Sultan Arshad Remembered
The National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) Karachi paid glowing tributes to Sultan Arshad, a senior musicologist and an authority on the film music of the subcontinent, who breathed his last in April.
Read moreThe National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) Karachi paid glowing tributes to Sultan Arshad, a senior musicologist and an authority on the film music of the subcontinent, who breathed his last in April.
Read moreThe passing away of Amjad Islam Amjad has created a vacuum in Pakistan’s literary scene.
Read moreWith the death of Byram D. Avari, a long tradition of hospitality, social service and academic patronage has come to an end.
Read moreReferred to as Baba, Byram D Avari always kept a fatherly hand on the less privileged.
Read moreThis accomplished daughter of Pakistan spread love and affection all around.
Read moreShe set the tone for a new age.
Read moreBilquis Edhi, a selfless philanthropist and social worker, passed away in Karachi at the age of 74. She was a celebrated woman, helping Pakistan’s poor and deprived women and children, while working side by side with her late husband, Abdus Sattar Edhi and even after his death.
Read moreTogether, we traversed the same broken road for 13 years to meet our mother in her resting place; now I traverse it to meet both.
Read moreThe dawn of Sunday, October 10, 2021, brought about the demise of the brightest star of the country, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan.
Read moreHow quickly time flies. Recalling exact dates of past events is more of a Herculean task for me, but it was a memorable day somewhere in the late 1960s when I first met Wajid Shamsul Hasan in Karachi in his Daily News office.
Read moreWhen a journalist dies, a whole era ends with him.
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Read moreTribute Farewell, Irfan! By Syed Jawaid Iqbal | March 2021 When the news came that Irfan Nadeem had died of
Read moreTribute S.G. Jilanee A Life Well-Spent By Javed Ansari | February 2021 S.G. Jilanee, a prolific writer in SouthAsia magazine,
Read moreTribute Irfan Hussain – He Gave Us So Much By Syed Jawaid Iqbal | January 2021 Irfan Hussain, the prolific
Read moreTribute September 2020 Renowned Urdu poet and lyricist, Dr Rahat Indori, passed away recently. He was admitted to a hospital
Read moreTributes July 2020 Remembering Iqbal Akhund It came as a real shock to me when I learned of Iqbal Akhund’s
Read moreThe Legacy of Ali Habib A stream of condolences poured in following the death of Ali Habib in Karachi on
Read moreWell Played, Waqar Hassan! By Faizan Usmani | March 2020 It was Friday, September 28, 2018, about 10 a.m., when
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