Creative Industry

News Desk Gilgit: Gilgit-Baltistan Environmental Protection Agency (GB-EPA) partnered with conFIDE Pakistan to inaugurate the groundbreaking Training and Production (T&P) Centre on July 18 in Damote, Sai, and Juglote. The primary aim…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Heritage and Culture Division (NH&CD) has discussed the rehabilitation of cultural infrastructure in Islamabad, and energising the creative economy by turning them into hubs of activity and creating…

News Desk Islamabad: Sidra Bukhari: “As another monsoon season adds to the anxiety of those still not recovered from the floods of the last year. We are fearful of what nature may have stored for us. The havoc caused by the previous…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Gujar Khan: Pakistan is a fast-moving and rapidly changing society. Fast, furious and often unplanned urbanization is raking havoc on major urban centres and traditional communities and their lifestyles. In Pakistan, the…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Gujar Khan: I have lived in the UK since 1967 having travelled there with my father as a young novice 11-year-old, from the 6th class. I wasn’t an outstanding student but wasn’t too bad either, perhaps a bit mischievous at…

News Desk Islamabad: More than 50 artists are using their talents to create creative works of art, crafts and innovation that captivate tourists at the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (NI&FTH). Besides several…

News Desk Shijiazhuang: A gravestone dating back 398 years was discovered in the Hebei Province of northern China earlier this month, offering proof of social changes in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). “The gravestone provided evidence…

Farkhand Yousafzai Islamabad: “I will be 100 years old next year and thank God I am still perfectly healthy. To this day, I do not remember ever suffering from any serious illness,” says Qadir Khan, a citizen of Hyderabad which is the…

News Desk Rawalpindi: The Punjab Arts Council (PAC) organised a two-day Sufi festival titled Sufi Rung on Saturday to promote peace through Sufi music. Assistant Commissioner Cantt Qandeel Fatima Memon was the chief guest at the…

AFP London: In an Indian ‘fashion revolution’, the sari is being reinvented for the contemporary day, and 60 ground-breaking samples will soon be on display at a new exhibition in London. Curator Priya Khanchandani said that the sari…