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Lawn wars continue…
Feb 19th
A glance at the Bonanza and Sitara Lawn launch design at the launch ceremony. PHOTO: PUBLICITY
KARACHI: Celebrities from fashion and television are not the only ones experimenting with lawn collections. This year, Bonanza, a retail store famous for cardigans, sweaters and menswear, has launched its designer lawn collection.
The brand entered the lawn war on February 25, as it introduced its designer series at Pearl Continental Hotel. Bonanza’s collection will be available in major cities of the country from tomorrow.
The designer series has 15 designs, each available in two colours schemes, making a variety of about 30 prints.
To endorse their newly More >
London Fashion Week
Feb 19th
After a whirlwind week in New York City, Fashion Week finally arrived in London. For designers, this was the moment where six months of hard work was put to the test as the industry’s foremost fashion figures flocked to the capital in order to view and review their Autumn Winter 2011 collections.
Five days and countless shows, presentations and parties later, London Fashion Week has drawn to a close. Show reports are going out thick and fast and the editors are already preordering their favourite pieces for the coming season.
Read on for your guide to who’s hot and who’s not for More >
Ruthless Australia thump Kiwis by seven wickets
Feb 19th
Australia’s Brad Haddin plays a shot during their ICC Cricket World Cup group A match against New Zealand in Nagpur February 25, 2011. PHOTO: REUTERS
NAGPUR: Ruthless Australia compounded the miseries of rivals New Zealand by notching up a seven-wicket victory in their World Cup match on Friday.
Chasing an easy target of 207 runs for victory, Australia openers Shane Watson (62) and Brad Haddin (55) piled on 133 runs for the first wicket in just 18 overs as they punished the erratic bowling of New Zealand in the Group A encounter.
The start ensured that there were no hiccups, though both openers More >
Jayawardene surprised Pakistan not favourites
Feb 18th
Mahela Jayawardene on Sunday made the quickest World Cup hundred by a Sri Lankan. PHOTO: AFP
COLOMBO: Experienced Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene said Friday he was surprised that Pakistan are not rated amongst the favourites to win the World Cup, insisting they are potential champions.
“I find it surprising that their name is not bandied about in the mix of potential World Cup winners as they have brilliant match winners with both bat and ball,” Jayawardene wrote about the 1992 champions on his blog.
Co-hosts India, Sri Lanka, South Africa and defending champions Australia are regarded as the leading contenders, with some More >
Caught in the middle: As coalition teeters, many in Punjab wait for Zakat
Feb 17th
To exclude PPP, PML-N delays appointing Zakat disbursement committee chairperson.
LAHORE: Over 200,000 families in Punjab have been waiting to receive financial help in the form of Zakat for the past one year, The Express Tribune has learnt.
The delay has been caused due to political disharmony between the coalition partners over the formation of district Zakat councils. The Punjab Ombudsman also wrote letter to the Punjab chief minister after it received thousands of complaints and directed the provincial government to constitute the District Zakat and Ushr Committee (DZUC) as early as possible for smooth and timely disbursement of Zakat.
District committees were More >
Crimes against women growing in nation’s ‘bastion’
Feb 16th
Two NGOs release report on violent crimes against women in 2010.
ISLAMABAD: Violence and crimes against women are nowhere near any noticeable decline despite the efforts of NGOs and growing social awareness against gender prejudices.
This is the conclusion of a report on violence against women that are going to be announced shortly.
In 2010, “the more vulnerable citizens in the country were greatly exploited and made victims of violence,” states a draft of the report prepared by Aurat Foundation and Violence Against Women (VAW) watch group at a local hotel on Thursday. The already grim state of affairs for women seems to More >
Bangladesh security force told to keep eyes off the ball
Feb 16th
Bangladeshi cricketer Imrul Kayes (L) plays a shot as his teammate Junaid Siddique looks during a practice at The Sher-e Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on February 23, 2011. PHOTO: AFP
DHAKA: Police and elite security forces in Bangladesh have been warned against “loitering” and watching the cricket rather than doing their job at the World Cup.
The country’s home office issued a statement warning of a crackdown on the “rogue” security officials after members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police were spotted lazing in media seats at a match in Dhaka on Saturday.
“The security people deployed at the stadium More >
What Egyptian Mogul Naguib Sawiris Thinks of the New Order
Feb 15th
Naguib Sawiris, chairman of Orascom Telecom Holding, speaks during a press conference at the company’s headquarters in Cairo on Oct. 5, 2010
Shawn Baldwin / Bloomberg / Getty ImagesBeing extremely rich in Egypt is an occupational hazard nowadays, especially with investigators going after allegations of corruption and cronyism in the fallen regime of Hosni Mubarak. But Naguib Sawiris, 56, isn’t sweating it, even if he is the second richest Egyptian in Forbes magazine’s list of global billionaires. At an estimated worth of $2.5 billion, Sawiris is topped only by his father Onsi, who is worth $3.1 billion.
And, at a quick glance, More >
Air Blue crash: SHC issues notices to airline’s CEO
Feb 15th
The site of the AirBlue plane crash in Islamabad. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the chairman of private airline Air Blue Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the Ministry of Defence, Air Traffic Controllers of Karachi and Islamabad, Civil Aviation Authority, federal law minister and Medical Superintendent of PIMS hospital, Islamabad for a date to be fixed later by the office of the court.
The petition was filed by the Human Rights and Civil Liberties Society, maintaining that investigations in the fatal accident are still inconclusive and are being kept secret for obvious reasons. He said that although there are More >
MoMo Event Held in Islamabad
Feb 14th
By Mehwish Khan · Friday, Feb 25, 2011 2 Comments
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You remember Mobile Monday, also called MoMo, that was launched in Pakistan last April? They were suppose to organize an event every month, however, it couldn’t happen after the launch.
But this week, COMSATS Institute of IT held a MoMo event in Islamabad and they are hopping that they won’t stop the series this time.
The theme of this month’s event was “Developing Mobile Applications”.
According to More >
