Under the banner of Foodistan, 16 chefs from Pakistan and India will participate in a one-of-a-kind competition in a bid to win the hearts, minds and stomachs of a transnational audience.
Geo TV President Imran Aslam, praising the idea, said: “The culinary dishes of the Subcontinent, be they from India or Pakistan, have a distinct and magical flavour of their own, and through Foodistan we hope to reawaken memories of bygone traditional dishes”.
Foodistan airs Monday-Wednesday, 9:30 PM (IST) on NDTV Good Times in India and will air on Saturday and Sunday, …

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 …

Madiha Iftikhar gives off the impression of a naive, girl next door but a conversation with her verifies that she has a wise head on her young shoulders.
Perhaps this wisdom comes from growing up in a family linked to entertainment; she is the youngest daughter of the PTV’s famous couple Syed Iftikhar Ahmed and Rehana, whose weekend morning programme “Boltay Haath” reached out to special people with speaking and hearing disabilities. This show — the first of its kind — was infotainment at its best.
Today, Madiha Iftikhar has become a …

With the scorching heat of the Karachi sun over my head, I relentlessly searched for Zeba Bakhtiar’s residence in one of the confusing lanes of Defence Housing Authority (DHA). After much ado, I finally stepped inside the star’s house and waited for her to appear.
While waiting, I tried to gauge a little more about her from the numerous paintings hung on her wall. Apart from the fact that the prints looked like artist MF Hussain’s work, it didn’t strike me that all 12 paintings belonged to an era gone by. …

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 …

Intelligently Written by Farhat Ishtiaq and Directed very well by Sarmad Khoosat, Hum TV’s Drama serial Humsafar is winning rave reviews from audiences. The main reason behind is the on screen chemistry between the protagonist pair played by Fawad Khan and Mahira as Ashar and Khirad.
It has been called as the most successful Drama of Hum TV’s history with the highest TRPs these days. The fragile bond of love is the theme of the play and the glamor quotient added by Mahira, Naveen Waqar and Atiqa Odho along with brilliant …

Famous TV anchors Kashif Abbasi and Mehr Bokhari got married the other day but they did not make it public as it was a purely family event.
Family friends of Kashif Abbasi revealed that the Kazim Naqvi performed the Nikah in the presence of friends and relatives.
Kashif and Mehr are popular TV anchors. Kashif started his career with print media and now he leads the ARY news channel while Mehr started her career with Samaa TV and recently has switched to Dunya TV.
Source: Pakistan Today

Controversy queen from across the border, Veena Mallik, is officially the first Pakistani, non-Hindu bride who’ll have a swayamvar in India. After actor Ratan Rajput’s swayamvar show earlier this year, Veena’s given the nod to choose her prospective groom on the show’s fourth season, likely to go on air next …

Nineteen-year-old Mathira Mohammad is as unpredictable as British weather. From flaunting her style statement — which may be termed as ‘minimalistic’ by some — to fighting her condescending callers with valor, She has the guts to do it all.
Termed as ‘Pakistan’s Paris Hilton’ by the Los Angeles Times, Mohammad has garnered media attention with her explicit terms of endearment, (“Koochie koochie muah muah”), for her fans and her suggestive dance moves onstage and on-screen.
Breaking boundaries
I have been called hot and sexy a lot of …

The Indo Pak star couple Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza will be interviewed exclusively by Dr. Shaista Wahidi on Geo TV’s morning show Utho Jago Pakistan.  This debut interview of couple to any morning show in Pakistan will be on air this morning 09:00 am.
Shoaib Malik is in Pakistan to play Faysal bank T 20 tournament and his wife accompany him in this visit to cheer for him during the match.
Don’t forget to watch this exclusive interview on 27 September 2011 on Geo.