Omair Alavi|Published December 21, 2018 KARACHI: Imrana Maqsood, the wife of veteran playwright Anwar Maqsood, is a published author who has penned over two dozen books during her writing career. Her last book Uljhay Suljhay...
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Imrana Maqsood’s new cookbook launched
Omair Alavi|Published December 21, 2018 KARACHI: Imrana Maqsood, the wife of veteran playwright Anwar Maqsood, is a published author who has penned over two dozen books during her writing career. Her last book Uljhay Suljhay...
Book review: Guinness World Records 2019
Omair Alavi|Published December 8, 2018 Would you believe it if I tell you that a Pakistani pacer Yasir Jan could bowl with both hands and be clocked at 145 kilometres per hour with his right hand and 135 kilometres per hour with...
MEMOIRS: THE BOOKS NOT YET WRITTEN
Omair Alavi|Published December 16, 2018 Pakistan has produced a great number of sportsmen who have done the country proud on countless occasions. But only a handful of them have managed to summarise their illustrious careers in...
From Alif to Noon
BOOK REVIEW When the history of humor and satire in Pakistan will be written, Kamal Ahmed Rizvi’s Alif Aur Noon will always make the list. The extremely popular TV show that began in the mid-sixties and was revived in...
SPOTLIGHT: THE LAST HURRAH
Omair Alavi|Published December 9, 2018 Mehwish Hayat lends her voice to the character of Erma (below) – Photo courtesy: ARY Films Pakistan’s animated industry will probably be indebted to the 3 Bahadur franchise because had...
Top TV shows to watch this season
Every year countless TV shows make their debut and try to impress the audience; some manage to carry into a second season while some don’t go beyond the first season for one reason or the other. This year many TV shows debuted...
Dial H for Hitchcock
BOOK REVIEW The name Alfred Hitchcock will always come up whenever a list of best directors of all time is compiled; however, not much is known about the British director’s earlier works or the films that contributed most to his...
Book review: Iron Man — Beginnings
Omair Alavi|Published December 1, 2018 Ever wondered what a superhero would do if someone double-crossed him or had some of his tech (in case of Iron Man) stolen and modified for evil? In Iron Man Beginnings, Marvel takes you on...
Understanding Clint Eastwood, the director
BOOK REVIEW Ever wonder what makes a successful filmmaker great and achieve the status of being legendary in his lifetime? Follow Clint Eastwood’s iconic journey as a director through Bernard Benoliel’s Masters of Cinema: Clint...