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The Friday Times worried about hate campaign against Najam Sethi

Pakistani composer and musician Arshad Mahmud writes about his long collaborative friendship with the singer who captivated the sub-continent with her enchanting voice.

Bulbul-i-Pakistan Nayyara Noor passed away on August 20 but she has left behind a treasure trove of her melodious render...

An icon of what is called golden era of TV and theatre in Pakistan, Salman Shahid, and known social media comedian...

Farooq Qaiser’s creations were larger than life in many ways | Guddu Film Archive We whiled away the hours chatting well past midnight, Farooq Qaiser and I, on the bus from Isfahan to Tehran. It was almost the last leg of the National College of Arts tour of Iran, with Afghanistan still to come. Farooq was among the 30 students who made the fascinating journey in that fateful March of 1971, all of us quite unaware of the horrifying saga unfolding in East Pakistan. He was studying textile desi...

۔ Switch to any Pakistani cable news channel, and it’s the same overly busy graphics, split screen, screamingly bright colours, the very rapid ticker tape reminding us of breaking news, while our ears are bombarded with the raised voices of the anchorpersons and the guests outshouting each other. The world’s first 24-hour television news network, CNN, was established in 1980. The dramatic live coverage of the 1991 Gulf War gave it a global presence and a political influence, creating what ...