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January Issue 2015

A League of Their Own

January 25, 2016

…a Few of my Favourite Things

H.M. Naqvi is the DSC Prize winning author of Home Boy (Random House, 2009). These…

January 26, 2015

Cover Story: State of Denial

The recent exchange of visits by the Pakistan and Afghan army chiefs and the intense…

January 26, 2015

Once Upon A Time…

A brooding, dashing hero (Ghufran in Qurbatain aur Faasley), an awkward but hilarious secretary (Qabacha…

January 23, 2015

Cover Story: Jihad or Murder?

Such is the unfortunate volatility of our state that a blast in Peshawar, on any…

January 23, 2015

Cover Story: Overcoming the Nightmare

"We were in class, attending the third period, when a teacher came and told us…

January 23, 2015

Independence and Identity

Frustration, disillusionment, and anger characterise the pro-azadi (pro-independence/separatist) camp in Kashmir nowadays, as voting in…

January 23, 2015

Holding Life Still

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January 22, 2015

Interview: Samina Mansuri

“I like to exhibit in Karachi because I have a continuity here,” says Karachi-born artist…

January 22, 2015

Full Circle

Rasheed Araeen’s exhibition, Homecoming, at VM Art Gallery (December 3, 2014 to January 7, 2015)…

January 22, 2015

Brush with the Past

  To celebrate the life and work of Laila Shahzada, the internationally and traditionally féted…

January 22, 2015

Re-imagining Realities

A  few months ago, when artist/curator Munawar Ali Syed invited young artists to consciously break…

January 20, 2015

Unpredictable…As Always

A few years ago, I had written an article complaining about how all coverage of…

January 20, 2015

Blast from the Past

Three years since their first performance, put together as a favour for friends, Zambeel Dramatic…

January 20, 2015

Going For Gold: Kiran Aman

Designing jewellery and publishing coffee table books is not something Kiran Aman dreamt of doing…

January 20, 2015

The Inside Man: Omar Shahid Hamid

It was a warm spring day in Karachi when I first met Omar Shahid Hamid…

January 20, 2015

Creative Chaos: Jami

"Agar aap cinema ko bandar ka khel hi samajhtey rahengey toh woh bhi aap ko…

January 20, 2015

Against All Odds: Sarah Belal

The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and…

January 20, 2015

Undercover Director: Nabeel Qureshi

As 2014 drew to a close, three films led what is being called the revival…

January 19, 2015

Letter From India

My Urdu is not great but I did graze on some modern poets of Pakistan…

January 19, 2015

America’s Dark Side

"Those who kill their own children and discriminate daily against them because of the colour…

January 19, 2015

A League of Their Own

"It's never easy, but it's worth it."  - Sarah Belal "The audience was expecting Transformers,…

January 18, 2015

Roohi Bano: The Soul Survivor

“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a…

January 18, 2015

Art Attack

Oscar Wilde famously said that all art is useless. Here at Newsline, we don’t quite…

January 16, 2015

Cover Story: White Shrouds and Black Flags

There was blood everywhere. Carpeting the floor; sprayed on the walls; across notebooks; scattered neckties;…

January 13, 2015

Fixing the Vote

For the first time, electoral reforms have become a popular, albeit contentious, political demand in…

January 10, 2015

Debate: Is the Death Penalty an Effective Deterrent?

 In an unprecedented response to the ghastly death of 134 children at the Army Public…

January 10, 2015

Death is Not the Answer

The arguments against the death penalty are so strong and convincing that only the most…

January 10, 2015

Cover Story: “The Smallest Coffins are the Heaviest.”

On December 16, 2014, six TTP gunmen stormed into the Army Public School in Peshawar,…

January 10, 2015

Editor’s Note: Annual 2015

It was the cold-blooded murder of 134 children by the Taliban at the Army Public…

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“It’s never easy, but it’s worth it.”

 – Sarah Belal

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“The audience was expecting Transformers, but got Inception instead.”- Jami

 

 

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“One is my purpose, the other my passion”

– Kiran Aman

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 “We don’t need parallel cinema right now”

– Nabeel Qureshi

 

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“In the absence of institutions, individuals tend to matter” – Omar Shahid Hamid

 

These articles were originally published in Newsline’s Annual 2015 issue.