Poppy Agha
Khursheed Amina Agha, lovingly known as “Poppy” is the vivacious, lively and talented chef behind the popular show “The Taste of Fusion” on Dawn News. Born in Toronto, Poppy has learnt the art of cooking in Karachi, Pakistan. Primarily a self-taught cook, she started her culinary journey with a catering business at the age of 17. She has been cooking for the last 17 years. Influenced and inspired by her grandmother, Poppy has in-depth knowledge of several cuisines, specializing in Pakistani, South Indian, French, Italian, and Thai.
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Sixteen professional chefs, eight each from India and Pakistan, will battle it out for culinary supremacy on a new food reality show, Foodistan.
The highly talented chefs will represent their country’s rich and exquisite cuisine, and will be seen competing with each other in the 26-part series, going on air on NDTV Good Times from January 26.
They will have to cook up new dishes within a stipulated time, after which the preparations will be judged by food critic Vir Sanghvi, actress and food enthusiast Sonya Jehan, and Merrilees Parker, popular British celebrity chef …

HSP’s 61st Pakistan Annual Flower Show 2012 will be held from 23rd to 27th February at Sea View Park, DHA (near Mc Donalds). Karachi. The Horticultural Society of Pakistan (HSP) is an NGO working to popularize the passion for Horticulture in Pakistan. Since 1948 it has made various contributions to this cause as well as working hard for the betterment of the environment.
Those interested in garden competition please enter your garden in specific category. Categories are residential gardens of 3000 or above, 2000, 1000, 500, sq yds, official residence, office, …

Mineral makeup has taken over the fashion industry by storm and is a discovery as the best mineral makeup is good for the skin.
A “new” makeup discovery that has been around 30 years is taking the cosmetics, fashion by storm in Pakistan. Mineral makeup is the latest addition to an emerging beauty culture in Pakistan that is dedicated to a better life. Unlike traditional products in Pakistan, mineral makeup ingredients include hypoallergenic loose powder that naturally nourishes the skin, contains no perfumes, talc, alcohol, dyes, mineral oil or preservatives. Not …

As soon as winter season kicks off all the designers and brands launch their winter collections very soon to be followed by winter sales as the duration of winter in Pakistan (especially in Karachi) is just for couple of months. So As soon as you get set for winter wear it goes like the winters

No harm in buying from sales though as you can have chance to grab discount offers and can get yourself pampered for the next season in advance.

Here is our compilation of winter sales offered bybrands and stores for 2012. So hurry and grab your share as winter is still here.

Bareeze Winter Sale 2012
Chinyere Winter Sale 2012
Bata Winter Sale 2012

As expected last year, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy became Pakistan’s first woman Oscar nominee for her documentary, Saving Face. She is a Pakistani journalist, Co-Founder Citizens Archive of Pakistan and documentarian & the first Pakistani to win an Emmy award, which she won for her documentary, Pakistan: Children of the Taliban in 2010. She is also the first non-American to win the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
Saving face, which the Karachi-based filmmaker has co-directed with Daniel Junge, depicts the life of a British Pakistani plastic surgeon who donates his …

SUFI’s Master Chef is an online cooking competition that has been designed to celebrate this incredible bond between Sufi and your abilities in the kitchen! Just follow the simplest steps below and show us that you are truly a Master in the kitchen. Our fabulous prizes await you.

Cook a dish using ‘Chicken’ as the main ingredient
Take a clear picture of the dish with any Sufi Oil or Ghee product and type the recipe.
Click on the ‘Help and Guidelines’ tab and read the instructions carefully
Click on ‘Submit …

The lawn explosion this summer saw many new players enter the market and several seasoned ones upping their ante to define their hallmark in the wake of the ‘designer lawn’ phenomenon. While most took the embellished border and gala route, the brand Kayseria, a scion of a prestigious local textile house, retained its claim of ‘magic in prints’. Under the direction of its young and dynamic director Waleed Zaman, Kayseria utilised its captain’s art education to create fabric that appeared like tapestries and canvas on print. It’s been a year …

Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Karachi after he had trouble in breathing, his son Arif Hassan said. The 84-year-old singer, the voice behind evergreen ghazals like ‘Ab ke bichade’ and ‘Patta patta boota boota’, has also stopped speaking. Hassan, who has been suffering from lung problems for the past twelve years, was last night rushed to Karachi’s Agha Khan hospital’s ICU section.
Doctors said Hassan is suffering from chest and urine infection. “He had trouble in breathing last night. …

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 …