April issue 2002

Retro Cool

April 15, 2002

The Great Gamble

It was a far cry from the “reluctant coup maker” of October 1999. In his…

April 15, 2002

Interview: Tehmina Daultana

“This referendum could bring about a 1970s-like situation” — Tehmina Daultana, vice-president, PML(N),and vice-president, Alliance…

April 15, 2002

Interview: Raza Rabbani

“If it is the law of the jungle, then any and everything prevails” — Senator…

April 14, 2002

Editor’s Note: April 2002

Why is General Musharraf so miffed about the parallels that are being drawn between him…

April 13, 2002

Vanishing Station

It speaks volumes that one of the two rooms in the Artillery Maidan police station…

April 12, 2002

Religious Awakening

Eighteen-year old Faiz was reluctant to enter the room where I was sitting with two…

April 11, 2002

Floodgates of Discord

The massive presence of law enforcement agencies around Bilawal House in Karachi and the arrest…

April 10, 2002

Medical Mayhem

The Frontier government’s decision to ban doctors’ private practice and introduce institution-based practice (IBP) at…

April 9, 2002

Crisis of Legitimacy

Those advising General Pervez Musharraf to get himself elected as president for the post-election period…

April 8, 2002

Reign of the Dacoit

The Maliks have lived through a nightmare: the abduction of their 16-year-old daughter. The Malik…

April 7, 2002

Retro Cool

Sonya Battla’s summer line is reminiscent of the flower power era of the sixties and…

April 6, 2002

Song Sung Blue

It is almost as if her death is a prophecy foretold, decreed by a fickle…

April 5, 2002

Children of War

One of the phenomenons of war is the inevitability of refugees. Pakistan is now host…

April 4, 2002

Slow and Steady

The State Bank of Pakistan in its quarterly report for the period October- December 2001…

April 3, 2002

Bull Run

Pakistani stocks are soaring. The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), helped along by a host of…

April 2, 2002

Partying Shots

‘To celebrate a decade of living dangerously’… read the Newsline invite, for a reception it…

April 1, 2002

Across the Water

The Kashmiri-American poet, Agha Shahid Ali (1948-2001), published a new poetry collection, Rooms Are Never…

By Samina Ibrahim | Fashion | Life Style | Published 23 years ago

Photo: Shamyl Khuhro

Sonya Battla’s summer line is reminiscent of the flower power era of the sixties and classic Lucknow style. Bias cuts, fluted sleeves fringing, ruching and lacing have been combined with subtle embroidery and kamdani in a fresh colour palette of blues, mint green, rose, mauve and white.

The clothes are structured around the body either with figure skimming bias cuts or flowing kurtas teamed with straight pants and pencil trousers. The mood is retro with a contemporary twist in Sonya’s inimitable signature style.