Mutrib Mashukhel sets up academy to impart training of string instrument Mutrib Mashukhel plays rabab at his academy in Peshawar.  PESHAWAR: Noted musician and singer Mutrib Mashukhel has established an academy for teaching intricacies of rabab playing at Achini Chowk on Ring Road in Peshawar to save the oldest musical instrument from being extinct. Irfan Khalil, a local leader of ...

Actor Veena Malik has reportedly filed for divorce from her husband of three years. While her husband, Asad Khattak, was on a trip to the US earlier this year, Veena decided she wanted to leave him. The Gali Gali Chor Hai star filed for divorce on January 30 in Dubai. “There were issues between Veena and Asad but noone knew about ...

REUTERS: 24 year old Iris Mittenaere from Paris took the crown at the competition Miss France Iris Mittenaere poses after being declared winner in the 65th Miss Universe beauty pageant at the Mall of Asia Arena, in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro A 24-year-old woman from Paris won the Miss Universe crown on Monday, in ...

The economic benefits of Indian films’ screening for Pakistani cinemas is the reason for the decision, says the Minister The Government has decided to maintain the present policy regarding the import of Indian cinematograph films, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, has said in a statement. The decision is made in light of the economic advantages of ...

Hollywood gears up for its most prestigious awards night, The Academy Awards on February 26 as #OscarNoms are revealed. REUTERS: Romantic musical La La Land is the movie to beat at the Academy Awards after earning 14 nominations in a diverse list that silenced the #OscarsSoWhite controversy of the last two years. Whereas last year all 20 acting nominees were ...

Mahira Khan’s finally made it to Raees promotions. The actor is in Dubai, where she’s making appearances, giving interviews and pulling off style statements left, right and centre.However, she won’t be seen with her co-star Shah Rukh Khan. The two actors are staying on separate floors of the same hotel, so a joint appearance seems to be out of the ...

They are led by Negina Khpalwak, Afghanistan’s first female conductor. In the face of death threats and accusations they are dishonouring their families by daring to perform, the women of Afghanistan’s first all-female orchestra are charting a new destiny for themselves through music. The group is set to be catapulted onto the world stage with a performance at the World ...

The Bollywood actor will be one of the Oxford Union’s speakers from the world of sport, media and culture. Katrina Kaif isn’t just a sought-after star in Bollywood. The Baar Baar Dekho actor has been asked to speak at talks hosted by Oxford University’s debating society The Oxford Union, and she’ll be joining renowned personalities from all over the world. ...

A distributor here has claimed receiving threat letters from Shiv Sena’s Chhattisgarh wing over the release of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s forthcoming action crime thriller film Raees, which also features Pakistani actress Mahira Khan. Directed by Rahul Dholakia, Raees is slated to release on January 25. Mumbai-based distributor Akshaye Rathi tagged Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray’s son and Yuva ...

Om Puri was an arts student in Khalsa College, Patiala, when local thespian Harpal Tiwana was invited there to judge a talent fest. For an hour, as Puri took stage in a Punjabi play, Tiwana was awestruck, and later invited him to join his theatre group, Punjab Kala Manch. That proved to be turning point, though it almost did not ...