Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: December 28, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
On the 16th of December the ‘Pakistan Fashion Design Council’ (PFDC) held its first-ever trade show (at Lahore’s Royal Palm Golf & Country Club) put together by twenty fashion designers without the help of any big budget sponsors.
Some of the designers which featured their collections were Mehdi, Ammar Belal, Libas, Maheen Karim, Sobia [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: December 21, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
Rizwan Saeed has to be one of the most unassuming individuals who comprises of the budding local media scene, currently.
Young, and down-to-earth, with his long-ish, shaggy hair, and easy-going nature, he strikes you as one of those excessively creative flower children (minus the tree-hugging!).
Part of ‘Talking Filmain’ – a production house operating [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: December 19, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
Every year, my family and I, brace ourselves for the looming ‘Slaughter Fest’…or, in other words, Bakra Eid.
Now don’t get me wrong, we respect our customs and traditions and all that, but there’s just one slight problem – you see my family and I are all vegetarians, to varying degrees.
Although I’m considered to [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: December 17, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
We live in unpredictable times. Unpredictable and at the same time, volatile, because everything seems to carry with it, big, looming question marks. Economically, socially, politically, and emotionally, we are bullet-ridden with doubt, suspicion, angst, hunger and hatred.
Strangely, even with a preponderance of TV channels, radio stations, newspapers, magazines, and e-zines at our [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: December 13, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
In Pakistan it’s fairly common for a majority of ‘celebrities’ to dabble in various genres of art. The examples are numerous really – from models that have ‘crossed over’ onto the other side of the fence into acting and the small screen, and from actors who have dabbled in modeling…the entertainment industry within [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: December 3, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
The Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop (RPTW), well-known for the (rather large) hand that it plays in keeping art and culture alive and vibrant within Pakistan happened to face two major set-backs this year, at its annual World Performing Arts Festival (WPAF).
Firstly, due to the prolonged security threats and bombs going off at every [...]
