june issue 2011
June 30, 2011
Compatibility Test
Sana Khalid married her paternal cousin 15 years ago. The couple remains childless. The agony…
June 30, 2011
Dangerous Liaisons
In August 2006, 11 members of an outfit of non-commissioned officers in the Lahore…
June 30, 2011
Block Seven Hosts its Latest Exhibition in Lahore
Fashion is fickle. This is a well-accepted truth. And for the modern Pakistani woman, keeping…
June 30, 2011
Interview: General Hamid Gul, Former DG ISI
“The Pakistan military and its agencies are in a state where they cannot recognise their…
June 30, 2011
Interview: Faiza Mujahid
“Clearly, the role of a housewife by the age of 19 was not a path…
June 29, 2011
The Inner Conflict
Are the drone attacks a bigger challenge for our sovereignty, or those bands of foreign…
June 29, 2011
Call of the Hour
The twin-suicide attacks outside the Frontier Corps Fort at Shabqadar (May 13), that left almost…
June 28, 2011
Rose Moss is Simple and Probably Perfect for Your Garden
If you are new to gardening, find it difficult to work in the garden under…
June 27, 2011
Interview: J.J. Valaya
“Fashion is not all about Embroidery” - J.J. Valaya J.J. Valaya, India’s premier fashion maestro…
June 27, 2011
Jump Start Your Metabolism
We all know how important exercise is to weight loss, feeling healthy and reducing the…
June 27, 2011
Classics Revisited
Unlike their counterparts in the English language, classics in Urdu are fast vanishing from the…
June 26, 2011
Ode to the Masters
Anjum Ayaz mounted an impressive exhibition of sculpted pieces dedicated to three of the artist’s…
June 25, 2011
Strangers When We Meet
Shehryar Fazli’s Invitation is a sort of period piece, set in the Karachi of the…
June 25, 2011
City Life
Featuring the work of three Lahore-based artists, Sana Arjumand, Amber Hammad and Saba Khan, Poppy…
June 25, 2011
The ABC of Corruption
Following the unearthing of massive corruption in two prime government departments of Pakistan — the…
June 24, 2011
Interview: Rohail Hyatt, Producer of Coke Studio
“Our biggest enemy is the previous season” - Rohail Hyatt In this interview, Rohail Hyatt,…
June 24, 2011
Music Review: Coke Studio, Season 4, Episode 3
This week’s episode of Coke Studio’s fourth season was destined to receive unreasonable scrutiny due…
June 24, 2011
Missing From the Books
Thirty-year-old Palwasha has been fighting the HIV/AIDS virus bravely for the past five years. “I…
June 24, 2011
Jimmy Khan Performs ‘Pehla Pyar’ in Karachi
Music for the Soul Hassan Jamil Khan, commonly known as Jimmy Khan, performed in Karachi…
June 24, 2011
Day of the Minorities
India’s Communist Slayer A few months ago in an article for Newsline, I had discussed…
June 23, 2011
Art and Soul
“I paint because there is a spillover of energy within me that must find form…
June 23, 2011
Interview: Sarmad Sehbai
“The media-built mainstream has always marginalised good writing” - Sarmad Sehbai Unconventional, unimpressed by the…
June 23, 2011
The Death of Saleem Shahzad and Freedom of the Press
The murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has rocked the journalist community. While the US-based…
June 23, 2011
Frere Hall Welcomes Back Book Lovers
Frere Hall, also known as Bagh-e-Jinnah, opened its gates to the public after eight long…
June 23, 2011
Feast On This
People often say that whatever happens, happens for the best. Well, in the case of…
June 23, 2011
Book Review: Tyranny of Language in Education
The Language Divide When the Bengali language movement started, leading to the killing of students…
June 22, 2011
In Memoriam Syed Saleem Shahzad
Before Socrates was condemned to death for not believing in the gods recognised by the…
June 22, 2011
TEDx Karachi: Making the Impossible Possible
Yes, We Can In 2010, the theme was “What Pakistan Needs Now” and it featured…
June 22, 2011
Port Grand Food Street Opens in Karachi
Gastronomes’ Delight After much delay and great hype, the new KPT Port Grand Food Street…
June 21, 2011
Movie Review: Margin Call
Impending Doom In a tragic-comic scene towards the end of Margin Call, a crying Sam…
June 21, 2011
Interview: Tayyab Tareen, Chief Financial Officer of KESC
“We are ready to negotiate, but for this, the violence must stop first” - Tayyab…
June 21, 2011
Hostage to Political Players
For several weeks, the Karachi Press Club (KPC) has been under siege. Hundreds of protesting…
June 21, 2011
Why is Kashmir quiet?
“After a winter’s gestation in its eggshell of ice, the valley had beaked its way…
June 21, 2011
Movie Review: Win Win
Winning is not an Option Mike Flaherty has problems. They might be mild, everyday problems,…
June 21, 2011
The Art of the Matter
"Distinct Voices, Diverse Impressions," a group exhibition at Koel by artists, Laila Rahman, Mohammad Atif…
June 20, 2011
Book Review: Pakistan, A Hard Country
Pakistan, as the title of journalist Anatol Lieven’s book attests, may not be the most…
June 19, 2011
The Battle for Pakistan Screening at T2F
An Eye-Opener The Battle for Pakistan, a Newsline Films/SAMAA TV co-production, was screened in Karachi…
June 19, 2011
Movie Review: Life in a Day
Slices of Life In early July 2010, Academy Award—winning director Kevin Macdonald uploaded a video…
June 18, 2011
Movie Review: Made in Dagenham
Rights and Wrongs 1968, Dagenham, England: “Industry cannot afford to pay women the same rates.…
June 18, 2011
The Military’s Expanding Frontier
Recently, an article by a US-based Pakistani expat noted how Pakistan — at perhaps one…
June 17, 2011
Music Review: Coke Studio, Season 4, Episode 2
While the first episode of Coke Studio was fairly hit-and-miss for me, the second episode’s…
June 17, 2011
It’s Time for a Television Content Rating System in Pakistan
A girl, perhaps in her mid teens, lustfully dreams about a man in his early…
June 16, 2011
WikiLeaks: The Truth and Learning from our Mistakes
Locally published for the first time, courtesy an MoU between Julian Assange and the Dawn…
June 15, 2011
A Terror of Our Own
Though it has been only a year since I moved from Karachi to Princeton, on…
June 13, 2011
Murshid, Marwa Na Daina
What is the last thing you say to your best general when ordering him to…
June 11, 2011
Why the Turkish Elections Matter for Pakistan
In Pakistan, a fog of uncertainty blankets the horizon. The problems within have made us…
June 11, 2011
Music Review: Coke Studio, Season 4, Episode 1
Taking stock of the highs and lows of Coke Studio, Season 4, Episode 1. Expectations…
June 9, 2011
Editor’s Note: June 2011
Is the government really serious about investigating the presence of Osama bin Laden, his three…
June 9, 2011
The Big Cover-up
In its quest for breaking news and exclusive footage, the electronic media managed to foil…
June 8, 2011
Customer Research Looks Very Different in the Social Media Age
Increasingly, social media is helping companies recognise and concentrate on unmet customer needs. By engaging…
June 6, 2011
Supreme Court Reference on the ZAB Trial
In April 2011, the Supreme Court of Pakistan constituted an 11-judge bench to take up…
June 6, 2011
Special Report: Revisiting the Bhutto Trial
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said a Supreme Court case review of Zulfikar Ali…
June 5, 2011
Protecting Your Privacy Online
Every now and then there’s an uproar about Facebook’s ever-changing privacy policy and how users’…
June 3, 2011
Extortion: The Top Crime in Karachi
On May 27, tyre market traders stepped out into the middle of M.A. Jinnah Road…
June 17, 2010
Expired Medicine: Medical Education in Pakistan
On a typical hot and humid afternoon in Karachi, Ahmed Sher, a resident of Mirpurkhas,…
By Lubna Shahab | Society | Published 13 years ago
Frere Hall, also known as Bagh-e-Jinnah, opened its gates to the public after eight long years when the book fair — that was a regular feature every Sunday before security concerns forced it to shut down — commenced last month. Organised by the Community Development Department, City District Government, the fair hosts more than a dozen book stalls every Sunday from 8am to 10pm.
The shamianas provided book lovers and families who flocked to the venue respite from the heat. Books on history, art, English literature, comics, fiction for adults and children, cookery, healing sciences, crafts and photography were all readily available. One of the stalls even catered solely to Urdu literature, including a collection of Manto’s stories.
The books were affordable, with the price ranging from Rs75 to Rs500, depending on the title. This wonderful addition to the public space will hopefully draw in more crowds as the word spreads.