Karachi Literature Festival 2012 was fortunately organized at a time when I had no clash with anything except one extra class on Sunday morning. Having missed the first event on account of being out of city visiting my sister and getting stuck there due to PIA strike, I was looking forward to attend interesting sessions. [...]

There is a lot of Valentines Day related activities happening in Karachi right now, the best of which are mostly at Park Towers in Clifton. My parents took part in a Cadbury activity that gave them 100 points on togetherness. A rigged meter telling my parents married since 30 years that they are indeed perfect [...]

February 13th, 2012. Islamabad. For those of us still following the game of thrones taking place at the center, it appears that Prime Minister Gilani is running out of road. He’s taking a long walk off a short pier. Insert your own cliché here. The debate has overtaken the Prime Minister, the discussion is now [...]

  Warid Brings Amazing Karachi Offer Warid Telecom recently announced its Karachi Offer ‘Bol Utha Karachi’ in which  people in  Karachi can make free and unlimited calls to all Warid numbers from 12am till 12pm with the daily rental of only Rs. 3.99+t. This amazing offer can be subscribed by both existing and new Karachi [...]

This is the 2nd part of the Powegen conference coverage. The 5th International Power Generation Conference & Exhibition 2012 was held at Marriott, Karachi on the 2nd of February with the agenda ‘Future Energy Mix in Overcoming the Power Crisis’. Powergen Pak Conference 2012 It was a star-studded event with speeches and presentations from Manzoor [...]

The 5th International Power Generation Conference & Exhibition 2012 was held at Marriott, Karachi on the 2nd of February with the agenda ‘Future Energy Mix in Overcoming the Power Crisis’. The conference was attended by a plethora of scientists  and dignitaries from all walks of life.   Power-Gen Pak Conference 2012   It was a star-studded [...]

KARACHI: The father of an army brigadier against whom the army initiated court martial proceedings has requested the government to hold an inquiry into his son’s arrest and direct the concerned authorities to release him. Brig Ali Khan and four other officers were detained in May, 2011 for suspected links to Hizbut Tahrir. Brig Khan [...]

PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER A few days back, Chaudhry Aslam khan, the SSP CID Karachi said in an interview with a private TV channel that unless courts give a legal authenticity to the evidence of the police officials particularly in cases of terrorism, the giant of terrorism cannot be chained. It is a common complaint that [...]

Qawwali, like every other field, is dominated by giants. There’s half a dozen or more names that are known to every Qawwali listener, and even to most lay-listeners. Mention the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Sabri Brothers, Aziz Mian Qawwal or Munshi Raziuddin Ahmed and you’re bound to be met with nods of recognition [...]

Organically grown Turnip   Photo: Zahra Ali (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1″; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’)); What if I tell you that you can grow your very own vegetable garden without spending a penny but still earn profits of thousands [...]

By Surojit Gupta for The Times of India Trade ties between India and Pakistan are expected to get a boost as New Delhi reaches out to the business community across the border, starting Monday to assure them about the positive impact of normal trade ties. Commerce minister Anand Sharma will undertake a rare journey to [...]

Noor Khan Hunzai is Executive Chef at a restaurant in Karachi. He has got celebrity status on facebook after participating it an international cooking show, along with other Pakistani and Indian Chefs, on NDTV. Noor Khan prepares the traditional dish, “Burus Shapik”, which is the local name for cheese and bread. He also prepared “Alchin”, [...]

Pakistan leaders in government and business must come to terms with a pressing need for her cities to become more efficient and resourceful to progress and serve its people. Lets start with Karachi, a city known for adapting to changes faster than most. Using technology, we can create a New Karachi, one which stems a [...]

KarachiTips is not just a trend, but beyond that. Back in summers 2011, inspired by the international Brotips, several such facebook pages came into existance and so did KarachiTips. It all started when three young enthusiastic individuals decided to give a shot, after getting offended by LahoriTips who were apparently dissing Karachi, and came up [...]