Josh, ADP rock Karachi (Concert Review)

By Khaver Siddiqi Given the nature of the current socio-political climate, venues, musicians and organisers are wary of what to expect at a concert. Likewise, the people themselves also share a sense of cautiousness when going out and about. Thankfully, that wasn’t the mood when JoSH, Aunty Disco Project and 90 Degrees performed recently at the Royale Rodale in Karachi.

PFDC Sunsilk, Lahore Fashion Week 2010, Event Journal

Lotus PR Press Release An exciting initiative by the Pakistan Fashion Design Council (PFDC) and Sunsilk, February 16th 2010 marked the debut of their first ever fashion week in Pakistan. PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week, being held in the historic city of Lahore, featured 8 ramp shows with 8 distinct designers divided into 2 acts on Day 1. The debut PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week is being styled and ...

EP Better Than Ever?

by Hasan Faridi It has been approximately 3 years since the disband of the influential Pakistani rock band EP (Short for Entity Paradigm). For Pakistan, this breakup was big.

Music takes center stage at PFDC Fashion Week

By Sara Khalid Musicians come out and show their support for fashion at PFDC Sunsil Fashion Week 2010 Overload: The show kicked off on the 16th with the first collection being by Nickie & Nina, and as the collection made it to the ramp Overload performed their insanely amazing songs to a cheering audience.

Mekaal Hasan Formulating musical magic

The musician who has wowed people with his stellar compositions and beautiful videos speaks about ‘hit songs’ and how the Pakistani music industry can be helped out of its current slump. By Amina Baig 1.6180339887. That is what Mekaal Hasan – the musician and producer is: the golden ratio. And if it seems too clinical to reduce a man to a bunch of numbers, allow me to elucidate.

Apple Gone Crazy

Honestly speaking, I really like Apple products as they are innovative and fun to have and not for forget, productive. But recently some news about Apple’s behavior has compelled me to think about what the company culture is and what are they actually promoting. As we already know that Steve Jobs locked out Adobe from iPhone and now iPad for the reason only known to him but 2 news pieces ...

Strings wow Lahore audience with classic Pakistani pop

Strings duo Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood are currently going through the major cities of Pakistan as part of a concert tour. Having played a Valentine’s Day show for the Isloo crowd, Strings made their way to LUMS in Lahore on February 17, and sent an already keyed-up audience into absolute adrenaline-rushed mode. While it is always fabulous to hear Strings sing – this particular ...

Living on the Edge MUST be banned

I have always been a fan of the dare show “Living on the Edge” since the times when it was just a street show. As the show grew and reached the masses the pattern changed massively and Waqar Zaka (Host/Concept writer) went on Pakistan tour to find the most daring person of Pakistan. During the last season, there were a few acts which turned out to be shameful instead of daring and the show ...

Sonya Jehan Photo Shoot for Dawn, Feb ‘10

outfits: sonya batla hair & makeup: altaf@nabila fashion editor: madeeha syed photography: fayyaz ahmed