in disguise for the live-hearted people of the city.
The first night …

She is a filmmaker with a degree in theatre and religion from Mount Holyoke college in New York. She works out of offices in New York City, Santa Fe, and Lahore. Her goal is to create dialogue through the movies she produces, both within the Muslim world, internationally and especially the USA. Her first feature length film, Kashf is set to hit theatres nationwide on the 15th of December.
Q. You could have had a larger slice of the Pakistani market if Kashf had been made in Urdu. Why …

Other than the fashion shows doing periodic rounds, the biggest newsmaker in the industry was the breakup between two design and/or retail houses.
Perhaps the one industry that has managed to withstand and survive the sociopolitical drama that the country went through in the past year is the fashion industry. The activity within the industry may have suffered a momentary setback due to the imposition of emergency in the country and after Benazir’s assassination, but it bounced right back on track soon after. The fashion shows that were held off were …